42494

Analysis

NAICS 42494 is the 2022 NAICS industry for tobacco product and electronic cigarette merchant wholesalers, part of 4249 (Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 424940, 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 17% and employment rose 9%. 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 1,784 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 60,669 people at an average annual payroll of $65,791 per employee (45th percentile of national industries). 51% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 5th of the 6 codes at this level within Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, with 6.2% of them.