Wholesale trade
Industry profile, February 2020
Sections: Description | Pricing | Costs | Demand | Appendix
This page is an industry profile for the Wholesale trade industry. It provides a general economic overview of recent developments in the industry. This includes information on industry pricing, costs, and demand. Below you will find a description of what type of business establishments are included in this industry. For information on how to best utilize this industry profile please visit our Business Solutions.
Industry Description
he Wholesale Trade sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The merchandise described in this sector includes the outputs of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and certain information industries, such as publishing.
This industry description was sourced from the North American Industry Classification System.
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- As of January 2020, prices in this industry had increased 0.1 percent since the previous quarter.
- From January 2019 to January 2020 prices in this industry increased 2.8 percent.
- Prices increased 12 percent in the five year period starting in January 2015 and ending in January 2020.
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- As of January 2020, costs in this industry had increased 0 percent since the previous quarter.
- From January 2019 to January 2020 costs in this industry increased 0.9 percent.
- Costs increased 6.3 percent in the five year period starting in January 2015 and ending in January 2020.
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- The largest cost for this industry is purchases made to the Labor sector. This sector accounts for 40.3% of the industry's overall costs.
- From January 2019 to January 2020, the largest change in costs for this industry were costs associated with purchases to the Labor sector. Costs associated with this sector increased 1.9%.
| Sector Name | Percentage of Costs | Annual Percent Change 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Labor | 40.3% | +1.9% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 10.1% | +0.3% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 9.6% | +0.8% |
| Manufacturing | 7% | -0.2% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 6.4% | -1.6% |
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- As of July 2019, demand for this industry had increased 0.9 percent since the previous quarter.
- From July 2018 to January 2020 costs in this industry increased 1.9 percent.
- Costs increased 7.4 percent in the five year period starting in July 2014 and ending in July 2019.
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- The sector that contributes the most to this industry's demand is the Wholesale Trade sector. This sector accounts for 42.4% of the industry's overall demand.
- From January 2019 to January 2020, the largest change in demand for this industry was from the Exports sector, where demand increased 46.1%.
| Sector Name | Percentage of Demand | Annual Percent Change 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 42.4% | -1.6% |
| Manufacturing | 24.8% | +1.5% |
| Retail Trade | 15.5% | +4.5% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 7.5% | +3.9% |
| Exports | 3.9% | +46.1% |
- Pricing measured from January 2020.
- The BLS PPI used for this industry is WPU57.
- Costs measured from January 2020
- Demand measured from July 2019
