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. 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	1,587	14,851,399	1,038,859	21,740
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	876	4,536,948	638,392	12,240
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	555	8,796,781	367,779	8,801
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	156	1,517,670	32,688	699

Wholesale Trade - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. 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

1,587

14,851,399

1,038,859

21,740

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

876

4,536,948

638,392

12,240

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

555

8,796,781

367,779

8,801

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

156

1,517,670

32,688

699

Wholesale Trade - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. 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	876	4,536,948	638,392	12,240
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(500-999)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	31	57,406	10,100	276
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	106	497,940	58,930	1,226
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	29	238,321	16,506	333
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	66	246,751	22,467	516
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	28	117,487	8,597	204
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	19	66,164	6,838	159
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(20-99)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	131	612,864	132,981	2,093
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	51	383,298	96,877	1,276
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	35	331,605	88,800	1,131
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	35	75,947	12,196	329
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	47,039	7,826	202
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	39	200,955	23,678	556
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	39	200,955	23,678	556
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	99	949,240	173,709	2,628
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	45	252,690	31,307	662
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(1000-2499)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(1000-2499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	70	254,702	42,451	944
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	32	117,103	14,398	307
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	14	47,286	6,712	139
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	171	839,864	96,904	2,145
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	77	308,373	44,202	924
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	9	36,704	6,051	137
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	27	129,150	19,447	404
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	27	104,206	12,005	350
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	11	53,683	6,421	185
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	20	54,834	9,628	245
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	139	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	33	115,907	22,178	526
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	16	65,518	12,234	328
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	7	28,738	5,827	188
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(100-249)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	50	448,496	14,779	340
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	555	8,796,781	367,779	8,801
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	44	1,081,920	27,655	559
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	71	617,496	55,235	1,613
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(1000-2499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	234	4,737,711	169,768	4,123
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	64	1,595,661	35,711	707
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	35	443,767	13,246	295
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	24	220,290	25,513	685
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	62	1,082,562	72,558	1,888
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	28	992,621	59,436	1,501
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	32	140,031	15,792	311
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	6	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	6	D	D	(100-249)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	4	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	2	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(250-499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	111	322,411	30,490	893
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	12	30,675	4,921	193
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	64	202,193	14,740	423
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	33	39,659	8,574	276
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	156	1,517,670	32,688	699
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	155	D	D	(500-999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	112	1,136,330	25,286	518
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	33	210,626	6,458	142
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	8	31,014	1,304	35
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	21	180,390	5,961	107
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	5	41,117	2,050	39
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	21	471,936	5,313	98
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	16	76,530	2,154	61
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	43	D	D	(100-249)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	11	72,305	1,175	34
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	12	113,875	1,630	42
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	14	46,179	2,182	70

Wholesale Trade - by industry