2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Harris County, TX

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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	7,242	135,427,351	4,649,217	99,388
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	4,862	37,959,853	2,977,025	64,717
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,951	88,527,028	1,499,999	31,273
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	429	8,940,470	172,193	3,398

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	4,862	37,959,853	2,977,025	64,717
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	347	7,219,308	167,458	4,356
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	187	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	82	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	93	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	237	D	D	(2500-4999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	111	526,254	53,446	1,353
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(500-999)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	126	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	226	D	D	(2500-4999)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	83	859,146	68,010	1,726
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	59	509,145	48,772	1,313
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	21	322,302	9,891	241
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(500-999)
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(500-999)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	591	4,362,325	580,087	10,812
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	69	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	267	2,729,011	363,004	5,977
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	215	D	D	(5000-9999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	147	D	D	(2500-4999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(500-999)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(250-499)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	121	783,688	65,500	1,259
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	108	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(250-499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	385	6,211,078	316,113	6,199
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	376	D	D	(5000-9999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	331	D	D	(5000-9999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	232	4,741,127	239,172	4,407
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	99	D	D	(500-999)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	529	3,808,967	365,886	7,204
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	232	2,179,272	184,567	3,851
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(250-499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	254	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	125	D	D	(1000-2499)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	129	D	D	(1000-2499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	343	1,882,087	148,196	3,587
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	140	312,322	45,978	1,356
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	85	399,644	44,054	971
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	95	1,063,042	40,109	896
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	23	107,079	18,055	364
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,635	9,530,586	970,907	20,569
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	77	807,172	64,909	1,494
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	40	173,175	14,815	414
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	18	120,428	8,716	207
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,024	6,229,441	643,185	13,089
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	114	403,173	57,371	1,208
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	40	161,567	15,818	330
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	74	241,606	41,553	878
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	295	1,396,131	176,975	3,626
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	68	219,312	28,961	637
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	76	247,302	39,080	941
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	334	3,105,457	278,499	5,365
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	123	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	348	1,949,385	197,613	4,272
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(500-999)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	34	120,601	13,344	294
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	30	124,098	9,619	242
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	136	836,933	99,646	1,896
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	83	D	D	(1000-2499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	82	177,395	22,857	655
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	19	36,055	5,848	174
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	13	44,303	5,615	133
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(250-499)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	64	194,018	27,528	645
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	569	D	D	(2500-4999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	108	653,169	57,510	1,748
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	36	258,452	14,861	451
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	23	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	61	D	D	(500-999)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	156	D	D	(500-999)
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	144	D	D	(500-999)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	215	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	67	D	D	(500-999)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,951	88,527,028	1,499,999	31,273
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	187	1,363,073	112,627	2,791
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	30	233,918	17,601	437
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	96	570,105	64,180	1,554
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	61	559,050	30,846	800
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(1000-2499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	174	D	D	(1000-2499)
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(250-499)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	33	D	D	(250-499)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	73	D	D	(500-999)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	421	6,375,805	368,086	10,468
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	51	1,947,998	99,152	2,456
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(1000-2499)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(1000-2499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(500-999)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(1000-2499)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	144	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(500-999)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	52	613,169	24,981	692
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	454	9,990,966	282,250	4,604
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	98	1,916,003	57,331	1,182
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	356	8,074,963	224,919	3,422
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	89	319,609	39,035	753
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	185	D	D	(2500-4999)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	75	D	D	(1000-2499)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	70	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	38	D	D	(500-999)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	32	D	D	(500-999)
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	5	D	D	(250-499)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	110	D	D	(1000-2499)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(1000-2499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	20	632,289	56,921	1,335
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	391	D	D	(2500-4999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	39	235,039	13,618	307
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	27	D	D	(100-249)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	74	79,982	13,759	631
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	176	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(100-249)
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	92	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	429	8,940,470	172,193	3,398
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	428	D	D	(2500-4999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	331	4,637,084	121,526	2,397
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	15	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	19	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	26	113,861	8,151	102
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	17	140,268	4,405	80
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	67	757,747	28,032	473
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	34	299,176	13,413	225
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	126	1,038,652	35,321	580
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	17	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	97	D	D	(500-999)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	24	D	D	(500-999)
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	18	187,675	3,756	55
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	14	2,301,324	12,001	88
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	17	D	D	(20-99)