42482

Analysis

NAICS 42482 is the 2022 NAICS industry for wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers, part of 4248 (Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424820, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 2,944 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 98,833 people at an average annual payroll of $92,886 per employee (80th 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 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers, with 60.6% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 8% and employment rose 14%. 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.