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Size of the US Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers industry

NAICS 423840, Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$94.6 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
107,638
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
13,908
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
5,526
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$10.0 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 107,638 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 96,5272019-Q2: 97,6262019-Q3: 97,2732019-Q4: 97,8672020-Q1: 97,7242020-Q2: 94,5202020-Q3: 93,7712020-Q4: 95,6742021-Q1: 96,3082021-Q2: 96,9962021-Q3: 96,4342021-Q4: 98,4042022-Q1: 100,9162022-Q2: 103,0512022-Q3: 104,1332022-Q4: 104,6982023-Q1: 105,2072023-Q2: 105,9792023-Q3: 105,8212023-Q4: 107,2212024-Q1: 107,6412024-Q2: 107,9902024-Q3: 107,4812024-Q4: 107,7622025-Q1: 107,6902025-Q2: 107,8092025-Q3: 107,6782025-Q4: 108,2372026-Q1: 107,638NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1107,6382022
2025-Q4108,2372022
2025-Q3107,6782022
2025-Q2107,8092022
2025-Q1107,6902022
2024-Q4107,7622022
2024-Q3107,4812022
2024-Q2107,9902022
2024-Q1107,6412022
2023-Q4107,2212022
2023-Q3105,8212022
2023-Q2105,9792022
2023-Q1105,2072022
2022-Q4104,6982022
2022-Q3104,1332022
2022-Q2103,0512022
2022-Q1100,9162022
2021-Q498,4042017
2021-Q396,4342017
2021-Q296,9962017
2021-Q196,3082017
2020-Q495,6742017
2020-Q393,7712017
2020-Q294,5202017
2020-Q197,7242017
2019-Q497,8672017
2019-Q397,2732017
2019-Q297,6262017
2019-Q196,5272017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 114,267 · 2023
2017: 105,4902018: 107,0652019: 107,3412020: 106,8302021: 105,1272022: 106,5182023: 114,267
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PeriodValue
2023114,267
2022106,518
2021105,127
2020106,830
2019107,341
2018107,065
2017105,490

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 13,908 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 11,5582019-Q2: 11,6822019-Q3: 11,8022019-Q4: 11,8962020-Q1: 11,9512020-Q2: 12,0062020-Q3: 12,1222020-Q4: 12,2152021-Q1: 12,2472021-Q2: 12,3512021-Q3: 12,4552021-Q4: 12,6302022-Q1: 12,8112022-Q2: 12,8722022-Q3: 13,0352022-Q4: 13,0762023-Q1: 13,2092023-Q2: 13,2122023-Q3: 13,2962023-Q4: 13,4032024-Q1: 13,4392024-Q2: 13,5242024-Q3: 13,5782024-Q4: 13,6432025-Q1: 13,6602025-Q2: 13,7422025-Q3: 13,7892025-Q4: 13,8672026-Q1: 13,908NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q113,9082022
2025-Q413,8672022
2025-Q313,7892022
2025-Q213,7422022
2025-Q113,6602022
2024-Q413,6432022
2024-Q313,5782022
2024-Q213,5242022
2024-Q113,4392022
2023-Q413,4032022
2023-Q313,2962022
2023-Q213,2122022
2023-Q113,2092022
2022-Q413,0762022
2022-Q313,0352022
2022-Q212,8722022
2022-Q112,8112022
2021-Q412,6302017
2021-Q312,4552017
2021-Q212,3512017
2021-Q112,2472017
2020-Q412,2152017
2020-Q312,1222017
2020-Q212,0062017
2020-Q111,9512017
2019-Q411,8962017
2019-Q311,8022017
2019-Q211,6822017
2019-Q111,5582017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 9,605 · 2023
2017: 9,4632018: 9,1302019: 9,0012020: 9,0032021: 9,0392022: 9,0632023: 9,605
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PeriodValue
20239,605
20229,063
20219,039
20209,003
20199,001
20189,130
20179,463

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $2.7 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $1.8 billion2019-Q2: $1.7 billion2019-Q3: $1.7 billion2019-Q4: $2.1 billion2020-Q1: $1.8 billion2020-Q2: $1.7 billion2020-Q3: $1.7 billion2020-Q4: $2.1 billion2021-Q1: $1.8 billion2021-Q2: $1.8 billion2021-Q3: $1.9 billion2021-Q4: $2.4 billion2022-Q1: $2.1 billion2022-Q2: $2.1 billion2022-Q3: $2.3 billion2022-Q4: $2.6 billion2023-Q1: $2.4 billion2023-Q2: $2.2 billion2023-Q3: $2.2 billion2023-Q4: $2.7 billion2024-Q1: $2.5 billion2024-Q2: $2.4 billion2024-Q3: $2.4 billion2024-Q4: $2.8 billion2025-Q1: $2.5 billion2025-Q2: $2.5 billion2025-Q3: $2.4 billion2025-Q4: $2.9 billion2026-Q1: $2.7 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$2.7 billion2022
2025-Q4$2.9 billion2022
2025-Q3$2.4 billion2022
2025-Q2$2.5 billion2022
2025-Q1$2.5 billion2022
2024-Q4$2.8 billion2022
2024-Q3$2.4 billion2022
2024-Q2$2.4 billion2022
2024-Q1$2.5 billion2022
2023-Q4$2.7 billion2022
2023-Q3$2.2 billion2022
2023-Q2$2.2 billion2022
2023-Q1$2.4 billion2022
2022-Q4$2.6 billion2022
2022-Q3$2.3 billion2022
2022-Q2$2.1 billion2022
2022-Q1$2.1 billion2022
2021-Q4$2.4 billion2017
2021-Q3$1.9 billion2017
2021-Q2$1.8 billion2017
2021-Q1$1.8 billion2017
2020-Q4$2.1 billion2017
2020-Q3$1.7 billion2017
2020-Q2$1.7 billion2017
2020-Q1$1.8 billion2017
2019-Q4$2.1 billion2017
2019-Q3$1.7 billion2017
2019-Q2$1.7 billion2017
2019-Q1$1.8 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $10.0 billion · 2023
2017: $7.2 billion2018: $7.6 billion2019: $7.8 billion2020: $7.6 billion2021: $8.0 billion2022: $9.0 billion2023: $10.0 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$10.0 billion
2022$9.0 billion
2021$8.0 billion
2020$7.6 billion
2019$7.8 billion
2018$7.6 billion
2017$7.2 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages107,6382026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages13,9082026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$2.7 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$10.0 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns114,26720232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns9,60520232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$8.7 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census107,94320222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census9,32520222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census5,52620222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$94.6 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.