1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Wholesale Trade

United States
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)
42 Wholesale trade 859,328 W 405,858 30,759,272 453,470 4,059,657,778
421 Wholesale trade, durable goods 526,545 W 235,916 18,348,432 290,629 2,179,717,376
4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies wholesalers 43,412 W 14,084 1,945,646 29,328 533,352,124
4212 Furniture & home furnishings whsle 31,732 W 16,486 1,134,241 15,246 75,006,478
4213 Lumber & other construction materials whsle 21,551 W 7,284 715,470 14,267 89,175,875
4214 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle 58,147 W 12,796 993,707 45,351 367,383,550
4215 Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle 18,071 W 5,488 491,790 12,583 150,493,610
4216 Electrical goods whsle 48,197 W 9,963 931,750 38,234 357,691,888
4217 Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle 29,319 W 8,125 630,989 21,194 92,189,762
4218 Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 105,419 W 28,776 2,822,099 76,643 328,968,331
4219 Miscellaneous durable goods whsle 170,697 W 132,914 8,682,740 37,783 185,455,758
42191 Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle 19,561 W 13,481 826,162 6,080 28,233,685
42192 Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle 13,267 W 10,038 480,197 3,229 20,166,025
42193 Recyclable material whsle 15,063 W 5,975 391,016 9,088 38,748,659
42194 Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle 24,673 W 16,984 1,352,423 7,689 32,398,553
42199 Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle 98,133 W 86,436 5,632,942 11,697 65,908,836
422 Wholesale trade, nondurable goods 332,783 W 169,942 12,410,840 162,841 1,879,940,402
4221 Paper & paper product whsle 23,321 W 7,473 601,384 15,848 117,062,485
4222 Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle 11,865 W 3,812 265,421 8,053 203,147,771
4223 Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle 42,205 W 21,498 1,519,102 20,707 124,104,420
4224 Grocery & related products whsle 81,173 W 39,413 3,551,586 41,760 588,970,062
4225 Farm-product raw material whsle 15,156 W 4,813 463,313 10,343 166,786,245
4226 Chemical & allied products whsle 21,766 W 5,846 483,456 15,920 128,923,496
4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle 14,216 W 2,919 330,064 11,297 267,623,942
4228 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 6,738 W 1,888 156,618 4,850 69,703,203
4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 116,343 W 82,280 5,039,896 34,063 213,618,778
42291 Farm supplies whsle 9,768 W 2,390 162,073 7,378 53,634,309
42292 Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 14,781 W 10,516 330,231 4,265 33,630,300
42293 Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle 10,846 W 6,946 311,998 3,900 8,002,830
42294 Tobacco & tobacco product whsle 2,829 W 1,268 119,881 1,561 50,268,772
42295 Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle 2,838 W 646 42,168 2,192 7,510,467
42299 Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 75,281 W 60,514 4,073,545 14,767 60,572,100
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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