42386

Analysis

NAICS 42386 is the 2022 NAICS industry for transportation equipment and supplies (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers, part of 4238 (Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423860, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 2,375 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 35,172 people at an average annual payroll of $94,255 per employee (80th percentile of national industries). 54% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 6th of the 6 codes at this level within Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, with 4.3% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 5% and employment fell 1%. 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.