42385

Analysis

NAICS 42385 is the 2022 NAICS industry for service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, part of 4238 (Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423850, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 13% and employment rose 0%. 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 5,296 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 54,608 people at an average annual payroll of $63,857 per employee (41st percentile of national industries). 45% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 4th of the 6 codes at this level within Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, with 9.6% of them.