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	2,344	32,961,870	1,857,255	39,823
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,578	14,044,004	1,067,514	23,841
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	584	16,064,983	730,778	14,681
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	182	2,852,883	58,963	1,301

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

2,344

32,961,870

1,857,255

39,823

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,578

14,044,004

1,067,514

23,841

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

584

16,064,983

730,778

14,681

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

182

2,852,883

58,963

1,301

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	1,578	14,044,004	1,067,514	23,841
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	198	D	D	(2500-4999)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	122	D	D	(2500-4999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	52	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	66	D	D	(1000-2499)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(500-999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	126	D	D	(1000-2499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(1000-2499)
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(500-999)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	20	109,266	10,347	240
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	204	1,942,616	141,330	2,860
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	198	5,406,882	295,722	5,532
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	81	1,277,593	81,634	1,700
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	97	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(1000-2499)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(1000-2499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	168	806,256	86,548	2,231
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	90	D	D	(1000-2499)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	41	109,072	11,612	379
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	390	D	D	(2500-4999)
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	6	54,144	5,021	127
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	200	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(500-999)
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(500-999)
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	57	205,170	23,010	507
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(500-999)
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	164	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(500-999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(250-499)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	584	16,064,983	730,778	14,681
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	73	D	D	(500-999)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(2500-4999)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(500-999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(2500-4999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	37	142,747	15,789	227
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	120	3,224,360	130,169	4,044
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(500-999)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	7	128,656	8,110	388
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(100-249)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	13	703,493	24,653	985
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	15	226,815	6,840	194
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	85	484,120	27,213	655
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	62	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	18	874,427	11,343	245
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	18	874,427	11,343	245
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	10	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	8	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(1000-2499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(500-999)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(500-999)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	147	D	D	(1000-2499)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	20	56,935	8,215	230
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	62	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	182	2,852,883	58,963	1,301
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	181	D	D	(1000-2499)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	132	2,158,581	45,405	1,032
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	9	98,823	2,176	35
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	28	392,946	13,542	202
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	17	114,168	3,734	73
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	33	202,405	6,744	126
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	9	96,510	3,308	66
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	49	D	D	(250-499)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1-19)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	10	281,856	6,084	115
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	10	48,805	742	19
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	12	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry