Analysis
NAICS 423110 is the 2022 national industry for automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers, part of 42311 (Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 31 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 6,117 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 135,951 people at an average annual payroll of $88,181 per employee (76th percentile of national industries). 46% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) merchant wholesalers, ambulance merchant wholesalers, automobile auction merchant wholesalers and automobile merchant wholesalers, among 31 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 1% and employment rose 6%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of new and used passenger automobiles, trucks, trailers, and other motor vehicles, such as motorcycles, motor homes, and snowmobiles.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (31)
- All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) merchant wholesalers
- Ambulance merchant wholesalers
- Automobile auction merchant wholesalers
- Automobile merchant wholesalers
- Bicycle, motorized, merchant wholesalers
- Bodies, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers
- Bus merchant wholesalers
- Camping trailer merchant wholesalers
- Cargo van merchant wholesalers
- Chassis, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers
- Minivan merchant wholesalers
- Moped merchant wholesalers
- Motor home merchant wholesalers
- Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers
- Motorcycle merchant wholesalers
- Recreational vehicle merchant wholesalers
- School bus merchant wholesalers
- Snowmobile merchant wholesalers
- Special purpose highway vehicle merchant wholesalers
- Sport utility vehicle merchant wholesalers
- Taxicab merchant wholesalers
- Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers
- Trailers, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers
- Transportation equipment, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers
- Travel trailer (e.g., tent trailers) merchant wholesalers
- Truck tractors, road, merchant wholesalers
- Truck trailer merchant wholesalers
- Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers
- Used car merchant wholesalers
- Utility trailer merchant wholesalers
- Vehicles, recreational, merchant wholesalers