42481

Analysis

NAICS 42481 is the 2022 NAICS industry for beer and ale merchant wholesalers, part of 4248 (Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424810, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers, with 39.4% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 1,915 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 116,337 people at an average annual payroll of $64,598 per employee (42nd percentile of national industries). 26% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 4% 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.