# Employer establishments: wholesale trade in United States

Employer establishments: wholesale trade in United States was 382,081 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_wholesale_trade`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in wholesale trade (NAICS 42), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Note: County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-wholesale-trade/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=cbp_establishments_wholesale_trade&place=us

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 382,081 |
| 2022 | 388,706 |
| 2021 | 390,842 |
| 2020 | 391,114 |
| 2019 | 397,365 |
| 2018 | 403,648 |
| 2017 | 409,656 |
| 2016 | 412,526 |
| 2015 | 413,437 |
| 2014 | 416,593 |
| 2013 | 419,648 |
| 2012 | 420,501 |