US states by business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census)

Texas had the highest business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census) of 51 states in 2017, at $1.21 trillion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $5.17 billion. The median was $88.03 billion and the figure for the United States was $8.73 trillion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,206,545.9Texas

Lowest5,167.1District of Columbia

Median88,032.151 states

United States8,734,807History

Map of states, 2017

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USD million, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2017 USD million
1	Texas	1,206,545.9
2	California	1,192,474.6
3	Illinois	583,864.6
4	New Jersey	463,246.9
5	New York	450,832.1
6	Florida	397,335.3
7	Pennsylvania	310,514.6
8	Michigan	305,471.4
9	Georgia	300,217.3
10	Ohio	276,250.9
11	North Carolina	218,600.5
12	Massachusetts	214,394.9
13	Minnesota	191,614.9
14	Tennessee	165,628.2
15	Washington	163,033.9
16	Missouri	154,925.9
17	Connecticut	149,834.3
18	Indiana	143,451
19	Virginia	137,827.1
20	Colorado	135,159.4
21	Kentucky	125,944.2
22	Wisconsin	117,298.8
23	Arizona	113,375.6
24	Maryland	100,900.1
25	Kansas	96,903.6
26	Alabama	88,032.1
27	Oregon	80,530.8
28	South Carolina	78,645.5
29	Louisiana	77,677.1
30	Iowa	77,649.8
31	Arkansas	74,585.6
32	Oklahoma	66,968.2
33	Nebraska	63,228.6
34	Utah	55,094.3
35	Idaho	37,786.5
36	Mississippi	37,439.9
37	Nevada	34,807.6
38	New Hampshire	26,679.5
39	North Dakota	26,257.7
40	West Virginia	23,491.1
41	Delaware	21,934
42	South Dakota	21,755.2
43	Rhode Island	20,828.5
44	Maine	18,858
45	Montana	17,275.8
46	Hawaii	16,969
47	New Mexico	16,400
48	Vermont	14,272.6
49	Alaska	9,162.3
50	Wyoming	7,664.3
51	District of Columbia	5,167.1

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in wholesale trade (NAICS 42), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments (US states by business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments, US states by business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments. US states by business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments, US states by business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census)?

Texas, with $1.21 trillion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest business revenue: wholesale trade (Economic Census)?

District of Columbia, with $5.17 billion in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.