2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Pennsylvania

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Wholesale Trade - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
More data	NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
	42	Wholesale trade	15,991	183,741,873	10,092,050	233,934
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	9,887	77,541,189	5,898,724	132,808
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,777	83,254,304	3,768,674	89,716
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,327	22,946,380	424,652	11,410

Wholesale Trade - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	9,887	77,541,189	5,898,724	132,808
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,060	14,527,899	552,718	16,489
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	283	11,965,073	256,002	6,575
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	121	8,962,368	47,596	1,750
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	14	195,746	9,358	221
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	15	61,940	6,418	186
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	28	257,620	22,450	629
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	105	2,487,399	170,180	3,789
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	552	1,892,410	235,378	7,698
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	282	951,362	110,606	4,103
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	258	882,747	115,772	3,393
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	12	58,301	9,000	202
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	97	580,561	43,751	1,375
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	128	89,855	17,587	841
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	445	2,254,549	222,261	6,129
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	209	884,113	101,479	2,830
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	88	360,594	44,972	1,299
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	121	523,519	56,507	1,531
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	236	1,370,436	120,782	3,299
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	24	308,058	13,079	395
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	44	120,890	20,653	678
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	104	709,451	62,150	1,388
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	64	232,037	24,900	838
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	710	7,430,062	429,510	10,521
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	346	5,755,874	260,918	6,444
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	73	2,851,745	35,832	829
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	59	592,511	41,649	1,243
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	214	2,311,618	183,437	4,372
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	134	447,978	43,101	1,179
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	65	200,306	23,534	619
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	45	69,344	9,620	312
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	24	178,328	9,947	248
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	115	710,849	62,620	1,443
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	115	515,361	62,871	1,455
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	18	143,503	21,996	426
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,337	12,927,101	1,335,305	24,235
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	246	1,197,385	234,175	5,646
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	403	7,091,445	659,250	9,659
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	308	6,728,035	572,377	8,342
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	75	4,407,790	132,365	2,099
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	233	2,320,245	440,012	6,243
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	95	363,410	86,873	1,317
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	197	474,843	69,659	1,852
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	95	337,288	45,606	1,121
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	102	137,555	24,053	731
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	300	3,255,146	271,948	4,611
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	253	2,662,813	227,876	3,658
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	47	592,333	44,072	953
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	46	166,676	27,542	797
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	23	46,361	7,362	262
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(500-999)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	602	7,947,323	361,306	7,728
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	535	6,987,663	341,024	7,362
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	455	5,751,794	301,423	6,496
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	326	3,121,384	241,852	5,284
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	129	2,630,410	59,571	1,212
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	80	1,235,869	39,601	866
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	52	1,176,243	35,968	761
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	28	59,626	3,633	105
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	67	959,660	20,282	366
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(250-499)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	1,058	11,019,977	888,028	16,598
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	487	5,620,269	356,658	7,392
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	93	1,267,996	49,157	1,178
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	478	4,131,712	482,213	8,028
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	233	2,447,152	312,713	4,866
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	245	1,684,560	169,500	3,162
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	830	3,013,246	377,209	9,076
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	263	1,062,657	137,031	3,260
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	277	1,026,948	128,201	3,263
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	223	730,985	87,477	1,957
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	67	192,656	24,500	596
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	2,647	13,124,434	1,301,493	29,491
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	246	3,082,105	194,242	4,205
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	269	851,404	87,946	2,752
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	189	552,475	56,538	1,935
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	60	140,579	16,521	500
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	158,350	14,887	317
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,327	5,278,610	686,349	14,615
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	57	144,450	26,652	484
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	177	502,390	86,606	1,872
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	58	162,827	22,453	501
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	119	339,563	64,153	1,371
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	468	1,488,417	220,749	4,557
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	139	1,329,723	86,214	1,899
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	223	895,113	132,987	3,141
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	48	142,496	13,291	354
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	215	776,021	119,850	2,308
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	497	2,964,262	230,394	5,031
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	53	113,227	15,071	349
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	108	1,071,602	64,260	1,259
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	56	107,592	15,251	411
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	66	310,701	30,919	622
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	58	334,320	41,541	858
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	156	1,026,820	63,352	1,532
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	256	661,072	78,704	2,364
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	46	39,936	5,262	253
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	100	247,526	39,273	1,132
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	88	D	D	(500-999)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	52	286,981	23,858	524
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	8	19,206	1,984	64
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,198	5,296,598	430,894	12,541
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	163	618,341	60,208	1,752
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	88	441,681	55,792	1,371
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	397	2,338,496	143,424	4,435
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	171	1,481,586	66,247	1,997
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	124	624,669	54,846	1,645
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	47	856,917	11,401	352
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	61	254,415	24,406	767
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	165	602,495	52,771	1,671
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	158	472,434	34,835	972
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	141	446,595	33,155	922
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	17	25,839	1,680	50
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	392	1,425,646	136,635	4,011
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	53	151,249	8,241	288
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	97	456,602	32,020	895
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	55	215,007	19,196	623
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	30	93,232	8,803	278
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	25	121,775	10,393	345
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	54	92,825	18,366	603
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	118	D	D	(1000-2499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,777	83,254,304	3,768,674	89,716
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	565	3,868,522	328,240	7,033
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	86	1,266,632	61,996	1,004
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	288	1,166,217	138,936	3,355
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	191	1,435,673	127,308	2,674
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	264	27,067,218	775,258	13,725
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	149	5,301,368	124,293	3,425
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	115	21,765,850	650,965	10,300
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	388	2,391,496	205,572	5,084
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	98	304,602	32,622	810
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	68	147,202	15,259	421
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	30	157,400	17,363	389
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	114	1,227,508	90,950	2,365
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	126	515,791	46,900	1,296
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	50	343,595	35,100	613
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	1,323	22,812,264	1,209,995	31,882
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	121	4,142,709	266,608	6,288
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	17	58,537	4,496	167
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	4	D	D	(20-99)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	100	D	D	(5000-9999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	127	2,495,277	152,772	4,101
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	108	1,924,672	69,457	1,655
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	104	D	D	(1000-2499)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	39	424,080	22,848	803
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	3	13,648	2,214	79
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	36	410,432	20,634	724
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	99	836,122	58,032	1,770
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	47	262,848	20,745	567
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	109	2,309,892	70,906	1,851
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	228	1,970,401	145,775	4,145
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	445	8,446,263	402,852	10,702
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	54	119,006	19,142	575
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	136	1,484,191	94,386	2,378
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	93	1,541,079	120,719	3,323
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	27	468,194	13,143	355
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	14	219,736	6,753	118
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	121	4,614,057	148,709	3,953
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	80	601,853	20,807	858
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	35	298,522	12,718	580
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	25	96,951	2,258	155
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	20	206,380	5,831	123
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	8	126,790	2,138	45
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	587	5,247,892	405,668	7,497
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	138	1,487,433	120,229	2,109
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	449	3,760,459	285,439	5,388
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	50	118,891	21,313	513
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	253	11,577,492	185,661	4,271
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	163	10,297,518	132,512	2,912
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	156	10,255,592	128,364	2,846
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	103	1,059,239	51,453	1,469
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	53	9,196,353	76,911	1,377
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	7	41,926	4,148	66
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	90	1,279,974	53,149	1,359
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	221	1,707,694	152,968	3,825
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	174	1,513,252	132,370	3,322
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	47	194,442	20,598	503
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,096	7,979,873	484,505	15,541
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	195	1,131,230	76,860	2,361
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	109	565,132	47,738	1,529
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	86	566,098	29,122	832
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	153	930,442	93,696	3,695
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	148	334,752	55,287	2,178
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	90	3,852,427	73,105	2,327
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	101	385,078	47,841	1,203
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	409	1,345,944	137,716	3,777
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	129	198,808	25,756	765
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	83	714,013	71,401	1,728
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	10	15,895	985	38
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	187	417,228	39,574	1,246
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,327	22,946,380	424,652	11,410
42511	Business to business electronic markets	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	1,324	D	D	(10k-24k)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	977	15,921,303	303,953	8,136
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	44	9,385,901	77,202	4,151
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	77	359,766	8,451	195
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	48	547,609	10,525	177
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	102	673,955	45,563	554
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	82	628,775	15,897	252
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	188	2,197,796	61,460	1,143
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	97	638,482	23,335	458
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	264	1,132,132	51,872	1,029
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	75	356,887	9,648	177
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	347	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	47	280,806	8,199	157
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	48	238,951	9,402	210
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	122	5,464,718	77,927	2,135
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	18	378,980	6,044	415
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	31	238,582	5,298	92
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	66	240,755	5,803	160