# US states by nonemployer businesses: wholesale trade, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_wholesale_trade`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in wholesale trade (NAICS 42), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-wholesale-trade/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 67,226 |
| 2 | Florida | 54,661 |
| 3 | Texas | 44,948 |
| 4 | New York | 36,811 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 17,019 |
| 6 | Illinois | 15,986 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 15,482 |
| 8 | Georgia | 15,092 |
| 9 | Ohio | 13,286 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 12,763 |
| 11 | Michigan | 12,664 |
| 12 | Arizona | 8,750 |
| 13 | Virginia | 8,633 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 8,377 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 7,889 |
| 16 | Colorado | 7,532 |
| 17 | Missouri | 7,324 |
| 18 | Washington | 7,143 |
| 19 | Maryland | 7,133 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 6,927 |
| 21 | Indiana | 6,860 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 6,837 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 6,533 |
| 24 | Alabama | 5,460 |
| 25 | Utah | 5,110 |
| 26 | Nevada | 4,946 |
| 27 | Oregon | 4,876 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 4,825 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 4,528 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 4,523 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 4,354 |
| 32 | Iowa | 3,695 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 3,347 |
| 34 | Kansas | 3,258 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 3,257 |
| 36 | Idaho | 2,572 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 2,363 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 2,283 |
| 39 | Delaware | 2,036 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 2,027 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 1,798 |
| 42 | Maine | 1,748 |
| 43 | Montana | 1,594 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 1,429 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 1,324 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 1,236 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 1,152 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 919 |
| 49 | Vermont | 825 |
| 50 | Alaska | 538 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 367 |