More detail	SIC	1987 SIC Description		Establishments			Sales ($1,000)			Paid employees			Annual payroll ($1,000)
				1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg
		Wholesale trade		24,757	24,637	0.5	284,546,480	219,361,442	29.7	357,606	331,906	7.7	14,310,760	10,931,299	30.9
	50	Wholesale trade - durable goods		15,842	15,373	3.1	161,221,486	115,239,251	39.9	216,896	200,364	8.3	9,177,630	6,966,386	31.7
	51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods		8,915	9,264	-3.8	123,324,994	104,122,191	18.4	140,710	131,542	7.0	5,133,130	3,964,913	29.5

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

Wholesale Trade by Industry (4-digit SIC)
Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Introductory text includes scope and methodology.
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SIC	1987 SIC Description		Establishments			Sales ($1,000)			Paid employees			Annual payroll ($1,000)
			1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg
	Wholesale trade		24,757	24,637	0.5	284,546,480	219,361,442	29.7	357,606	331,906	7.7	14,310,760	10,931,299	30.9
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods		15,842	15,373	3.1	161,221,486	115,239,251	39.9	216,896	200,364	8.3	9,177,630	6,966,386	31.7
501	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies		1,708	1,847	-7.5	34,800,461	24,052,585	44.7	24,333	22,837	6.6	752,836	616,091	22.2
5012	Automobiles and other motor vehicles		245	280	-12.5	28,206,421	18,423,196	53.1	6,448	5,856	10.1	224,789	179,692	25.1
5013	Motor vehicle supplies and new parts		1,118	1,181	-5.3	5,934,865	4,619,233	28.5	14,320	13,249	8.1	431,488	349,302	23.5
5014	Tires and tubes		128	162	-21.0	D	833,327	N	(1000-2499)	1,820	N	D	47,599	N
5015	Motor vehicle parts, used		217	224	-3.1	D	176,829	N	(1000-2499)	1,912	N	D	39,498	N
502	Furniture and home furnishings		882	863	2.2	5,859,502	4,576,261	28.0	9,580	8,900	7.6	382,720	295,039	29.7
5021	Furniture		420	421	-0.2	2,368,831	2,103,482	12.6	3,653	3,709	-1.5	160,852	133,398	20.6
5023	Home furnishings		462	442	4.5	3,490,671	2,472,779	41.2	5,927	5,191	14.2	221,868	161,641	37.3
503	Lumber and other construction materials		920	815	12.9	D	3,330,856	N	(5000-9999)	7,999	N	D	253,702	N
5031	Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panels		390	342	14.0	2,038,981	1,655,017	23.2	4,535	3,641	24.6	160,646	118,676	35.4
5032	Brick, stone, and related construction materials		178	177	0.6	834,367	619,783	34.6	1,557	1,443	7.9	54,995	48,540	13.3
5033	Roofing, siding, and insulation materials		147	143	2.8	793,238	677,155	17.1	1,580	1,257	25.7	62,738	39,897	57.2
5039	Other construction materials		205	153	34.0	D	378,901	N	(1000-2499)	1,658	N	D	46,589	N
504	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies		2,117	2,150	-1.5	D	20,359,259	N	(25k-49999)	43,523	N	D	1,794,437	N
5043	Photographic equipment and supplies		80	95	-15.8	1,910,289	1,564,245	22.1	1,981	2,692	-26.4	98,068	100,484	-2.4
5044	Office equipment		315	372	-15.3	2,196,403	1,585,435	38.5	6,493	7,591	-14.5	278,110	239,961	15.9
5045	Computers and computer peripheral equipment and supplies		728	760	-4.2	D	9,095,703	N	(10k-24999)	17,553	N	D	850,121	N
5046	Other commercial equipment		269	251	7.2	1,343,305	979,164	37.2	4,196	3,066	36.9	155,476	101,887	52.6
5047	Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies		512	445	15.1	D	6,108,155	N	(5000-9999)	8,897	N	D	377,508	N
5048	Ophthalmic goods		66	78	-15.4	175,289	179,519	-2.4	711	729	-2.5	21,007	21,071	-0.3
5049	Other professional equipment and supplies		147	149	-1.3	1,227,037	847,038	44.9	2,392	2,995	-20.1	99,894	103,405	-3.4
505	Metals and minerals, except petroleum		896	838	6.9	17,484,202	14,043,627	24.5	16,869	15,107	11.7	673,367	553,490	21.7
5051	Metals service centers and offices		861	812	6.0	17,197,864	13,444,380	27.9	16,668	14,842	12.3	663,623	539,433	23.0
5052	Coal and other minerals and ores		35	26	34.6	286,338	599,247	-52.2	201	265	-24.2	9,744	14,057	-30.7
506	Electrical goods		2,137	1,980	7.9	23,841,329	16,068,380	48.4	30,908	29,565	4.5	1,486,994	1,043,680	42.5
5063	Electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies, and construction materials		978	962	1.7	6,805,256	4,633,551	46.9	12,499	11,186	11.7	523,508	374,347	39.8
5064	Electrical appliances, television and radio sets		182	190	-4.2	4,812,444	3,982,775	20.8	3,675	5,593	-34.3	168,054	175,244	-4.1
5065	Other electronic parts and equipment		977	828	18.0	12,223,629	7,452,054	64.0	14,734	12,786	15.2	795,432	494,089	61.0
507	Hardware and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies		1,359	1,273	6.8	7,311,376	5,550,801	31.7	16,941	13,410	26.3	654,341	443,100	47.7
5072	Hardware		627	571	9.8	3,815,077	2,645,964	44.2	8,957	6,603	35.7	341,589	209,976	62.7
5074	Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies		413	379	9.0	2,296,937	1,893,308	21.3	4,964	4,024	23.4	191,521	139,715	37.1
5075	Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies		237	244	-2.9	902,720	771,624	17.0	2,159	2,188	-1.3	86,711	72,982	18.8
5078	Refrigeration equipment and supplies		82	79	3.8	296,642	239,905	23.6	861	595	44.7	34,520	20,427	69.0
508	Machinery, equipment, and supplies		4,118	3,893	5.8	D	19,206,071	N	(25k-49999)	42,819	N	D	1,499,111	N
5082	Construction and mining (except petroleum) machinery and equipment		216	208	3.8	6,756,961	4,143,684	63.1	4,936	4,094	20.6	276,899	158,078	75.2
5083	Farm and garden machinery and equipment		489	519	-5.8	2,371,095	1,601,212	48.1	5,882	5,670	3.7	175,404	134,581	30.3
5084	Industrial machinery and equipment		2,034	1,811	12.3	11,022,011	7,864,521	40.1	22,246	19,778	12.5	1,055,615	774,420	36.3
5085	Industrial supplies		903	865	4.4	D	3,954,093	N	(5000-9999)	8,662	N	D	297,577	N
5087	Service establishment equipment and supplies		340	376	-9.6	897,308	752,237	19.3	3,194	3,412	-6.4	95,463	89,128	7.1
5088	Transportation equipment and supplies, except motor vehicles		136	114	19.3	1,335,686	890,324	50.0	1,925	1,203	60.0	92,749	45,327	104.6
509	Miscellaneous durable goods		1,705	1,714	-0.5	11,400,535	8,051,411	41.6	17,899	16,204	10.5	633,132	467,736	35.4
5091	Sporting and recreational goods and supplies		249	255	-2.4	2,410,670	1,513,435	59.3	2,889	2,676	8.0	124,784	80,830	54.4
5092	Toys and hobby goods and supplies		163	145	12.4	2,394,306	1,553,893	54.1	2,516	1,958	28.5	97,359	61,597	58.1
5093	Recyclable materials		493	532	-7.3	3,002,687	2,172,657	38.2	6,104	5,609	8.8	194,916	149,457	30.4
5094	Jewelry, watches, silverware, precious stones, and precious metals		290	303	-4.3	1,019,108	1,037,402	-1.8	2,198	2,888	-23.9	70,854	75,109	-5.7
5099	Durable goods, n.e.c.		510	479	6.5	2,573,764	1,774,024	45.1	4,192	3,073	36.4	145,219	100,743	44.1
SIC	1987 SIC Description		Establishments			Sales ($1,000)			Paid employees			Annual payroll ($1,000)
			1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg	1997	1992	% chg
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods		8,915	9,264	-3.8	123,324,994	104,122,191	18.4	140,710	131,542	7.0	5,133,130	3,964,913	29.5
511	Paper and paper products		1,186	1,200	-1.2	15,707,216	13,628,604	15.3	21,105	18,586	13.6	746,218	550,110	35.6
5111	Printing and writing paper		186	179	3.9	5,019,498	5,688,027	-11.8	2,142	2,493	-14.1	107,273	107,953	-0.6
5112	Stationery and office supplies		617	634	-2.7	4,196,340	2,760,326	52.0	13,705	11,629	17.9	370,243	264,823	39.8
5113	Industrial and personal service paper		383	387	-1.0	6,491,378	5,180,251	25.3	5,258	4,464	17.8	268,702	177,334	51.5
512	Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries		321	286	12.2	14,057,069	13,303,366	5.7	11,403	11,131	2.4	550,755	464,764	18.5
5122	Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries		321	286	12.2	14,057,069	13,303,366	5.7	11,403	11,131	2.4	550,755	464,764	18.5
513	Apparel, piece goods, and notions		643	666	-3.5	3,226,292	2,986,969	8.0	5,230	5,852	-10.6	191,648	170,304	12.5
5131	Piece goods, notions, and other dry goods		185	181	2.2	676,170	937,552	-27.9	1,497	1,623	-7.8	54,610	56,997	-4.2
5136	Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings		171	186	-8.1	1,188,047	D	N	2,070	(1000-2499)	N	76,021	D	N
5137	Women's and children's and infants' clothing and accessories		236	252	-6.3	1,064,302	1,035,639	2.8	1,448	1,756	-17.5	51,246	44,693	14.7
5139	Footwear		51	47	8.5	297,773	D	N	215	(250-499)	N	9,771	D	N
514	Groceries and related products		1,855	1,924	-3.6	D	28,251,343	N	(25k-49999)	36,378	N	D	1,025,396	N
5141	Groceries, general-line		185	208	-11.1	11,877,718	9,092,977	30.6	7,162	6,817	5.1	261,869	212,755	23.1
5142	Packaged frozen foods		183	188	-2.7	3,894,881	2,800,114	39.1	4,875	4,122	18.3	167,680	109,152	53.6
5143	Dairy products, except dried or canned		162	190	-14.7	2,185,267	1,512,088	44.5	2,260	2,070	9.2	81,046	59,168	37.0
5144	Poultry and poultry products		52	63	-17.5	626,270	568,889	10.1	1,138	1,115	2.1	32,928	29,498	11.6
5145	Confectionery		141	115	22.6	2,079,228	1,768,027	17.6	3,735	4,693	-20.4	127,581	95,427	33.7
5146	Fish and seafoods		44	59	-25.4	D	371,136	N	(250-499)	666	N	D	20,907	N
5147	Meats and meat products		264	292	-9.6	2,656,403	3,844,696	-30.9	4,074	4,672	-12.8	120,744	126,293	-4.4
5148	Fresh fruits and vegetables		204	197	3.6	1,273,693	1,174,267	8.5	1,970	1,997	-1.4	87,688	68,825	27.4
5149	Other groceries and related products		620	612	1.3	D	7,119,149	N	(10k-24999)	10,226	N	D	303,371	N
515	Farm-product raw materials		916	985	-7.0	13,785,098	11,661,216	18.2	6,511	6,814	-4.4	184,911	150,955	22.5
5153	Grain and field beans		770	819	-6.0	12,889,314	10,367,362	24.3	5,589	5,626	-0.7	167,259	134,461	24.4
5154	Livestock		115	135	-14.8	771,524	1,078,245	-28.4	666	967	-31.1	9,723	10,391	-6.4
5159	Other farm-product raw materials		31	31	0.0	124,260	215,609	-42.4	256	221	15.8	7,929	6,103	29.9
516	Chemicals and allied products		874	806	8.4	10,564,948	10,150,391	4.1	10,131	9,023	12.3	464,742	357,144	30.1
5162	Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes		293	225	30.2	4,339,809	3,278,925	32.4	3,608	2,505	44.0	157,223	97,810	60.7
5169	Chemicals and allied products, n.e.c.		581	581	0.0	6,225,139	6,871,466	-9.4	6,523	6,518	0.1	307,519	259,334	18.6
517	Petroleum and petroleum products		470	644	-27.0	7,567,054	7,219,457	4.8	5,415	6,366	-14.9	197,279	180,023	9.6
5171	Petroleum bulk stations and terminals		325	463	-29.8	5,415,028	4,711,092	14.9	4,168	4,483	-7.0	136,365	111,487	22.3
5172	Petroleum and petroleum products, except bulk stations and terminals		145	181	-19.9	2,152,026	2,508,365	-14.2	1,247	1,883	-33.8	60,914	68,536	-11.1
518	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages		219	237	-7.6	3,732,512	3,049,527	22.4	6,791	6,750	0.6	269,282	248,871	8.2
5181	Beer and ale		146	154	-5.2	1,999,451	1,389,320	43.9	3,908	3,830	2.0	150,661	130,489	15.5
5182	Wine and distilled alcoholic beverages		73	83	-12.0	1,733,061	1,660,207	4.4	2,883	2,920	-1.3	118,621	118,382	0.2
519	Miscellaneous nondurable goods		2,431	2,516	-3.4	D	13,871,318	N	(25k-49999)	30,642	N	D	817,346	N
5191	Farm supplies		918	1,033	-11.1	7,837,776	5,790,448	35.4	9,011	10,896	-17.3	279,969	255,762	9.5
5192	Books, periodicals, and newspapers		238	235	1.3	3,130,047	2,460,884	27.2	9,173	6,709	36.7	234,708	187,878	24.9
5193	Flowers, nursery stock, and florists' supplies		198	168	17.9	694,288	503,247	38.0	3,216	2,528	27.2	91,953	60,446	52.1
5194	Tobacco and tobacco products		50	57	-12.3	2,042,496	2,195,304	-7.0	2,099	2,388	-12.1	70,669	67,353	4.9
5198	Paints, varnishes, and supplies		110	170	-35.3	623,026	548,352	13.6	995	1,389	-28.4	39,310	41,034	-4.2
5199	Other miscellaneous nondurable goods		917	853	7.5	D	2,373,083	N	(5000-9999)	6,732	N	D	204,873	N

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