42342

Analysis

NAICS 42342 is the 2022 NAICS industry for office equipment merchant wholesalers, part of 4234 (Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423420, 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 41% and employment fell 25%. 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 5,377 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 83,163 people at an average annual payroll of $77,877 per employee (66th percentile of national industries). 51% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 7 codes at this level within Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, with 18% of them.