42382

Analysis

NAICS 42382 is the 2022 NAICS industry for farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers, part of 4238 (Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423820, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 7,500 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 112,992 people at an average annual payroll of $74,615 per employee (61st percentile of national industries). 31% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 6 codes at this level within Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, with 13.5% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 0% and employment rose 9%. 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.