# US states by employer establishments: wholesale trade, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_wholesale_trade`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in wholesale trade (NAICS 42), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- 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
- 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/rankings/employer-establishments-wholesale-trade/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 54,671 |
| 2 | Texas | 33,316 |
| 3 | Florida | 30,723 |
| 4 | New York | 26,515 |
| 5 | Illinois | 15,961 |
| 6 | New Jersey | 12,856 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 12,804 |
| 8 | Georgia | 12,389 |
| 9 | Ohio | 12,323 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 11,177 |
| 11 | Michigan | 10,034 |
| 12 | Washington | 8,436 |
| 13 | Indiana | 7,138 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 7,025 |
| 15 | Colorado | 6,796 |
| 16 | Missouri | 6,781 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 6,646 |
| 18 | Arizona | 6,613 |
| 19 | Virginia | 6,529 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 6,489 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 6,463 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 5,013 |
| 23 | Maryland | 4,890 |
| 24 | Alabama | 4,843 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 4,810 |
| 26 | Oregon | 4,719 |
| 27 | Iowa | 4,686 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4,273 |
| 29 | Kansas | 4,117 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 3,912 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 3,739 |
| 32 | Utah | 3,645 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3,259 |
| 34 | Nevada | 3,175 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 3,062 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 2,512 |
| 37 | Idaho | 2,296 |
| 38 | North Dakota | 1,756 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 1,698 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 1,599 |
| 41 | South Dakota | 1,592 |
| 42 | Montana | 1,582 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 1,412 |
| 44 | Maine | 1,395 |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,289 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 1,279 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 1,245 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 859 |
| 49 | Vermont | 687 |
| 50 | Alaska | 682 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 370 |