Analysis
NAICS 42449 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers, part of 4244 (Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers).
It has only one more detailed code, 424490, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 9 codes at this level within Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers, with 42.9% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 14,991 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 342,514 people at an average annual payroll of $66,413 per employee (46th percentile of national industries). 52% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 0% and employment rose 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
See industry description for 424490.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.