42411

Analysis

NAICS 42411 is the 2022 NAICS industry for printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers, part of 4241 (Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424110, 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 22% and employment fell 20%. 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 643 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,540 people at an average annual payroll of $90,243 per employee (78th percentile of national industries). 57% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers, with 8.5% of them.