EC1242SSSZ6
Wholesale Trade: Subject Series - Estab & Firm Size: Summary Statistics by Concentration of Largest Firms for the U.S.: 2012

Release Date : 02/19/2016

Includes only firms and establishments of firms with payroll. Excludes data for corporate, subsidiary, and regional managing offices and establishments of these firms that are classified in other categories than those specified in this file. See Table Notes for more information. Data based on the 2012 Economic Census. For method of assignment to categories shown and for information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Methodology.

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  Table Name
  Wholesale Trade: Subject Series- Establishment and Firm Size: Summary Statistics by Concentration of Largest Firms for the U.S.: 2012
 
 
  ReleaseSchedule
  The data in this file are scheduled for release in February 2016.
 
 
  Key TableInformation
  These data supersede the data released in the Industry Series file for Wholesale Trade (Sector 42) from the 2012 Economic Census. See  Methodology for additional information on data limitations.
 
 
  Universe
  The universe of this file is all establishments of firms with payroll in business at any time during 2012 and classified in Wholesale Trade (Sector 42).
 
 
  GeographyCoverage
  The data are shown at the United States level only.
 
 
  IndustryCoverage
  The data are shown for 2- through 8-digit 2012 NAICS codes.
 
 
  Data ItemsandOtherIdentifyingRecords
  This file contains data on:
   
    Establishments 
    Sales 
    Sales of largest firms as a percent of total sales 
    Annual payroll 
    First-quarter payroll 
    Paid employees
    Each record includes a CONCENFI code which represents a specfic concentration by largest firms category (including all firms, 4 largest firms, 8 largest firms, 20 largest firms, and 50 largest firms).
 
 
  FTP Download
  Download the entire table athttp://www2.census.gov/econ2012/EC/sector42/EC1242SSSZ6.zip
 
 
  ContactInformation 
  U.S. Census Bureau, Economy Wide Statistics Division Data User Outreach and Education Staff Washington, DC 20233-6900 Tel: (800) 242-2184 Tel: (301) 763-5154 ewd.outreach@census.gov 
  


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

f	500 to 999 employees

h	2,500 to 4,999 employees

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census
Note: The data in this file are based on the 2012 Economic Census. To maintain confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses data to protect the identity of any business or individual. The census results in this file contain nonsampling error. Data users who create their own estimates using data from this file should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. For the full technical documentation, see Methodology link in above headnote.

Symbols:D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsN - Not available or not comparableFor a complete list of all economic programs symbols, see the Symbols Glossary

