U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
NAICS 42 - Wholesale trade
United States

By detailed employment size By year By state By industry
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 334,597 429,952 6,030,647 323,269,989
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 188,623 189,262 319,579 15,253,929
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 57,802 59,054 381,178 16,624,667
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 39,757 42,553 531,440 24,338,938
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 37,292 51,800 1,389,470 66,589,970
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 8,064 27,321 1,064,011 53,008,696
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,059 59,962 2,344,969 147,453,789
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 729 5,244 192,910 10,641,731
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 388 3,275 114,170 6,866,553
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 434 4,631 150,353 9,317,733
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 424 5,283 177,195 10,906,735
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,084 41,529 1,710,341 109,721,037
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 459 9,788 321,133 19,148,106
Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 290 8,682 311,504 20,759,842
Firms with 10,000 employees or more 335 23,059 1,077,704 69,813,089

 
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 328,784 14.8% 3.5% 1.0% 6,165,204 80.5% 58.1% 40.1%
link to 2007 detail 2007 334,676 14.3% 3.3% 0.9% 5,964,850 79.4% 56.5% 39.0%
link to 2006 detail 2006 334,597 14.5% 3.3% 0.9% 6,030,647 79.6% 56.5% 38.9%
link to 2005 detail 2005 336,736 14.2% 3.2% 0.9% 5,968,929 79.3% 56.2% 39.1%
link to 2004 detail 2004 337,642 14.3% 3.2% 0.9% 5,907,051 78.8% 55.2% 38.4%
link to 2003 detail 2003 342,450 14.2% 3.2% 0.9% 5,863,860 78.3% 54.7% 37.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 345,309 14.4% 3.1% 0.9% 5,860,256 77.9% 53.6% 37.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 346,027 15.1% 3.3% 0.9% 6,142,089 78.3% 54.0% 37.1%
link to 2000 detail 2000 354,153 14.8% 3.2% 0.9% 6,112,029 77.7% 53.0% 36.4%
link to 1999 detail 1999 358,564 14.6% 3.1% 0.9% 5,972,022 77.1% 52.0% 35.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 363,454 14.5% 3.1% 0.9% 5,885,230 76.3% 50.9% 34.6%

 
 
Wholesale trade - by State
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data		 State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail United States 334,597 14.5% 3.3% 0.9% 6,030,647 79.6% 56.5% 38.9%
link to industry detail Alabama 4,595 26.6% 13.7% 8.4% 79,498 79.9% 55.2% 37.7%
link to industry detail Alaska 587 32.9% 21.0% 16.2% 8,587 80.7% 57.6% 43.5%
link to industry detail Arizona 5,789 25.0% 13.7% 8.5% 97,006 81.7% 61.6% 45.9%
link to industry detail Arkansas 2,918 28.5% 15.0% 10.1% 48,821 79.6% 55.5% 42.3%
link to industry detail California 52,548 16.1% 5.1% 2.1% 825,742 77.3% 52.9% 34.5%
link to industry detail Colorado 6,349 23.4% 13.1% 8.1% 100,022 81.0% 60.9% 46.1%
link to industry detail Connecticut 4,172 25.4% 13.0% 7.9% 80,323 82.3% 61.0% 44.7%
link to industry detail Delaware 916 31.1% 20.9% 13.4% 20,165 87.5% 75.7% 64.1%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 353 37.1% 24.6% 17.8% 5,980 83.8% 61.0% 53.3%
link to industry detail Florida 27,626 12.7% 5.4% 2.8% 319,971 74.1% 53.3% 36.7%
link to industry detail Georgia 11,978 23.0% 12.1% 6.5% 207,204 81.6% 63.0% 45.5%
link to industry detail Hawaii 1,658 21.8% 10.9% 7.5% 20,799 70.8% 42.6% 26.8%
link to industry detail Idaho 1,645 31.6% 17.3% 11.2% 23,809 79.5% 49.5% 31.7%
link to industry detail Illinois 17,101 22.5% 9.9% 5.0% 315,469 82.0% 59.8% 42.8%
link to industry detail Indiana 6,729 26.0% 12.8% 6.9% 118,402 80.6% 56.3% 38.6%
link to industry detail Iowa 3,665 30.0% 13.9% 7.7% 64,474 80.4% 51.2% 28.7%
link to industry detail Kansas 3,567 29.7% 14.4% 8.4% 57,057 79.3% 50.5% 30.2%
link to industry detail Kentucky 3,758 29.1% 15.1% 9.2% 69,149 81.4% 59.1% 38.6%
link to industry detail Louisiana 4,404 26.9% 13.0% 7.8% 72,015 77.6% 50.7% 33.5%
link to industry detail Maine 1,482 25.3% 14.9% 9.9% 19,170 76.4% 53.2% 33.5%
link to industry detail Maryland 5,181 26.2% 13.1% 7.7% 98,316 83.0% 59.7% 39.5%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 7,640 25.1% 11.6% 6.6% 144,638 81.7% 57.8% 40.5%
link to industry detail Michigan 9,877 23.1% 10.6% 6.1% 173,601 80.9% 57.8% 39.8%
link to industry detail Minnesota 7,454 24.4% 11.3% 6.8% 136,824 82.2% 58.6% 44.1%
link to industry detail Mississippi 2,410 29.8% 16.1% 10.5% 37,852 78.8% 53.3% 35.4%
link to industry detail Missouri 6,935 25.6% 12.7% 7.1% 127,755 81.6% 59.2% 42.6%
link to industry detail Montana 1,226 25.4% 14.8% 9.9% 14,643 73.7% 47.9% 33.4%
link to industry detail Nebraska 2,287 31.7% 16.3% 9.6% 37,859 80.8% 52.3% 31.9%
link to industry detail Nevada 2,631 29.1% 17.7% 11.2% 38,980 81.2% 61.1% 42.6%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 1,811 27.3% 15.2% 10.0% 24,880 77.6% 52.0% 36.0%
link to industry detail New Jersey 14,817 19.9% 8.4% 4.4% 271,190 81.5% 60.0% 41.1%
link to industry detail New Mexico 1,727 30.3% 18.2% 12.8% 21,844 75.0% 51.8% 36.5%
link to industry detail New York 32,368 13.7% 4.5% 2.0% 405,236 73.8% 48.2% 30.4%
link to industry detail North Carolina 9,869 22.8% 11.3% 6.1% 170,298 81.0% 60.5% 42.9%
link to industry detail North Dakota 1,121 32.8% 15.9% 9.9% 17,171 77.0% 45.3% 30.2%
link to industry detail Ohio 12,516 24.2% 10.6% 5.4% 238,386 81.1% 57.1% 39.2%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 3,777 27.3% 14.0% 8.4% 61,012 78.5% 54.4% 34.5%
link to industry detail Oregon 4,790 26.7% 14.2% 8.5% 77,393 80.7% 56.6% 36.5%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 13,335 22.6% 10.1% 5.2% 241,755 80.1% 56.6% 37.3%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 1,364 27.8% 13.6% 9.4% 18,883 76.4% 43.6% 29.8%
link to industry detail South Carolina 4,009 26.2% 14.0% 8.4% 67,865 80.3% 59.0% 42.8%
link to industry detail South Dakota 1,074 32.0% 15.5% 9.5% 14,712 75.3% 39.9% 20.4%
link to industry detail Tennessee 6,004 28.0% 14.4% 8.6% 120,649 82.9% 61.9% 46.4%
link to industry detail Texas 24,916 20.0% 8.4% 4.2% 463,522 80.7% 60.7% 44.3%
link to industry detail Utah 3,154 27.3% 15.6% 10.1% 47,566 79.2% 55.6% 39.1%
link to industry detail Vermont 781 30.6% 16.6% 10.4% 10,677 77.0% 47.4% 20.7%
link to industry detail Virginia 6,257 25.6% 12.9% 7.3% 121,244 83.4% 62.4% 44.1%
link to industry detail Washington 7,989 23.3% 11.1% 6.3% 130,164 80.3% 56.4% 38.4%
link to industry detail West Virginia 1,321 33.2% 18.6% 13.3% 20,508 77.2% 51.4% 35.2%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 6,056 26.5% 11.9% 6.4% 114,530 81.9% 56.3% 35.3%
link to industry detail Wyoming 591 34.9% 20.1% 14.4% 7,031 72.3% 45.8% 37.0%

 
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade - by Subsector
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Industry
detail		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  42 Wholesale trade 334,597 14.5% 3.3% 0.9% 6,030,647 79.6% 56.5% 38.9%
link to industry detail 423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 180,108 16.5% 3.8% 1.1% 3,430,253 79.2% 54.4% 37.0%
link to industry detail 424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 103,543 17.0% 4.5% 1.3% 2,267,735 83.3% 62.1% 43.1%
link to industry detail 425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 52,295 4.4% 0.9% 0.4% 332,659 58.2% 40.2% 30.3%

 
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade - by Industry
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 180,108 16.5% 3.8% 1.1% 3,430,253 79.2% 54.4% 37.0%
link to state detail 4231 Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers 17,858 18.5% 5.1% 1.6% 367,505 81.4% 56.9% 35.7%
link to state detail 42311 Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers 5,286 22.7% 6.5% 1.6% 120,203 85.7% 56.6% 27.5%
link to state detail 42312 Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers 9,460 18.4% 5.6% 2.3% 197,865 81.0% 58.9% 41.2%
link to state detail 42313 Tire & tube merchant wholesalers 1,268 29.5% 9.1% 2.8% 33,195 85.3% 61.0% 40.2%
link to state detail 42314 Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers 1,994 7.0% 1.4% 0.7% 16,242 47.2% 25.8% 20.0%
link to state detail 4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 10,981 17.0% 4.1% 1.0% 158,027 73.8% 40.9% 15.2%
link to state detail 42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 4,835 16.7% 3.9% 1.0% 63,819 72.3% 36.9% 12.9%
link to state detail 42322 Home furnishing merchant wholesalers 6,150 17.2% 4.2% 1.0% 94,208 74.8% 43.6% 16.7%
link to state detail 4233 Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers 12,903 22.4% 6.6% 2.1% 274,745 81.6% 54.3% 34.1%
link to state detail 42331 Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 6,450 26.0% 7.4% 2.2% 153,761 84.1% 54.9% 32.6%
link to state detail 42332 Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers 3,103 18.8% 6.2% 2.9% 43,427 72.4% 41.7% 26.2%
link to state detail 42333 Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers 1,142 27.2% 10.2% 3.8% 40,643 88.3% 71.5% 52.7%
link to state detail 42339 Other construction material merchant wholesalers 2,363 20.2% 7.7% 3.1% 36,914 74.8% 47.9% 29.0%
link to state detail 4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 26,726 16.1% 4.3% 1.6% 723,687 85.9% 69.8% 57.0%
link to state detail 42341 Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers 796 18.6% 4.8% 2.0% 17,703 82.6% 59.7% 47.1%
link to state detail 42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers 3,173 21.1% 4.3% 1.4% 151,739 90.7% 77.5% 69.4%
link to state detail 42343 Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers 8,680 17.3% 4.9% 2.1% 294,512 89.0% 75.6% 64.1%
link to state detail 42344 Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers 3,974 14.9% 3.4% 1.3% 50,313 66.9% 35.2% 17.3%
link to state detail 42345 Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers 7,031 13.3% 4.5% 2.0% 151,613 84.4% 69.0% 54.2%
link to state detail 42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 1,075 17.0% 5.0% 1.7% 23,310 82.6% 60.0% 34.2%
link to state detail 42349 Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers 2,087 17.4% 5.3% 2.2% 34,497 76.0% 51.7% 32.3%
link to state detail 4235 Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers 7,505 23.2% 6.6% 2.9% 158,317 80.8% 51.7% 33.2%
link to state detail 42351 Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers 7,106 23.7% 6.6% 2.7% 154,692 81.2% 52.0% 33.2%
link to state detail 42352 Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 410 15.6% 8.8% 6.8% 3,625 63.8% 40.4% 31.3%
link to state detail 4236 Electrical goods merchant wholesalers 19,881 17.9% 4.9% 1.8% 466,457 83.0% 62.8% 46.7%
link to state detail 42361 Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers 7,626 19.2% 5.7% 2.0% 170,594 81.7% 60.2% 42.2%
link to state detail 42362 Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers 2,269 19.3% 5.4% 2.3% 46,436 81.1% 55.4% 36.2%
link to state detail 42369 Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers 10,122 17.5% 5.0% 2.2% 249,427 84.2% 65.9% 51.8%
link to state detail 4237 Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers 11,234 20.5% 4.9% 1.4% 231,219 79.0% 51.5% 32.2%
link to state detail 42371 Hardware merchant wholesalers 4,887 18.2% 4.2% 1.4% 86,215 75.8% 47.1% 29.1%
link to state detail 42372 Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers 3,153 23.6% 6.1% 1.8% 74,972 82.0% 56.8% 37.4%
link to state detail 42373 Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers 2,533 23.8% 6.7% 2.2% 55,606 80.2% 52.5% 31.5%
link to state detail 42374 Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 774 22.4% 6.8% 2.7% 14,426 77.9% 47.0% 27.0%
link to state detail 4238 Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers 43,578 17.6% 4.0% 1.4% 714,037 74.0% 44.3% 26.6%
link to state detail 42381 Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 3,040 25.4% 9.5% 4.3% 100,126 88.2% 70.0% 49.9%
link to state detail 42382 Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 6,539 21.5% 2.8% 0.8% 98,092 67.1% 22.6% 8.3%
link to state detail 42383 Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers 21,188 16.9% 4.2% 1.6% 313,191 72.1% 42.2% 24.0%
link to state detail 42384 Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 7,016 18.7% 5.1% 1.9% 111,198 74.4% 45.4% 27.3%
link to state detail 42385 Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 3,806 16.2% 3.7% 1.4% 52,604 68.9% 38.1% 22.5%
link to state detail 42386 Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers 2,433 16.0% 5.9% 3.1% 38,826 75.8% 54.8% 37.6%
link to state detail 4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 31,061 11.2% 2.4% 0.8% 336,259 67.8% 38.6% 21.3%
link to state detail 42391 Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 4,552 13.8% 3.4% 1.2% 52,485 68.6% 35.6% 14.9%
link to state detail 42392 Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 2,248 14.9% 3.5% 1.1% 33,665 77.6% 48.1% 25.3%
link to state detail 42393 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers 6,098 19.3% 3.5% 1.1% 94,572 72.8% 36.4% 17.1%
link to state detail 42394 Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers 7,815 5.6% 1.0% 0.3% 52,947 52.1% 27.7% 12.7%
link to state detail 42399 Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers 10,367 8.7% 2.1% 0.9% 102,590 67.8% 44.7% 31.5%
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 103,543 17.0% 4.5% 1.3% 2,267,735 83.3% 62.1% 43.1%
link to state detail 4241 Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers 9,213 16.1% 4.1% 1.3% 179,820 80.0% 58.0% 42.1%
link to state detail 42411 Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers 893 19.0% 7.4% 2.6% 24,216 86.9% 71.2% 48.0%
link to state detail 42412 Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers 4,857 13.1% 3.1% 1.0% 88,479 78.9% 60.7% 50.2%
link to state detail 42413 Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers 3,499 20.3% 5.6% 1.9% 67,125 78.9% 49.7% 29.2%
link to state detail 4242 Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 6,167 17.1% 6.4% 3.2% 257,590 91.6% 81.9% 70.7%
link to state detail 4243 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers 14,531 13.4% 3.5% 1.0% 200,985 75.1% 48.0% 25.8%
link to state detail 42431 Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers 3,516 11.5% 3.3% 1.2% 33,371 62.1% 32.5% 14.2%
link to state detail 42432 Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers 3,393 16.2% 4.7% 1.6% 57,302 78.6% 52.9% 29.9%
link to state detail 42433 Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers 6,186 13.7% 3.6% 1.0% 85,524 76.5% 47.9% 23.6%
link to state detail 42434 Footwear merchant wholesalers 1,493 13.0% 4.0% 1.4% 24,788 79.6% 57.9% 39.4%
link to state detail 4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 27,318 18.5% 4.8% 1.4% 770,899 86.9% 68.0% 50.2%
link to state detail 42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 3,075 17.6% 6.1% 2.9% 127,897 91.8% 81.3% 69.7%
link to state detail 42442 Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers 2,604 24.2% 8.5% 2.7% 95,022 89.1% 71.9% 51.1%
link to state detail 42443 Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers 1,654 20.4% 7.0% 2.7% 49,347 87.3% 69.4% 51.1%
link to state detail 42444 Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers 544 27.9% 8.6% 2.4% 11,751 80.4% 46.3% 8.4%
link to state detail 42445 Confectionery merchant wholesalers 1,763 15.6% 4.0% 1.7% 45,636 86.8% 70.5% 60.1%
link to state detail 42446 Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers 2,150 14.2% 2.1% 0.7% 22,013 64.9% 21.2% 9.6%
link to state detail 42447 Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers 2,376 19.5% 4.6% 1.6% 45,735 78.2% 48.8% 24.7%
link to state detail 42448 Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers 4,476 24.3% 5.6% 0.9% 104,516 83.2% 50.5% 17.4%
link to state detail 42449 Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers 8,928 16.8% 5.3% 2.1% 268,982 88.8% 74.4% 61.0%
link to state detail 4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 4,106 21.7% 4.6% 1.1% 62,173 72.0% 36.3% 17.8%
link to state detail 42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 2,487 24.9% 6.4% 1.4% 45,618 75.2% 43.3% 21.9%
link to state detail 42452 Livestock merchant wholesalers 825 22.5% 1.1% 0.6% 9,513 65.8% 6.3% 2.7%
link to state detail 42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 808 11.8% 3.8% 1.5% 7,042 60.0% 31.4% 11.7%
link to state detail 4246 Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers 8,601 17.8% 5.7% 2.5% 141,225 77.1% 52.4% 36.6%
link to state detail 42461 Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers 2,319 21.4% 7.8% 3.2% 37,161 76.1% 46.6% 23.3%
link to state detail 42469 Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers 6,307 16.8% 5.3% 2.5% 104,064 77.4% 54.4% 41.4%
link to state detail 4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 5,103 31.3% 10.2% 2.8% 102,753 81.2% 50.6% 26.2%
link to state detail 42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 2,948 39.5% 12.6% 3.6% 67,487 83.0% 48.7% 23.0%
link to state detail 42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 2,285 24.1% 10.0% 3.2% 35,266 77.6% 54.2% 32.3%
link to state detail 4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 3,336 39.7% 12.6% 2.1% 178,869 94.2% 71.2% 36.2%
link to state detail 42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 1,845 53.8% 17.0% 2.2% 106,338 95.3% 64.9% 19.3%
link to state detail 42482 Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 1,516 23.6% 8.5% 2.8% 72,531 92.7% 80.4% 60.9%
link to state detail 4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 25,854 13.1% 3.6% 1.1% 373,421 75.7% 52.5% 33.7%
link to state detail 42491 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 4,899 17.0% 4.9% 1.3% 75,632 74.4% 50.5% 32.6%
link to state detail 42492 Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers 2,088 18.9% 8.0% 3.4% 68,700 90.1% 77.7% 64.5%
link to state detail 42493 Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers 3,783 17.4% 3.1% 0.7% 57,234 72.2% 36.2% 9.8%
link to state detail 42494 Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers 1,186 27.4% 8.3% 2.5% 54,973 91.6% 74.4% 52.7%
link to state detail 42495 Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers 1,199 20.5% 6.6% 2.4% 21,519 76.7% 53.4% 35.6%
link to state detail 42499 Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 12,753 7.8% 2.0% 0.8% 95,363 59.0% 32.8% 15.3%
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 52,295 4.4% 0.9% 0.4% 332,659 58.2% 40.2% 30.3%
link to state detail 42511 Business to business electronic markets 1,166 6.3% 1.5% 0.9% 7,253 56.1% 30.8% 23.5%
link to state detail 42512 Wholesale trade agents & brokers 51,133 4.3% 0.9% 0.4% 325,406 58.3% 40.4% 30.4%

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