Pennsylvania's Wholesale Trade: 1997
Pennsylvania State Data Center
										Operating		Ending		Ending
		Number of		Sales		Annual Payroll		Number of		Expenses		Inventory 1996		Inventory 1997
		Establishments		(in $1,000)		(in $1,000)		Employees		(in $1,000)		(in $1,000)		(in $1,000)
Wholesale trade		17,138		$159,354,185		$8,588,178		237,567		$17,080,985		$8,919,651		$8,512,314
Wholesaler distributors and jobbers		13,115		$74,410,886		$5,627,009		170,796		$11,171,570		$6,768,212		$6,551,680
Importers		342		$2,664,076		$177,873		4,710		$445,943		$321,728		$312,171
Exporters		156		$1,015,812		$64,260		1,511		$144,483		$73,894		$70,790
Own brand importer-marketers		103		$1,244,764		$125,780		3,165		$273,485		$228,147		$219,084
Terminal grain elevators		2		d		d		d		d		d		d
Country grain elevators		14		d		d		d		d		d		d
Assemblers of farm products		78		$1,150,114		$54,824		2,228		$116,660		$16,778		$15,095
Sales branches (w/ stock)		748		$17,184,023		$959,295		24,170		$1,983,247		$1,460,781		$1,294,166
Sales offices (w/out stock)		591		$42,420,614		$1,111,872		17,541		$2,091,605
Auction companies		40		$4,967,620		$42,712		3,570		$89,943		$1,416		$693
Brokers		353		$5,262,314		$113,722		3,201		$190,042		$10,197		$9,865
Commission merchants		280		$1,666,521		$58,651		1,249		$127,482		$2,105		$2,399
Import agents		12		$43,521		$1,580		44		$4,413		$852		$979
Export agents		23		$262,064		$4,148		76		$8,220		$5,269		$5,240
Manufacturers' agents		1,281		$6,873,763		$241,651		5,136		$421,041		$13,855		14277
d=Data not provided to ensure anonymity