42361

Analysis

NAICS 42361 is the 2022 NAICS industry for electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies, and related equipment merchant wholesalers, part of 4236 (Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423610, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 13,379 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 229,921 people at an average annual payroll of $97,044 per employee (82nd percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers, with 51.5% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% 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.