The Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) is conducted every year to provide detailed industry measures of sales, inventories, operational expenses and purchases for wholesale trade activities.
News
2020 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $8,037.4 billion in 2020, a 6.6% decrease from $8,607.1 billion in 2019.
2019 E-Stats Report: Measuring the Electronic Economy
The U.S. Census Bureau released a report summarizing 2019 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from key sectors of the economy.
2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $8,633.5 billion in 2019, according to estimates from the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey.
Updates
Revision of Table Notice
Estimated Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers: 1992 through 2020 (Table 1) that was released on December 15, 2021, was revised.
Release Schedule
This page provides dates for recent and upcoming Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) releases.
Release of 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey Data
The 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) data was released on January 21, 2021.
Tables
Annual Report for Wholesale Trade: 2020
View and download the 2020 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey tables.
Annual Report for Wholesale Trade - Detailed Operating Expenses: 2017
View and download the most up-to-date versions of the 2017 detailed operating expenses tables.
Annual Report for Wholesale Trade: 2019
View and download the 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey tables.
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