1997 Economic Census: Wholesale Trade

1997 Economic Census:
Wholesale Trade
United States

Wholesale Trade by Subsector
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text in the pdf report includes scope, methodology, and definition of symbols. 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
42	Wholesale trade	r 453,470	r 4,059,657,778	r 214,915,405	r 5,796,557
421	Wholesale trade, durable goods	290,629	r 2,179,717,376	r 133,236,997	r 3,398,261
422	Wholesale trade, nondurable goods	r 162,841	r 1,879,940,402	r 81,678,408	r 2,398,296

Wholesale Trade by Industry
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text in the pdf report includes scope, methodology, and definition of symbols. 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

42 Wholesale trade r 453,470 r 4,059,657,778 r 214,915,405 r 5,796,557

421 Wholesale trade, durable goods 290,629 r 2,179,717,376 r 133,236,997 r 3,398,261

4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies whsle r 29,328 r 533,352,124 r 11,458,634 r 375,731

42111 Automobile & other motor vehicle whsle 7,664 r 428,356,355 r 4,638,901 150,947

4211101 Automobile & motorcycle whsle 3,952 r 232,780,708 r 1,767,828 70,675

4211102 Bus & recreational vehicle whsle 387 3,059,157 152,468 5,047

4211103 Light truck & van (14,000 lb or less) whsle 548 159,991,093 427,702 9,552

4211104 Medium truck & tractor (14,001 lb to 26,000 lb) whsle 516 4,375,397 275,806 7,929

4211105 Heavy truck & tractor (over 26,000 lb) whsle 2,261 28,150,000 2,015,097 57,744

42112 Motor vehicle supplies & new parts whsle r 12,620 r 83,214,728 r 5,065,064 r 156,038

4211201 Motor vehicle supplies & new parts - warehouse distributors r 5,095 r 30,313,120 r 2,002,699 r 67,362

4211202 Motor vehicle supplies & new parts - jobbers 6,942 51,468,506 2,905,299 84,003

4211203 Petroleum products marketing equipment whsle 583 1,433,102 157,066 4,673

42113 Tire & tube whsle 1,939 16,508,934 782,893 22,939

42114 Motor vehicle parts, (used) whsle 7,105 5,272,107 971,776 45,807

4212 Furniture & home furnishings whsle 15,246 75,006,478 5,316,976 157,465

42121 Furniture whsle 6,697 31,898,583 2,415,323 65,930

4212101 Household & lawn furniture whsle 3,304 12,079,496 698,636 23,346

4212102 Office & business furniture whsle 3,393 19,819,087 1,716,687 42,584

42122 Home furnishings whsle 8,549 43,107,895 2,901,653 91,535

4212201 Household china, glassware, & crockery whsle 1,332 6,744,886 478,488 16,343

4212202 Linens, domestics, draperies, & curtains whsle 1,876 11,337,298 658,252 20,019

4212203 Floor coverings whsle 2,591 16,467,044 1,044,511 30,315

4212204 Other home furnishings whsle 2,750 8,558,667 720,402 24,858

4213 Lumber & other construction materials whsle 14,267 89,175,875 5,296,176 155,535

42131 Lumber, plywood, millwork, & wood panel whsle 6,767 60,455,924 3,126,436 88,905

4213101 Lumber without yard whsle 1,627 17,143,755 529,208 12,611

4213102 Lumber with yard whsle 1,599 15,464,304 890,605 27,481

4213103 Plywood, veneer, millwork, & wood panel whsle 3,541 27,847,865 1,706,623 48,813

42132 Brick, stone, & related construction materials whsle 3,026 10,711,750 761,681 23,753

4213201 Brick, block, tile, clay/cement sewer pipe whsle 1,184 3,546,360 284,096 9,941

4213202 Sand, gravel, & stone whsle 1,012 2,001,239 239,974 7,775

4213203 Cement, lime, & related products whsle 830 5,164,151 237,611 6,037

42133 Roofing, siding, & insulation material whsle 1,584 9,811,545 601,826 16,402

42139 Other construction materials whsle 2,890 8,196,656 806,233 26,475

4213901 Flat glass & other construction glass whsle 669 1,950,805 235,834 8,197

4213902 Other construction materials whsle 2,221 6,245,851 570,399 18,278

4214 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle 45,351 367,383,550 33,292,437 r 716,113

42141 Photographic equipment & supplies whsle 1,379 16,679,051 929,865 21,195

42142 Office equipment whsle r 7,319 r 36,646,598 r 5,421,076 r 143,381

42143 Computer & computer peripheral equipment & software whsle 16,929 221,447,412 17,305,512 317,662

4214301 Computer & peripheral equipment whsle 14,080 209,760,805 15,450,012 282,335

42143011 Computers & peripheral equipment for resale 5,657 115,317,362 4,275,564 91,857

42143012 Computers & peripheral equipment for end use 8,423 94,443,443 11,174,448 190,478

4214302 Computer software (packaged) whsle 2,849 11,686,607 1,855,500 35,327

42144 Other commercial equipment whsle r 5,380 r 15,914,735 r 1,754,684 r 52,186

4214401 Restaurant & hotel equipment & supplies whsle 3,165 10,686,971 1,012,146 30,890

4214402 Store machines & equipment whsle r 2,215 r 5,227,764 r 742,538 r 21,296

42145 Medical, dental, & hospital equipment & supplies whsle 9,782 58,791,711 5,746,165 121,572

4214501 Surgical, medical, & hospital supplies whsle 8,721 54,484,063 5,125,079 106,502

4214502 Dental equipment & supplies whsle 1,061 4,307,648 621,086 15,070

42146 Ophthalmic goods whsle 1,781 6,865,265 867,808 28,260

42149 Other professional equipment & supplies whsle 2,781 11,038,778 1,267,327 31,857

4214901 Religious & school supplies whsle 456 1,495,661 175,321 5,811

4214902 Other professional equipment & supplies whsle 2,325 9,543,117 1,092,006 26,046

4215 Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle r 12,583 r 150,493,610 r 6,898,028 r 174,029

42151 Metal service centers & offices 11,827 135,695,563 6,637,599 168,950

4215101 Ferrous metal service centers & sales offices 9,437 106,496,206 5,338,101 138,934

42151011 Ferrous metal service centers 6,412 69,014,037 4,683,412 123,914

42151012 Ferrous metal sales offices 3,025 37,482,169 654,689 15,020

4215102 Nonferrous metal service centers & sales offices 2,390 29,199,357 1,299,498 30,016

42151021 Nonferrous metal service centers 1,556 22,107,893 1,122,138 26,446

42151022 Nonferrous metal sales offices 834 7,091,464 177,360 3,570

42152 Coal & other mineral & ore whsle r 756 r 14,798,047 r 260,429 r 5,079

4215201 Coal whsle 452 10,037,343 158,986 3,037

4215202 Other mineral & ore whsle r 304 r 4,760,704 r 101,443 r 2,042

4216 Electrical goods whsle 38,234 357,691,888 22,524,717 475,766

42161 Electrical apparatus & equip, wiring supp, & const material whsle 13,431 85,861,019 6,028,387 144,585

42162 Electrical appliance, television & radio set whsle 3,895 54,683,947 2,079,747 50,922

42169 Other electronic parts & equipment whsle 20,908 217,146,922 14,416,583 280,259

4216901 Communications equipment & supplies whsle 9,180 88,413,555 8,091,469 152,279

4216902 Electronic parts (excluding communications equipment) whsle 11,728 128,733,367 6,325,114 127,980

4217 Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle 21,194 92,189,762 7,977,961 219,233

42171 Hardware whsle 9,473 44,063,674 3,865,008 110,963

42172 Plumbing & heating equipment & supplies (hydronics) whsle 4,625 22,928,107 1,582,219 43,887

42173 Warm air heating & air-conditioning equipment & supplies whsle 5,524 20,062,710 2,013,489 51,252

42174 Refrigeration equipment & supplies whsle 1,572 5,135,271 517,245 13,131

4218 Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 76,643 328,968,331 29,401,798 772,550

42181 Construction & mining (except petroleum) machinery & equip whsle 5,321 44,725,989 3,604,644 87,611

42182 Farm & garden machinery & equipment whsle 9,782 39,713,264 2,860,510 101,413

4218201 Farm machinery & equipment - farm dealers 6,931 21,996,353 1,898,402 72,177

4218202 Farm machinery & equipment - whsle distributors 2,122 13,486,595 643,692 19,867

4218203 Lawn & garden machinery & equipment whsle 729 4,230,316 318,416 9,369

42183 Industrial machinery & equipment whsle 35,674 139,946,952 14,167,699 342,008

4218301 Food-processing machinery & equipment whsle 1,333 4,273,371 496,582 12,098

4218302 Hydraulic & pneumatic (fluid-power) machinery & equipment whsle 3,866 13,016,250 1,637,232 40,348

42183021 Hydraulic & pneumatic pumps & motors whsle 1,636 4,753,826 543,359 13,756

42183022 Hydraulic & pneumatic parts, accessories, & supplies whsle 2,230 8,262,424 1,093,873 26,592

4218303 General-purpose industrial machinery & equipment whsle 11,101 42,641,534 4,279,378 102,295

4218304 Metalworking machinery & equipment whsle 4,092 19,008,973 1,603,844 35,524

4218305 Materials handling equipment whsle 4,642 18,803,215 2,371,197 63,169

4218306 Oilwell, oil refinery, & pipeline mach, equip, & supplies whsle 3,536 11,671,958 1,006,985 25,475

4218307 Other industrial machinery & equipment whsle 7,104 30,531,651 2,772,481 63,099

42184 Industrial supplies whsle 15,055 64,861,321 5,240,795 140,735

4218401 General-line industrial supplies whsle 2,176 4,367,291 554,823 16,136

4218402 Mechanical power transmission supplies whsle 2,917 13,895,428 1,027,321 28,097

4218403 Welding supplies whsle 2,141 4,750,926 649,262 19,335

4218404 Industrial containers & supplies whsle 1,763 9,931,630 574,198 15,879

4218405 Industrial valves & fittings (except fluid-power) whsle 1,552 6,805,404 731,411 16,740

4218406 Other industrial supplies whsle 4,506 25,110,642 1,703,780 44,548

42185 Service establishment equipment & supplies whsle 6,808 16,038,492 1,804,565 59,878

4218501 Beauty & barber shop equipment & supplies whsle 1,296 2,416,390 372,536 14,071

4218502 Custodial, janitors' equipment & supplies whsle 2,356 4,430,938 654,149 22,107

4218503 Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment & supplies whsle 699 4,123,097 240,347 6,526

4218504 Other service establishment equipment & supplies whsle 2,457 5,068,067 537,533 17,174

42186 Transportation equipment & supplies (exc motor vehicle) whsle 4,003 23,682,313 1,723,585 40,905

4218601 Aircraft & aeronautical equipment & supplies whsle 2,428 17,709,438 1,162,838 25,666

4218602 Marine machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 952 3,513,978 344,478 9,314

4218603 Other transportation equipment & supplies whsle 623 2,458,897 216,269 5,925

4219 Miscellaneous durable goods whsle 37,783 185,455,758 11,070,270 351,839

42191 Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle 6,080 28,233,685 1,897,111 59,861

42192 Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle 3,229 20,166,025 1,229,055 36,337

42193 Recyclable material whsle 9,088 38,748,659 3,229,092 114,992

4219301 Iron & steel scrap processors & dealers 3,480 18,205,778 1,296,382 43,789

42193011 Iron & steel scrap processors (using power processing equipment) 2,308 12,550,221 1,100,834 36,303

42193012 Iron & steel scrap processors (not using power processing equip) 1,172 5,655,557 195,548 7,486

4219302 Recyclable paper & paperboard whsle 1,588 5,592,266 587,535 20,596

4219303 Other recyclable material whsle 4,020 14,950,615 1,345,175 50,607

42194 Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle 7,689 32,398,553 1,702,770 49,820

4219401 Jewelry, watch, diamonds, precious stone, & silverware whsle 7,116 22,519,342 1,579,391 46,813

4219402 Precious metal (excluding ores) whsle 573 9,879,211 123,379 3,007

42199 Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle 11,697 65,908,836 3,012,242 90,829

4219901 Musical instruments & supplies whsle 512 2,474,693 180,103 4,906

4219902 Forest products (except lumber) whsle 2,032 11,386,630 406,277 11,396

4219903 General merchandise (durable goods) whsle 3,382 21,595,797 525,213 18,027

4219904 Prerecorded media whsle 2,075 23,424,629 1,176,057 34,103

42199041 Compact discs/prerecorded audio tapes, & phonograph records whsle 1,418 15,602,913 825,788 23,540

42199042 Prerecorded video tapes whsle 657 7,821,716 350,269 10,563

4219905 Fire extinguishers & fire safety equipment whsle 1,016 1,136,419 181,172 6,604

4219906 Other durable goods whsle 2,680 5,890,668 543,420 15,793

NAICS
code Description Estab-
lish-
ments Sales
($1,000) Annual
payroll
($1,000) Paid
employees

422 Wholesale trade, nondurable goods r 162,841 r 1,879,940,402 r 81,678,408 r 2,398,296

4221 Paper & paper product whsle 15,848 117,062,485 7,730,308 214,350

42211 Printing & writing paper whsle 2,309 38,397,487 1,547,334 33,135

42212 Stationery & office supplies whsle 8,046 33,271,034 3,308,237 109,766

42213 Industrial & personal service paper whsle 5,493 45,393,964 2,874,737 71,449

4222 Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle 8,053 203,147,771 8,394,864 190,127

4222101 General-line drugs whsle 3,283 79,946,995 2,290,715 70,977

4222102 Specialty-line drug, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, & toiletries whsle 4,770 123,200,776 6,104,149 119,150

4223 Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle 20,707 124,104,420 7,759,577 207,574

42231 Piece goods, notions, & other dry goods whsle 5,666 25,776,927 1,611,443 45,435

4223101 Piece goods - jobbers 4,191 22,125,937 1,240,760 33,068

4223102 Notions & other dry goods whsle 1,475 3,650,990 370,683 12,367

42232 Men's & boys' clothing & furnishings whsle 5,006 33,360,264 2,166,205 62,253

42233 Women's, children's, & infants' clothing & accessories whsle 8,217 40,603,484 2,799,463 76,256

42234 Footwear whsle 1,818 24,363,745 1,182,466 23,630

4224 Grocery & related products whsle 41,760 588,970,062 26,778,099 854,919

42241 General-line grocery whsle 4,138 146,689,286 5,541,000 168,190

4224101 General-line grocery whsle, voluntary group 186 16,156,029 554,986 17,064

4224102 General-line grocery whsle, retail cooperative 211 16,142,440 467,726 13,882

4224103 Other general-line grocery whsle 3,741 114,390,817 4,518,288 137,244

42242 Packaged frozen food whsle 3,838 69,114,831 2,800,272 85,067

42243 Dairy products, (except dried or canned) whsle 2,862 34,594,779 1,637,129 47,742

4224301 Raw milk whsle 140 4,900,769 49,043 1,642

4224302 Dairy product (except raw milk) whsle 2,722 29,694,010 1,588,086 46,100

42244 Poultry & poultry product whsle 1,040 13,809,561 490,567 17,792

4224401 Live poultry whsle 50 317,047 17,713 595

4224402 Poultry & poultry product (except live) whsle 990 13,492,514 472,854 17,197

42245 Confectionery whsle 2,621 27,169,914 1,835,202 60,010

42246 Fish & seafood whsle 2,960 13,165,780 684,365 27,402

42247 Meat & meat product whsle 3,557 51,326,415 1,490,922 50,256

42248 Fresh fruit & vegetable whsle 6,121 46,340,833 3,021,175 109,771

42249 Other grocery & related products whsle 14,623 186,758,663 9,277,467 288,689

4224901 Coffee, tea, & spice whsle 1,788 13,421,054 587,048 19,037

4224902 Bread & baked goods whsle 3,290 20,275,213 1,607,505 55,337

4224903 Soft drinks whsle 3,150 29,142,717 3,212,389 100,272

4224904 Canned goods whsle 1,283 27,632,847 753,747 20,470

4224905 Food & beverage basic materials whsle 703 6,331,021 266,495 7,303

4224906 Other grocery specialties whsle 4,409 89,955,811 2,850,283 86,270

4225 Farm-product raw material whsle 10,343 166,786,245 2,306,012 97,521

42251 Grain & field bean whsle 6,569 120,312,556 1,642,921 56,368

42252 Livestock whsle 2,090 24,098,461 260,202 27,182

42259 Other farm product raw material whsle 1,684 22,375,228 402,889 13,971

4225901 Hides, skins, & pelts whsle 260 2,096,303 54,276 1,983

4225902 Leaf tobacco whsle 328 3,658,394 86,300 3,720

4225903 Wool, wool tops, & mohair whsle 80 202,820 7,838 307

4225904 Cotton whsle 297 10,618,437 110,196 2,595

4225905 Other farm-product raw material whsle 719 5,799,274 144,279 5,366

4226 Chemical & allied products whsle 15,920 128,923,496 7,241,315 165,768

42261 Plastics materials & basic forms & shapes whsle 4,349 35,193,271 1,743,650 43,680

42269 Other chemical & allied products whsle 11,571 93,730,225 5,497,665 122,088

4226901 Industrial gases (except LP) whsle 1,106 2,806,880 407,882 11,505

4226902 Other chemical & allied products whsle 10,465 90,923,345 5,089,783 110,583

4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle r 11,297 r 267,623,942 r 4,479,853 r 137,829

42271 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals r 7,690 r 176,719,246 r 3,165,900 r 102,489

4227101 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals (except LP) r 7,270 r 171,008,939 r 2,991,345 r 97,752

42271011 Petroleum bulk stations (except LP) 6,045 50,922,994 1,878,095 69,499

42271012 Petroleum bulk terminals (except LP) r 1,225 r 120,085,945 r 1,113,250 r 28,253

4227102 Liquefied petroleum bulk stations & terminals 420 5,710,307 174,555 4,737

42272 Petroleum & petroleum prod whsle (exc bulk stations & terminals) 3,607 r 90,904,696 1,313,953 35,340

4228 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 4,850 69,703,203 5,667,069 151,677

42281 Beer & ale whsle 3,013 34,997,239 3,308,583 96,284

42282 Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 1,837 34,705,964 2,358,486 55,393

4228201 Wine & distilled alcoholic bev (licensed operation) whsle 1,715 34,325,562 2,348,175 54,751

4228202 Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage (State operated) whsle 122 380,402 10,311 642

4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 34,063 213,618,778 11,321,311 378,531

42291 Farm supplies whsle 7,378 53,634,309 2,562,527 74,508

4229101 Farm supplies - farm dealers 3,873 12,772,801 836,054 29,647

4229102 Farm supplies - whsle distributors 3,505 40,861,508 1,726,473 44,861

42292 Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 4,265 33,630,300 2,618,123 89,309

42293 Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle 3,900 8,002,830 1,026,750 44,939

42294 Tobacco & tobacco product whsle 1,561 50,268,772 1,589,663 57,046

42295 Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle 2,192 7,510,467 676,404 19,917

42299 Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 14,767 60,572,100 2,847,844 92,812

4229901 Art goods whsle 4,583 9,596,493 985,525 33,019

4229902 General merchandise (nondurable goods) whsle 3,248 34,597,404 729,329 20,477

4229903 Textile bags, bagging, & burlap whsle 446 802,397 77,465 2,966

4229904 Other nondurable goods whsle 6,490 15,575,806 1,055,525 36,350

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available; r = revised

NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
42	Wholesale trade	r 453,470	r 4,059,657,778	r 214,915,405	r 5,796,557
421	Wholesale trade, durable goods	290,629	r 2,179,717,376	r 133,236,997	r 3,398,261
4211	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies whsle	r 29,328	r 533,352,124	r 11,458,634	r 375,731
42111	Automobile & other motor vehicle whsle	7,664	r 428,356,355	r 4,638,901	150,947
4211101	Automobile & motorcycle whsle	3,952	r 232,780,708	r 1,767,828	70,675
4211102	Bus & recreational vehicle whsle	387	3,059,157	152,468	5,047
4211103	Light truck & van (14,000 lb or less) whsle	548	159,991,093	427,702	9,552
4211104	Medium truck & tractor (14,001 lb to 26,000 lb) whsle	516	4,375,397	275,806	7,929
4211105	Heavy truck & tractor (over 26,000 lb) whsle	2,261	28,150,000	2,015,097	57,744
42112	Motor vehicle supplies & new parts whsle	r 12,620	r 83,214,728	r 5,065,064	r 156,038
4211201	Motor vehicle supplies & new parts - warehouse distributors	r 5,095	r 30,313,120	r 2,002,699	r 67,362
4211202	Motor vehicle supplies & new parts - jobbers	6,942	51,468,506	2,905,299	84,003
4211203	Petroleum products marketing equipment whsle	583	1,433,102	157,066	4,673
42113	Tire & tube whsle	1,939	16,508,934	782,893	22,939
42114	Motor vehicle parts, (used) whsle	7,105	5,272,107	971,776	45,807
4212	Furniture & home furnishings whsle	15,246	75,006,478	5,316,976	157,465
42121	Furniture whsle	6,697	31,898,583	2,415,323	65,930
4212101	Household & lawn furniture whsle	3,304	12,079,496	698,636	23,346
4212102	Office & business furniture whsle	3,393	19,819,087	1,716,687	42,584
42122	Home furnishings whsle	8,549	43,107,895	2,901,653	91,535
4212201	Household china, glassware, & crockery whsle	1,332	6,744,886	478,488	16,343
4212202	Linens, domestics, draperies, & curtains whsle	1,876	11,337,298	658,252	20,019
4212203	Floor coverings whsle	2,591	16,467,044	1,044,511	30,315
4212204	Other home furnishings whsle	2,750	8,558,667	720,402	24,858
4213	Lumber & other construction materials whsle	14,267	89,175,875	5,296,176	155,535
42131	Lumber, plywood, millwork, & wood panel whsle	6,767	60,455,924	3,126,436	88,905
4213101	Lumber without yard whsle	1,627	17,143,755	529,208	12,611
4213102	Lumber with yard whsle	1,599	15,464,304	890,605	27,481
4213103	Plywood, veneer, millwork, & wood panel whsle	3,541	27,847,865	1,706,623	48,813
42132	Brick, stone, & related construction materials whsle	3,026	10,711,750	761,681	23,753
4213201	Brick, block, tile, clay/cement sewer pipe whsle	1,184	3,546,360	284,096	9,941
4213202	Sand, gravel, & stone whsle	1,012	2,001,239	239,974	7,775
4213203	Cement, lime, & related products whsle	830	5,164,151	237,611	6,037
42133	Roofing, siding, & insulation material whsle	1,584	9,811,545	601,826	16,402
42139	Other construction materials whsle	2,890	8,196,656	806,233	26,475
4213901	Flat glass & other construction glass whsle	669	1,950,805	235,834	8,197
4213902	Other construction materials whsle	2,221	6,245,851	570,399	18,278
4214	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle	45,351	367,383,550	33,292,437	r 716,113
42141	Photographic equipment & supplies whsle	1,379	16,679,051	929,865	21,195
42142	Office equipment whsle	r 7,319	r 36,646,598	r 5,421,076	r 143,381
42143	Computer & computer peripheral equipment & software whsle	16,929	221,447,412	17,305,512	317,662
4214301	Computer & peripheral equipment whsle	14,080	209,760,805	15,450,012	282,335
42143011	Computers & peripheral equipment for resale	5,657	115,317,362	4,275,564	91,857
42143012	Computers & peripheral equipment for end use	8,423	94,443,443	11,174,448	190,478
4214302	Computer software (packaged) whsle	2,849	11,686,607	1,855,500	35,327
42144	Other commercial equipment whsle	r 5,380	r 15,914,735	r 1,754,684	r 52,186
4214401	Restaurant & hotel equipment & supplies whsle	3,165	10,686,971	1,012,146	30,890
4214402	Store machines & equipment whsle	r 2,215	r 5,227,764	r 742,538	r 21,296
42145	Medical, dental, & hospital equipment & supplies whsle	9,782	58,791,711	5,746,165	121,572
4214501	Surgical, medical, & hospital supplies whsle	8,721	54,484,063	5,125,079	106,502
4214502	Dental equipment & supplies whsle	1,061	4,307,648	621,086	15,070
42146	Ophthalmic goods whsle	1,781	6,865,265	867,808	28,260
42149	Other professional equipment & supplies whsle	2,781	11,038,778	1,267,327	31,857
4214901	Religious & school supplies whsle	456	1,495,661	175,321	5,811
4214902	Other professional equipment & supplies whsle	2,325	9,543,117	1,092,006	26,046
4215	Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle	r 12,583	r 150,493,610	r 6,898,028	r 174,029
42151	Metal service centers & offices	11,827	135,695,563	6,637,599	168,950
4215101	Ferrous metal service centers & sales offices	9,437	106,496,206	5,338,101	138,934
42151011	Ferrous metal service centers	6,412	69,014,037	4,683,412	123,914
42151012	Ferrous metal sales offices	3,025	37,482,169	654,689	15,020
4215102	Nonferrous metal service centers & sales offices	2,390	29,199,357	1,299,498	30,016
42151021	Nonferrous metal service centers	1,556	22,107,893	1,122,138	26,446
42151022	Nonferrous metal sales offices	834	7,091,464	177,360	3,570
42152	Coal & other mineral & ore whsle	r 756	r 14,798,047	r 260,429	r 5,079
4215201	Coal whsle	452	10,037,343	158,986	3,037
4215202	Other mineral & ore whsle	r 304	r 4,760,704	r 101,443	r 2,042
4216	Electrical goods whsle	38,234	357,691,888	22,524,717	475,766
42161	Electrical apparatus & equip, wiring supp, & const material whsle	13,431	85,861,019	6,028,387	144,585
42162	Electrical appliance, television & radio set whsle	3,895	54,683,947	2,079,747	50,922
42169	Other electronic parts & equipment whsle	20,908	217,146,922	14,416,583	280,259
4216901	Communications equipment & supplies whsle	9,180	88,413,555	8,091,469	152,279
4216902	Electronic parts (excluding communications equipment) whsle	11,728	128,733,367	6,325,114	127,980
4217	Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle	21,194	92,189,762	7,977,961	219,233
42171	Hardware whsle	9,473	44,063,674	3,865,008	110,963
42172	Plumbing & heating equipment & supplies (hydronics) whsle	4,625	22,928,107	1,582,219	43,887
42173	Warm air heating & air-conditioning equipment & supplies whsle	5,524	20,062,710	2,013,489	51,252
42174	Refrigeration equipment & supplies whsle	1,572	5,135,271	517,245	13,131
4218	Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle	76,643	328,968,331	29,401,798	772,550
42181	Construction & mining (except petroleum) machinery & equip whsle	5,321	44,725,989	3,604,644	87,611
42182	Farm & garden machinery & equipment whsle	9,782	39,713,264	2,860,510	101,413
4218201	Farm machinery & equipment - farm dealers	6,931	21,996,353	1,898,402	72,177
4218202	Farm machinery & equipment - whsle distributors	2,122	13,486,595	643,692	19,867
4218203	Lawn & garden machinery & equipment whsle	729	4,230,316	318,416	9,369
42183	Industrial machinery & equipment whsle	35,674	139,946,952	14,167,699	342,008
4218301	Food-processing machinery & equipment whsle	1,333	4,273,371	496,582	12,098
4218302	Hydraulic & pneumatic (fluid-power) machinery & equipment whsle	3,866	13,016,250	1,637,232	40,348
42183021	Hydraulic & pneumatic pumps & motors whsle	1,636	4,753,826	543,359	13,756
42183022	Hydraulic & pneumatic parts, accessories, & supplies whsle	2,230	8,262,424	1,093,873	26,592
4218303	General-purpose industrial machinery & equipment whsle	11,101	42,641,534	4,279,378	102,295
4218304	Metalworking machinery & equipment whsle	4,092	19,008,973	1,603,844	35,524
4218305	Materials handling equipment whsle	4,642	18,803,215	2,371,197	63,169
4218306	Oilwell, oil refinery, & pipeline mach, equip, & supplies whsle	3,536	11,671,958	1,006,985	25,475
4218307	Other industrial machinery & equipment whsle	7,104	30,531,651	2,772,481	63,099
42184	Industrial supplies whsle	15,055	64,861,321	5,240,795	140,735
4218401	General-line industrial supplies whsle	2,176	4,367,291	554,823	16,136
4218402	Mechanical power transmission supplies whsle	2,917	13,895,428	1,027,321	28,097
4218403	Welding supplies whsle	2,141	4,750,926	649,262	19,335
4218404	Industrial containers & supplies whsle	1,763	9,931,630	574,198	15,879
4218405	Industrial valves & fittings (except fluid-power) whsle	1,552	6,805,404	731,411	16,740
4218406	Other industrial supplies whsle	4,506	25,110,642	1,703,780	44,548
42185	Service establishment equipment & supplies whsle	6,808	16,038,492	1,804,565	59,878
4218501	Beauty & barber shop equipment & supplies whsle	1,296	2,416,390	372,536	14,071
4218502	Custodial, janitors' equipment & supplies whsle	2,356	4,430,938	654,149	22,107
4218503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment & supplies whsle	699	4,123,097	240,347	6,526
4218504	Other service establishment equipment & supplies whsle	2,457	5,068,067	537,533	17,174
42186	Transportation equipment & supplies (exc motor vehicle) whsle	4,003	23,682,313	1,723,585	40,905
4218601	Aircraft & aeronautical equipment & supplies whsle	2,428	17,709,438	1,162,838	25,666
4218602	Marine machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle	952	3,513,978	344,478	9,314
4218603	Other transportation equipment & supplies whsle	623	2,458,897	216,269	5,925
4219	Miscellaneous durable goods whsle	37,783	185,455,758	11,070,270	351,839
42191	Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle	6,080	28,233,685	1,897,111	59,861
42192	Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle	3,229	20,166,025	1,229,055	36,337
42193	Recyclable material whsle	9,088	38,748,659	3,229,092	114,992
4219301	Iron & steel scrap processors & dealers	3,480	18,205,778	1,296,382	43,789
42193011	Iron & steel scrap processors (using power processing equipment)	2,308	12,550,221	1,100,834	36,303
42193012	Iron & steel scrap processors (not using power processing equip)	1,172	5,655,557	195,548	7,486
4219302	Recyclable paper & paperboard whsle	1,588	5,592,266	587,535	20,596
4219303	Other recyclable material whsle	4,020	14,950,615	1,345,175	50,607
42194	Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle	7,689	32,398,553	1,702,770	49,820
4219401	Jewelry, watch, diamonds, precious stone, & silverware whsle	7,116	22,519,342	1,579,391	46,813
4219402	Precious metal (excluding ores) whsle	573	9,879,211	123,379	3,007
42199	Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle	11,697	65,908,836	3,012,242	90,829
4219901	Musical instruments & supplies whsle	512	2,474,693	180,103	4,906
4219902	Forest products (except lumber) whsle	2,032	11,386,630	406,277	11,396
4219903	General merchandise (durable goods) whsle	3,382	21,595,797	525,213	18,027
4219904	Prerecorded media whsle	2,075	23,424,629	1,176,057	34,103
42199041	Compact discs/prerecorded audio tapes, & phonograph records whsle	1,418	15,602,913	825,788	23,540
42199042	Prerecorded video tapes whsle	657	7,821,716	350,269	10,563
4219905	Fire extinguishers & fire safety equipment whsle	1,016	1,136,419	181,172	6,604
4219906	Other durable goods whsle	2,680	5,890,668	543,420	15,793
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
422	Wholesale trade, nondurable goods	r 162,841	r 1,879,940,402	r 81,678,408	r 2,398,296
4221	Paper & paper product whsle	15,848	117,062,485	7,730,308	214,350
42211	Printing & writing paper whsle	2,309	38,397,487	1,547,334	33,135
42212	Stationery & office supplies whsle	8,046	33,271,034	3,308,237	109,766
42213	Industrial & personal service paper whsle	5,493	45,393,964	2,874,737	71,449
4222	Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle	8,053	203,147,771	8,394,864	190,127
4222101	General-line drugs whsle	3,283	79,946,995	2,290,715	70,977
4222102	Specialty-line drug, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, & toiletries whsle	4,770	123,200,776	6,104,149	119,150
4223	Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle	20,707	124,104,420	7,759,577	207,574
42231	Piece goods, notions, & other dry goods whsle	5,666	25,776,927	1,611,443	45,435
4223101	Piece goods - jobbers	4,191	22,125,937	1,240,760	33,068
4223102	Notions & other dry goods whsle	1,475	3,650,990	370,683	12,367
42232	Men's & boys' clothing & furnishings whsle	5,006	33,360,264	2,166,205	62,253
42233	Women's, children's, & infants' clothing & accessories whsle	8,217	40,603,484	2,799,463	76,256
42234	Footwear whsle	1,818	24,363,745	1,182,466	23,630
4224	Grocery & related products whsle	41,760	588,970,062	26,778,099	854,919
42241	General-line grocery whsle	4,138	146,689,286	5,541,000	168,190
4224101	General-line grocery whsle, voluntary group	186	16,156,029	554,986	17,064
4224102	General-line grocery whsle, retail cooperative	211	16,142,440	467,726	13,882
4224103	Other general-line grocery whsle	3,741	114,390,817	4,518,288	137,244
42242	Packaged frozen food whsle	3,838	69,114,831	2,800,272	85,067
42243	Dairy products, (except dried or canned) whsle	2,862	34,594,779	1,637,129	47,742
4224301	Raw milk whsle	140	4,900,769	49,043	1,642
4224302	Dairy product (except raw milk) whsle	2,722	29,694,010	1,588,086	46,100
42244	Poultry & poultry product whsle	1,040	13,809,561	490,567	17,792
4224401	Live poultry whsle	50	317,047	17,713	595
4224402	Poultry & poultry product (except live) whsle	990	13,492,514	472,854	17,197
42245	Confectionery whsle	2,621	27,169,914	1,835,202	60,010
42246	Fish & seafood whsle	2,960	13,165,780	684,365	27,402
42247	Meat & meat product whsle	3,557	51,326,415	1,490,922	50,256
42248	Fresh fruit & vegetable whsle	6,121	46,340,833	3,021,175	109,771
42249	Other grocery & related products whsle	14,623	186,758,663	9,277,467	288,689
4224901	Coffee, tea, & spice whsle	1,788	13,421,054	587,048	19,037
4224902	Bread & baked goods whsle	3,290	20,275,213	1,607,505	55,337
4224903	Soft drinks whsle	3,150	29,142,717	3,212,389	100,272
4224904	Canned goods whsle	1,283	27,632,847	753,747	20,470
4224905	Food & beverage basic materials whsle	703	6,331,021	266,495	7,303
4224906	Other grocery specialties whsle	4,409	89,955,811	2,850,283	86,270
4225	Farm-product raw material whsle	10,343	166,786,245	2,306,012	97,521
42251	Grain & field bean whsle	6,569	120,312,556	1,642,921	56,368
42252	Livestock whsle	2,090	24,098,461	260,202	27,182
42259	Other farm product raw material whsle	1,684	22,375,228	402,889	13,971
4225901	Hides, skins, & pelts whsle	260	2,096,303	54,276	1,983
4225902	Leaf tobacco whsle	328	3,658,394	86,300	3,720
4225903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair whsle	80	202,820	7,838	307
4225904	Cotton whsle	297	10,618,437	110,196	2,595
4225905	Other farm-product raw material whsle	719	5,799,274	144,279	5,366
4226	Chemical & allied products whsle	15,920	128,923,496	7,241,315	165,768
42261	Plastics materials & basic forms & shapes whsle	4,349	35,193,271	1,743,650	43,680
42269	Other chemical & allied products whsle	11,571	93,730,225	5,497,665	122,088
4226901	Industrial gases (except LP) whsle	1,106	2,806,880	407,882	11,505
4226902	Other chemical & allied products whsle	10,465	90,923,345	5,089,783	110,583
4227	Petroleum & petroleum products whsle	r 11,297	r 267,623,942	r 4,479,853	r 137,829
42271	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	r 7,690	r 176,719,246	r 3,165,900	r 102,489
4227101	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals (except LP)	r 7,270	r 171,008,939	r 2,991,345	r 97,752
42271011	Petroleum bulk stations (except LP)	6,045	50,922,994	1,878,095	69,499
42271012	Petroleum bulk terminals (except LP)	r 1,225	r 120,085,945	r 1,113,250	r 28,253
4227102	Liquefied petroleum bulk stations & terminals	420	5,710,307	174,555	4,737
42272	Petroleum & petroleum prod whsle (exc bulk stations & terminals)	3,607	r 90,904,696	1,313,953	35,340
4228	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle	4,850	69,703,203	5,667,069	151,677
42281	Beer & ale whsle	3,013	34,997,239	3,308,583	96,284
42282	Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle	1,837	34,705,964	2,358,486	55,393
4228201	Wine & distilled alcoholic bev (licensed operation) whsle	1,715	34,325,562	2,348,175	54,751
4228202	Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage (State operated) whsle	122	380,402	10,311	642
4229	Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle	34,063	213,618,778	11,321,311	378,531
42291	Farm supplies whsle	7,378	53,634,309	2,562,527	74,508
4229101	Farm supplies - farm dealers	3,873	12,772,801	836,054	29,647
4229102	Farm supplies - whsle distributors	3,505	40,861,508	1,726,473	44,861
42292	Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle	4,265	33,630,300	2,618,123	89,309
42293	Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle	3,900	8,002,830	1,026,750	44,939
42294	Tobacco & tobacco product whsle	1,561	50,268,772	1,589,663	57,046
42295	Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle	2,192	7,510,467	676,404	19,917
42299	Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle	14,767	60,572,100	2,847,844	92,812
4229901	Art goods whsle	4,583	9,596,493	985,525	33,019
4229902	General merchandise (nondurable goods) whsle	3,248	34,597,404	729,329	20,477
4229903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap whsle	446	802,397	77,465	2,966
4229904	Other nondurable goods whsle	6,490	15,575,806	1,055,525	36,350

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Source: 1997 Economic Census

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