Analysis
NAICS 42469 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers, part of 4246 (Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers).
It has only one more detailed code, 424690, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 8,845 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 135,062 people at an average annual payroll of $97,332 per employee (83rd percentile of national industries). 48% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers, with 77.8% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% and employment rose 5%. 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 424690.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.