2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Texas

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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	31,832	397,405,111	18,808,604	439,755
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	20,192	183,426,914	12,044,601	267,574
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	9,493	177,918,093	5,868,418	148,479
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	2,147	36,060,104	895,585	23,702

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	20,192	183,426,914	12,044,601	267,574
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,972	45,102,804	902,066	25,022
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	528	38,811,998	329,167	7,600
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	257	31,442,494	80,282	2,101
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	31	204,343	19,203	436
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	182	2,839,698	181,264	4,225
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	1,048	5,422,906	484,134	14,283
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	453	3,052,980	246,410	7,492
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	547	2,302,579	227,462	6,519
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	48	67,347	10,262	272
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	178	656,619	49,571	1,560
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	218	211,281	39,194	1,579
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	989	5,886,069	461,722	12,220
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	463	2,067,429	206,576	5,530
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	249	D	D	(2500-4999)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	214	D	D	(2500-4999)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	526	3,818,640	255,146	6,690
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	43	79,276	7,065	255
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	92	642,038	19,945	727
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	212	1,628,143	153,289	3,412
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	179	1,469,183	74,847	2,296
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	1,244	8,923,466	764,301	19,852
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	501	4,586,664	428,368	10,828
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	92	796,677	45,065	1,170
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	80	833,909	58,230	1,366
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	329	2,956,078	325,073	8,292
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	340	1,877,005	115,755	3,312
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	159	1,239,378	54,349	1,501
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	127	327,158	44,460	1,261
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	54	310,469	16,946	550
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	183	1,665,433	123,482	2,970
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	220	794,364	96,696	2,742
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	50	118,146	22,584	858
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	2,629	38,455,338	2,494,599	49,031
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	58	717,884	52,276	1,001
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	425	2,501,123	389,807	9,594
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	1,059	29,840,664	1,544,447	25,986
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	867	29,396,788	1,417,540	24,209
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	275	4,026,136	178,515	3,603
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	592	25,370,652	1,239,025	20,606
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	192	443,876	126,907	1,777
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	297	895,990	118,374	3,404
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	172	611,680	63,349	1,754
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	125	284,310	55,025	1,650
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	552	3,636,618	278,017	5,743
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	493	3,302,431	246,641	5,075
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	59	334,187	31,376	668
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	76	346,572	44,339	1,788
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	162	516,487	67,339	1,515
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	24	65,290	9,936	277
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	138	451,197	57,403	1,238
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	1,018	D	D	(10k-24k)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	996	9,653,739	591,365	13,134
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	858	8,784,116	510,377	11,074
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	601	6,684,180	421,021	8,916
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	257	2,099,936	89,356	2,158
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	138	869,623	80,988	2,060
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	88	620,006	59,626	1,498
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	50	249,617	21,362	562
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	2,551	29,330,967	2,645,731	45,394
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	1,057	7,457,812	712,594	15,054
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	204	2,426,153	93,914	2,453
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	1,290	19,447,002	1,839,223	27,887
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	626	12,218,413	1,233,152	17,835
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	664	7,228,589	606,071	10,052
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,470	6,923,744	627,464	15,384
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	543	1,626,519	193,822	5,355
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	321	1,420,918	145,928	3,612
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	472	3,503,698	234,240	5,144
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	134	372,609	53,474	1,273
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	6,104	29,791,253	2,800,855	65,136
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	396	3,187,982	306,443	6,861
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	635	3,075,819	197,709	6,264
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	417	D	D	(2500-4999)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	159	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	59	1,038,651	29,952	790
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	3,406	13,023,124	1,539,033	34,562
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	65	386,378	63,587	1,093
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	365	1,056,312	141,332	3,241
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	151	443,738	47,861	1,139
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	214	612,574	93,471	2,102
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	1,005	3,428,578	448,296	9,713
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	209	589,827	70,995	1,669
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	297	966,616	159,227	4,178
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	1,062	5,102,559	508,884	11,340
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	403	1,492,854	146,712	3,328
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	992	4,912,470	416,749	9,622
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	79	238,198	32,994	899
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	168	498,310	52,728	1,327
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	148	365,969	43,861	1,126
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	104	482,175	34,066	942
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	239	1,265,557	145,790	2,875
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	254	2,062,261	107,310	2,453
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	379	1,281,570	122,687	3,680
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	78	123,168	17,694	645
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	134	357,922	43,063	1,294
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	45	395,645	18,665	482
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	122	404,835	43,265	1,259
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	296	4,310,288	218,234	4,147
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	206	4,085,799	189,496	3,459
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	57	184,512	23,088	535
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	33	39,977	5,650	153
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	2,215	D	D	(10k-24k)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	313	1,034,906	78,932	2,217
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	159	874,738	70,343	1,769
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	472	1,883,571	185,491	6,682
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	184	597,890	65,433	2,274
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	125	426,161	57,024	1,951
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	59	171,729	8,409	323
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	61	210,213	26,641	861
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	227	1,075,468	93,417	3,547
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	451	1,686,786	169,226	4,307
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	419	1,410,323	156,747	4,046
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	32	276,463	12,479	261
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	820	D	D	(5000-9999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	34	137,455	13,635	471
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	91	225,182	15,513	439
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	257	1,063,510	88,050	2,661
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	108	1,474,666	32,589	1,240
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(1000-2499)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	91	180,520	37,660	937
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	239	D	D	(1000-2499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	9,493	177,918,093	5,868,418	148,479
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	882	5,283,362	436,218	12,997
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	151	1,522,521	95,928	2,109
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	469	2,139,747	221,844	7,819
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	262	1,621,094	118,446	3,069
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	532	25,548,976	885,998	15,885
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	251	14,880,839	227,620	5,151
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	281	10,668,137	658,378	10,734
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	779	3,172,815	278,920	8,531
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	160	673,324	51,609	1,595
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	115	623,775	45,553	1,391
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	45	49,549	6,056	204
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	228	1,416,339	126,279	3,639
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	299	865,067	86,088	2,813
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	92	218,085	14,944	484
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	1,970	28,352,417	1,542,160	45,987
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	190	7,381,840	376,641	9,690
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	32	D	D	(250-499)
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	5	D	D	(500-999)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	153	6,355,242	338,835	8,432
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	212	3,066,331	193,436	4,952
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	113	1,067,928	59,403	1,819
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	110	D	D	(1000-2499)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	44	427,462	24,431	958
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	3	10,011	1,782	48
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	41	417,451	22,649	910
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	137	2,444,935	78,489	2,710
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	103	492,424	25,991	946
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	179	2,331,827	97,128	3,462
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	338	2,842,103	214,502	7,733
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	654	8,297,567	472,139	13,717
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	103	335,868	33,844	979
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	119	1,374,510	57,418	1,895
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	176	1,824,401	191,826	5,480
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	35	1,207,822	25,124	670
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	27	103,134	8,228	186
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	194	3,451,832	155,699	4,507
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	539	5,057,169	114,386	4,370
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	288	3,032,667	69,978	2,410
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	117	441,865	11,610	1,006
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	134	1,582,637	32,798	954
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(250-499)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	1,453	14,792,075	689,676	13,169
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	277	3,173,486	133,720	2,920
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	1,176	11,618,589	555,956	10,249
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	254	840,243	93,524	2,018
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	885	77,003,152	678,428	12,249
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	488	37,809,813	395,065	7,092
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	466	36,827,977	363,943	6,378
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	365	8,008,540	186,220	4,330
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	101	28,819,437	177,723	2,048
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	22	981,836	31,122	714
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	397	39,193,339	283,363	5,157
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	264	7,584,630	551,417	13,255
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	168	5,260,032	388,960	9,605
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	96	2,324,598	162,457	3,650
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,189	11,123,497	691,215	22,036
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	506	1,887,015	129,919	3,975
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	327	1,036,504	67,229	2,204
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	179	850,511	62,690	1,771
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	198	1,402,922	96,361	2,878
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	368	559,079	99,949	4,215
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	75	4,665,698	120,477	3,517
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	210	773,355	72,542	1,943
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	832	1,835,428	171,967	5,508
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	251	338,536	58,838	1,716
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	147	412,708	32,169	929
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	24	33,532	4,143	135
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	410	1,050,652	76,817	2,728
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	2,147	36,060,104	895,585	23,702
42511	Business to business electronic markets	8	329,625	10,592	282
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	2,139	35,730,479	884,993	23,420
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	1,502	20,865,956	541,062	11,890
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	84	7,136,929	92,055	3,507
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	170	1,169,023	31,189	647
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	63	406,850	9,862	209
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	174	2,553,265	116,038	1,987
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	56	389,232	9,757	203
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	321	4,045,439	125,097	2,448
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	116	1,670,542	52,781	926
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	385	2,217,205	78,839	1,469
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	133	1,277,471	25,444	494
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	637	14,864,523	343,931	11,530
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	63	383,551	10,812	265
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	22	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	103	644,456	17,195	414
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	162	7,765,556	238,150	7,937
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	84	1,783,800	19,328	1,959
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	57	335,720	10,213	176
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	28	2,812,282	18,896	201
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	114	799,883	22,421	492