EC0242SSSZ6
Wholesale Trade: Subject Series - Estab and Firm Size: Concentration by Largest Firms: 2002

[NOTE. Data based on the 2002 Economic Census. For information on
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Methodology. Data in this table represent those available when
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industries or geographies. Data in this table may be subject to
employment- and/or sales-size minimums that vary by industry.]



D	Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

h	2,500 to 4,999 employees

i	5,000 to 9,999 employees

f	500 to 999 employees

g	1,000 to 2,499 employees

e	250 to 499 employees

b	20 to 99 employees

c	100 to 249 employees

k	25,000 to 49,999 employees

j	10,000 to 24,999 employees

l	50,000 to 99,999 employees

m	100,000 employees or more

UNIVERSE DESCRIPTION
The universe of this file is all establishments of firms with
payroll. This universe includes all establishments classified in
Wholesale Trade (sector 42) in 2002. These data supersede data
released in the Industry Series reports from the 2002 Economic
Census.
DATA ITEMS
This file contains data on:

  Establishments
  Sales
  Sales of largest firms as a percent of total sales
  Annual payroll
  First-quarter payroll
  Paid employees
  Operating expenses
  End-of-2001 inventories
  End-of-2002 inventories

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
The data are shown at the U.S. level.
INDUSTRY DETAIL
The data are shown at selected 2- through 8-digit NAICS code
levels.
OTHER VARIABLES IDENTIFYING RECORDS
Each record includes CONCENFI which is the three-digit code
representing concentration by largest firms categories (including
all firms, 4 largest firms, 8 largest firms, 20 largest firms, and
50 largest firms).
RELEASE SCHEDULE
The data in this file correspond to the Subject Series,
Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)
report (EC02-42SS-SZ) released in December 2005.
RELATED DATA FILES
EC0242SSSZ1 through EC0242SSSZ5 and EC0242SSSZ7 present data by
employment and sales size for establishments and firms, number of
single unit and multiunit firms, and legal form of organization for
the United States.
CORRESPONDENCE TO PDF REPORTS
These data are exactly the same as are shown in the PDF-format
Subject Series, Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form
of Organization) report (EC02-42SS-SZ). This report is also on the
Census Bureau's Internet site at www.census.gov.
DATA LIMITATIONS
There are no special limitations to these data.
FILE SEQUENCE
Data are presented by firm concentration in ascending NAICS code
sequence by type of operation.




