Analysis
NAICS 424820 is the 2022 national industry for wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers, part of 42482 (Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.
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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include alcoholic beverages, wine, and distilled spirits merchant…, beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers, brandy and brandy spirits merchant wholesalers and cocktails, alcoholic, premixed, merchant wholesalers, among 13 in all.
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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of wine, distilled alcoholic beverages, and/or neutral spirits and ethyl alcohol used in blended wines and distilled liquors.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (13)
- Alcoholic beverages, wine, and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers
- Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers
- Brandy and brandy spirits merchant wholesalers
- Cocktails, alcoholic, premixed, merchant wholesalers
- Distilled alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers
- Ethyl alcohol merchant wholesalers
- Hard cider merchant wholesalers
- Liquors merchant wholesalers
- Liquors, distilled, merchant wholesalers
- Neutral spirits merchant wholesalers
- Spirits, distilled, merchant wholesalers
- Wine coolers, alcoholic, merchant wholesalers
- Wines merchant wholesalers