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		2,444	2,104	16.2	12,157,681	8,152,393	49.1	26,379	20,464	28.9	970,119	634,916	52.8
	50	Wholesale trade - durable goods		1,772	1,514	17.0	6,502,545	4,059,672	60.2	16,416	12,887	27.4	613,335	404,373	51.7
	51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods		672	590	13.9	5,655,136	4,092,721	38.2	9,963	7,577	31.5	356,784	230,543	54.8

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		2,444	2,104	16.2	12,157,681	8,152,393	49.1	26,379	20,464	28.9	970,119	634,916	52.8
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods		1,772	1,514	17.0	6,502,545	4,059,672	60.2	16,416	12,887	27.4	613,335	404,373	51.7
501	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies		257	251	2.4	D	483,106	N	(2500-4999)	2,304	N	D	54,693	N
5012	Automobiles and other motor vehicles		33	38	-13.2	252,947	160,946	57.2	729	491	48.5	21,536	12,485	72.5
5013	Motor vehicle supplies and new parts		170	156	9.0	203,313	248,817	-18.3	1,393	1,402	-0.6	31,093	32,908	-5.5
5014	Tires and tubes		25	31	-19.4	D	62,245	N	(250-499)	289	N	D	7,206	N
5015	Motor vehicle parts, used		29	26	11.5	D	11,098	N	(100-249)	122	N	D	2,094	N
502	Furniture and home furnishings		73	62	17.7	D	115,727	N	(250-499)	384	N	D	10,583	N
5021	Furniture		32	32	0.0	D	55,588	N	(100-249)	261	N	D	7,032	N
5023	Home furnishings		41	30	36.7	D	60,139	N	(100-249)	123	N	D	3,551	N
503	Lumber and other construction materials		124	108	14.8	895,045	586,969	52.5	1,195	1,013	18.0	48,652	32,916	47.8
5031	Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panels		61	49	24.5	D	472,950	N	(500-999)	589	N	D	20,764	N
5032	Brick, stone, and related construction materials		36	25	44.0	D	23,989	N	(100-249)	138	N	D	3,521	N
5033	Roofing, siding, and insulation materials		13	16	-18.8	85,748	65,446	31.0	189	182	3.8	7,379	5,677	30.0
5039	Other construction materials		14	18	-22.2	D	24,584	N	(100-249)	104	N	D	2,954	N
504	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies		324	256	26.6	1,333,090	732,355	82.0	3,503	2,603	34.6	169,169	102,421	65.2
5043	Photographic equipment and supplies		8	4	100.0	D	D	N	(100-249)	(20-99)	N	D	D	N
5044	Office equipment		36	42	-14.3	67,337	121,292	-44.5	384	616	-37.7	13,487	22,917	-41.1
5045	Computers and computer peripheral equipment and supplies		186	134	38.8	1,035,208	441,062	134.7	2,235	1,290	73.3	123,091	60,764	102.6
5046	Other commercial equipment		23	19	21.1	D	D	N	(100-249)	(100-249)	N	D	D	N
5047	Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies		46	41	12.2	81,932	97,283	-15.8	285	276	3.3	10,433	8,250	26.5
5048	Ophthalmic goods		6	4	50.0	14,141	6,322	123.7	114	60	90.0	4,254	1,357	213.5
5049	Other professional equipment and supplies		19	12	58.3	72,193	38,383	88.1	244	212	15.1	8,763	5,544	58.1
505	Metals and minerals, except petroleum		43	32	34.4	187,072	104,060	79.8	472	307	53.7	18,609	10,588	75.8
5051	Metals service centers and offices		43	31	38.7	187,072	D	N	472	(250-499)	N	18,609	D	N
5052	Coal and other minerals and ores		0	1	N	0	D	N	0	(1-19)	N	0	D	N
506	Electrical goods		294	232	26.7	1,386,103	766,931	80.7	2,653	1,903	39.4	106,234	64,892	63.7
5063	Electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies, and construction materials		117	110	6.4	583,556	381,066	53.1	941	840	12.0	38,068	27,414	38.9
5064	Electrical appliances, television and radio sets		14	6	133.3	30,413	D	N	56	(20-99)	N	2,329	D	N
5065	Other electronic parts and equipment		163	116	40.5	772,134	D	N	1,656	(1000-2499)	N	65,837	D	N
507	Hardware and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies		142	128	10.9	650,244	421,475	54.3	1,864	1,268	47.0	54,816	38,956	40.7
5072	Hardware		42	31	35.5	D	204,647	N	(500-999)	543	N	D	16,818	N
5074	Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies		77	73	5.5	213,693	163,122	31.0	771	537	43.6	21,520	15,341	40.3
5075	Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies		17	19	-10.5	D	D	N	(100-249)	(100-249)	N	D	D	N
5078	Refrigeration equipment and supplies		6	5	20.0	D	D	N	(20-99)	(20-99)	N	D	D	N
508	Machinery, equipment, and supplies		353	300	17.7	998,319	608,803	64.0	2,825	2,284	23.7	109,611	69,111	58.6
5082	Construction and mining (except petroleum) machinery and equipment		36	31	16.1	D	90,493	N	(250-499)	385	N	D	11,881	N
5083	Farm and garden machinery and equipment		23	23	0.0	D	32,440	N	(100-249)	176	N	D	3,802	N
5084	Industrial machinery and equipment		183	144	27.1	513,304	201,174	155.2	1,313	727	80.6	58,854	21,882	169.0
5085	Industrial supplies		58	63	-7.9	D	137,668	N	(250-499)	374	N	D	11,531	N
5087	Service establishment equipment and supplies		30	30	0.0	100,706	55,676	80.9	381	350	8.9	10,185	10,048	1.4
5088	Transportation equipment and supplies, except motor vehicles		23	9	155.6	D	91,352	N	(20-99)	272	N	D	9,967	N
509	Miscellaneous durable goods		162	145	11.7	385,589	240,246	60.5	964	821	17.4	29,647	20,213	46.7
5091	Sporting and recreational goods and supplies		44	45	-2.2	249,484	126,311	97.5	454	308	47.4	13,935	9,259	50.5
5092	Toys and hobby goods and supplies		14	12	16.7	D	10,239	N	(20-99)	42	N	D	1,272	N
5093	Recyclable materials		35	34	2.9	53,868	45,140	19.3	253	270	-6.3	7,649	5,255	45.6
5094	Jewelry, watches, silverware, precious stones, and precious metals		21	12	75.0	D	6,882	N	(20-99)	30	N	D	727	N
5099	Durable goods, n.e.c.		48	42	14.3	D	51,674	N	(100-249)	171	N	D	3,700	N
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		672	590	13.9	5,655,136	4,092,721	38.2	9,963	7,577	31.5	356,784	230,543	54.8
511	Paper and paper products		103	101	2.0	D	723,602	N	(1000-2499)	917	N	D	28,461	N
5111	Printing and writing paper		16	13	23.1	91,654	110,484	-17.0	114	121	-5.8	5,651	6,750	-16.3
5112	Stationery and office supplies		69	65	6.2	D	560,412	N	(1000-2499)	603	N	D	15,116	N
5113	Industrial and personal service paper		18	23	-21.7	83,145	52,706	57.8	249	193	29.0	11,457	6,595	73.7
512	Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries		20	11	81.8	D	38,544	N	(250-499)	177	N	D	5,119	N
5122	Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries		20	11	81.8	D	38,544	N	(250-499)	177	N	D	5,119	N
513	Apparel, piece goods, and notions		63	56	12.5	971,161	333,555	191.2	1,507	774	94.7	64,874	30,991	109.3
5131	Piece goods, notions, and other dry goods		11	11	0.0	42,065	58,675	-28.3	144	88	63.6	4,324	7,189	-39.9
5136	Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings		19	18	5.6	D	18,756	N	(100-249)	99	N	D	2,674	N
5137	Women's and children's and infants' clothing and accessories		14	14	0.0	D	17,488	N	(20-99)	92	N	D	2,807	N
5139	Footwear		19	13	46.2	886,348	238,636	271.4	1,116	495	125.5	54,251	18,321	196.1
514	Groceries and related products		170	159	6.9	2,083,738	1,417,658	47.0	3,161	2,781	13.7	112,280	80,480	39.5
5141	Groceries, general-line		11	16	-31.2	302,166	369,943	-18.3	544	545	-0.2	20,378	19,872	2.5
5142	Packaged frozen foods		16	7	128.6	192,644	25,239	663.3	70	66	6.1	3,245	2,091	55.2
5143	Dairy products, except dried or canned		8	15	-46.7	35,151	50,106	-29.8	91	188	-51.6	3,130	4,090	-23.5
5144	Poultry and poultry products		11	9	22.2	292,827	139,663	109.7	273	174	56.9	8,575	4,700	82.4
5145	Confectionery		12	8	50.0	94,703	58,754	61.2	404	281	43.8	13,628	7,424	83.6
5146	Fish and seafoods		17	19	-10.5	D	61,133	N	(20-99)	117	N	D	2,369	N
5147	Meats and meat products		6	10	-40.0	D	29,406	N	(20-99)	68	N	D	1,516	N
5148	Fresh fruits and vegetables		10	11	-9.1	24,290	23,296	4.3	122	111	9.9	2,865	2,005	42.9
5149	Other groceries and related products		79	64	23.4	D	660,118	N	(1000-2499)	1,231	N	D	36,413	N
515	Farm-product raw materials		3	3	0.0	D	2,766	N	(1-19)	9	N	D	270	N
5153	Grain and field beans		1	1	0.0	D	D	N	(1-19)	(1-19)	N	D	D	N
5154	Livestock		1	1	0.0	D	D	N	(1-19)	(1-19)	N	D	D	N
5159	Other farm-product raw materials		1	1	0.0	D	D	N	(1-19)	(1-19)	N	D	D	N
516	Chemicals and allied products		100	65	53.8	338,065	230,055	46.9	711	428	66.1	35,707	16,858	111.8
5162	Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes		35	12	191.7	125,835	38,158	229.8	188	73	157.5	11,163	3,277	240.6
5169	Chemicals and allied products, n.e.c.		65	53	22.6	212,230	191,897	10.6	523	355	47.3	24,544	13,581	80.7
517	Petroleum and petroleum products		39	51	-23.5	D	698,454	N	(500-999)	597	N	D	18,261	N
5171	Petroleum bulk stations and terminals		21	35	-40.0	D	395,988	N	(250-499)	474	N	D	12,535	N
5172	Petroleum and petroleum products, except bulk stations and terminals		18	16	12.5	D	302,466	N	(250-499)	123	N	D	5,726	N
518	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages		21	21	0.0	397,878	285,337	39.4	719	648	11.0	29,159	22,862	27.5
5181	Beer and ale		10	12	-16.7	209,276	D	N	599	(500-999)	N	24,694	D	N
5182	Wine and distilled alcoholic beverages		11	9	22.2	188,602	D	N	120	(20-99)	N	4,465	D	N
519	Miscellaneous nondurable goods		153	123	24.4	D	362,750	N	(1000-2499)	1,246	N	D	27,241	N
5191	Farm supplies		33	23	43.5	D	25,424	N	(100-249)	148	N	D	3,081	N
5192	Books, periodicals, and newspapers		27	30	-10.0	113,137	158,900	-28.8	495	621	-20.3	13,526	12,682	6.7
5193	Flowers, nursery stock, and florists' supplies		18	13	38.5	D	15,532	N	(100-249)	114	N	D	2,454	N
5194	Tobacco and tobacco products		5	5	0.0	114,289	85,807	33.2	181	168	7.7	4,013	3,804	5.5
5198	Paints, varnishes, and supplies		4	6	-33.3	1,251	D	N	19	(1-19)	N	290	D	N
5199	Other miscellaneous nondurable goods		66	46	43.5	D	D	N	(250-499)	(100-249)	N	D	D	N

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

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