Trade infrastructure for durable & nondurable markets

Primary industries

• Miscellaneous durable goods — merchant wholesalers
• Miscellaneous nondurable goods — merchant wholesalers
• Department stores
• Furniture and home furnishings retailers
• Book retailers and news dealers
• Durable goods, nec · nondurable goods, nec
• Drapery and upholstery stores
• Book stores

Wholesale trade — adjacent sectors

Peer categories within wholesale trade

• Apparel, piece goods, and notions — merchant wholesalers
• Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage — merchant wholesalers
• Chemical and allied products — merchant wholesalers
• Drugs and druggists’ sundries — merchant wholesalers
• Farm product raw material — merchant wholesalers
• Furniture and home furnishing — merchant wholesalers
• Grocery and related product — merchant wholesalers
• Hardware, plumbing, and heating equipment and supplies
• Household appliances and electrical / electronic goods — merchant wholesalers
• Lumber and other construction materials — merchant wholesalers
• Machinery, equipment, and supplies — merchant wholesalers
• Metal and mineral (except petroleum) — merchant wholesalers
• Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies — merchant wholesalers
• Paper and paper product — merchant wholesalers
• Petroleum and petroleum products — merchant wholesalers
• Professional and commercial equipment and supplies — merchant wholesalers
• Wholesale trade agents and brokers