Analysis
NAICS 424480 is the 2022 national industry for fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers, part of 42448 (Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 7 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 4,914 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 110,154 people at an average annual payroll of $63,137 per employee (39th percentile of national industries). 48% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include berries, fresh, merchant wholesalers, fresh fruits, vegetables, and berries merchant wholesalers, fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers and health foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, merchant…, among 7 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 2% 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (7)
- Berries, fresh, merchant wholesalers
- Fresh fruits, vegetables, and berries merchant wholesalers
- Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers
- Health foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, merchant wholesalers
- Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers
- Salads, prepackaged, merchant wholesalers
- Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers