42451

Analysis

NAICS 42451 is the 2022 NAICS industry for grain and field bean merchant wholesalers, part of 4245 (Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424510, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 4,407 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 44,260 people at an average annual payroll of $79,031 per employee (67th percentile of national industries). 43% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers, with 72.2% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 6% and employment fell 9%. 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.