42341

Analysis

NAICS 42341 is the 2022 NAICS industry for photographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, part of 4234 (Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423410, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 25% and employment fell 38%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 485 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 6,620 people at an average annual payroll of $96,353 per employee (81st percentile of national industries). 55% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 7th of the 7 codes at this level within Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, with 1.6% of them.