42459

Analysis

NAICS 42459 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other farm product raw material merchant wholesalers, part of 4245 (Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424590, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 41% and employment rose 56%. 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 1,120 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 11,302 people at an average annual payroll of $74,106 per employee (60th percentile of national industries). 57% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 3 codes at this level within Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers, with 18.4% of them.