42413

Analysis

NAICS 42413 is the 2022 NAICS industry for industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers, part of 4241 (Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424130, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 3,770 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 66,154 people at an average annual payroll of $88,886 per employee (76th percentile of national industries). 45% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 7%. 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.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers, with 49.6% of them.