42493

Analysis

NAICS 42493 is the 2022 NAICS industry for flower, nursery stock, and florists' supplies merchant wholesalers, part of 4249 (Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424930, 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 19% 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.

County Business Patterns counts 4,105 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 51,155 people at an average annual payroll of $51,137 per employee (18th percentile of national industries). 52% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 6 codes at this level within Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, with 14.3% of them.