2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Montgomery County, PA

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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	1,812	35,706,776	1,611,742	29,315
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,103	9,202,010	898,531	16,259
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	467	21,882,639	615,244	10,862
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	242	4,622,127	97,967	2,194

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	1,103	9,202,010	898,531	16,259
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	84	1,032,006	63,782	1,781
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	27	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	16	245,090	21,462	497
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	66	358,616	45,399	1,120
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	34	124,742	15,783	421
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	15	79,426	8,297	234
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	32	233,874	29,616	699
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	13	124,106	12,182	212
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(250-499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	208	2,566,077	322,592	4,597
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	42	274,482	53,329	1,020
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	84	1,441,408	197,531	2,416
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	66	1,289,536	175,049	2,168
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	18	583,114	65,642	794
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	48	706,422	109,407	1,374
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	18	151,872	22,482	248
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	12	36,517	3,875	92
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	48	721,549	58,565	907
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	16	85,432	7,934	128
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	38	399,705	34,995	598
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	175	2,166,965	164,252	2,702
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	64	829,686	69,327	1,201
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	97	1,275,917	88,568	1,337
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	43	583,473	48,542	735
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	54	692,444	40,026	602
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	98	444,794	56,259	1,218
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	30	125,474	17,070	371
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	23	189,256	20,940	406
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	242	1,363,107	129,773	2,524
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	142	347,008	58,075	1,186
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	22	58,959	12,049	210
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	15	43,951	9,790	164
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	56	170,745	23,830	474
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	19	52,908	9,932	246
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	30	49,689	9,178	199
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	48	758,555	42,780	662
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	7	73,292	5,997	64
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	12	72,254	6,764	179
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	113	D	D	(500-999)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	28	148,822	8,918	240
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	7	15,213	1,589	54
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	467	21,882,639	615,244	10,862
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	86	D	D	(1000-2499)
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	23	283,765	17,919	195
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(2500-4999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(2500-4999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	15	143,258	13,562	235
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	95	D	D	(1000-2499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	62	D	D	(500-999)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	6	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	5	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	3	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	104	D	D	(1000-2499)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	11	D	D	(100-249)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(250-499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	242	4,622,127	97,967	2,194
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	242	4,622,127	97,967	2,194
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	183	1,957,644	57,759	1,240
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	22	72,142	2,360	42
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	11	56,362	853	23
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	18	151,092	7,251	86
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	15	164,319	1,589	35
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	34	270,648	8,627	151
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	11	71,472	3,052	55
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	48	347,199	20,976	330
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	19	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	59	2,664,483	40,208	954
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	10	90,988	2,085	51
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	10	59,291	1,181	19
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	20	2,368,245	28,693	760
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	7	D	D	(1-19)