2002 Economic Census: Wholesale Trade

U.S. Department of Commerce

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	2,179	29,248,184	1,425,163	30,660
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,453	19,563,012	957,691	19,891
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	503	6,984,798	408,825	9,332
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	223	2,700,374	58,647	1,437

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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

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NAICS
code

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

Wholesale trade

2,179

29,248,184

1,425,163

30,660

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,453

19,563,012

957,691

19,891

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

503

6,984,798

408,825

9,332

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

223

2,700,374

58,647

1,437

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	1,453	19,563,012	957,691	19,891
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	97	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	67	D	D	(500-999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	29	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(500-999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	27	105,870	15,284	426
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	20	101,181	14,264	398
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	100	928,671	69,913	1,615
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	44	625,664	37,814	918
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(500-999)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	215	1,422,561	172,944	3,538
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	33	73,322	8,032	244
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	52,575	4,764	125
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	44	509,351	32,657	595
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	146	4,308,076	92,074	1,654
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	127	4,014,471	87,043	1,565
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	105	3,077,770	73,978	1,361
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	66	890,391	41,516	833
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	39	2,187,379	32,462	528
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	22	936,701	13,065	204
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	19	293,605	5,031	89
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	165	3,923,293	267,804	4,324
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	73	2,230,651	58,044	1,202
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	42	1,323,288	183,081	2,628
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	120	407,731	52,566	1,229
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	34	120,943	14,913	372
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	41	133,596	18,221	435
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	36	99,488	13,722	311
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	9	53,704	5,710	111
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	397	1,310,372	187,118	4,148
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	27	121,745	24,587	509
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	228	800,774	114,012	2,381
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	17	45,840	9,203	247
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	88	327,110	52,057	1,023
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	27	164,956	18,005	398
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	89	293,057	35,412	817
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	14	104,413	10,093	203
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	41	128,092	15,825	389
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	16	35,427	5,399	190
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	153	D	D	(1000-2499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	53	488,124	23,144	624
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	20	243,923	12,517	314
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	14	D	D	(100-249)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	25	235,732	8,419	239
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(100-249)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(250-499)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	503	6,984,798	408,825	9,332
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	68	488,942	46,991	1,042
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	34	96,571	9,425	242
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	126	2,494,358	122,677	3,181
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(500-999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(500-999)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	23	234,344	16,252	430
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	14	198,328	15,348	404
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	84	1,174,637	91,823	1,487
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(500-999)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	19	848,436	14,804	286
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	19	848,436	14,804	286
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	12	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	23	281,370	20,658	543
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	15	254,750	18,969	495
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	101	D	D	(1000-2499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	16	37,021	6,680	197
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	12	47,718	3,766	83
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	223	2,700,374	58,647	1,437
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	223	2,700,374	58,647	1,437
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	177	864,654	32,944	687
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	11	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	18	D	D	(20-99)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	16	94,236	2,915	52
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	45	D	D	(250-499)
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	16	68,342	1,685	52
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	49	177,420	6,914	159
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	10	19,784	637	18
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	46	1,835,720	25,703	750
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	23	1,758,633	23,426	688
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)

Wholesale Trade - by industry