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NAICS 424940, Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$144 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
24,725
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
2,468
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
1,641
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$4.0 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 24,725 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 24,7182019-Q2: 25,2932019-Q3: 25,1882019-Q4: 24,6462020-Q1: 24,4122020-Q2: 23,7742020-Q3: 23,8502020-Q4: 24,1062021-Q1: 24,0242021-Q2: 24,5182021-Q3: 25,0072021-Q4: 25,3302022-Q1: 25,3782022-Q2: 26,0162022-Q3: 25,9992022-Q4: 26,2852023-Q1: 25,0032023-Q2: 25,2982023-Q3: 25,0362023-Q4: 24,8402024-Q1: 24,4442024-Q2: 24,7152024-Q3: 24,5832024-Q4: 24,5162025-Q1: 24,3012025-Q2: 24,7772025-Q3: 24,5572025-Q4: 24,7632026-Q1: 24,725NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q124,7252022
2025-Q424,7632022
2025-Q324,5572022
2025-Q224,7772022
2025-Q124,3012022
2024-Q424,5162022
2024-Q324,5832022
2024-Q224,7152022
2024-Q124,4442022
2023-Q424,8402022
2023-Q325,0362022
2023-Q225,2982022
2023-Q125,0032022
2022-Q426,2852022
2022-Q325,9992022
2022-Q226,0162022
2022-Q125,3782022
2021-Q425,3302017
2021-Q325,0072017
2021-Q224,5182017
2021-Q124,0242017
2020-Q424,1062017
2020-Q323,8502017
2020-Q223,7742017
2020-Q124,4122017
2019-Q424,6462017
2019-Q325,1882017
2019-Q225,2932017
2019-Q124,7182017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 60,669 · 2023
2017: 56,6482018: 55,6902019: 58,1052020: 58,2132021: 57,6032022: 58,4182023: 60,669
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PeriodValue
202360,669
202258,418
202157,603
202058,213
201958,105
201855,690
201756,648

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 2,468 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 1,8632019-Q2: 1,8672019-Q3: 1,8932019-Q4: 1,9082020-Q1: 1,8822020-Q2: 1,8882020-Q3: 1,8952020-Q4: 1,9172021-Q1: 1,9312021-Q2: 1,9572021-Q3: 1,9822021-Q4: 2,0232022-Q1: 2,0842022-Q2: 2,1122022-Q3: 2,1572022-Q4: 2,2052023-Q1: 2,2412023-Q2: 2,2572023-Q3: 2,2972023-Q4: 2,3322024-Q1: 2,3392024-Q2: 2,3782024-Q3: 2,3882024-Q4: 2,4032025-Q1: 2,4242025-Q2: 2,4192025-Q3: 2,4352025-Q4: 2,4582026-Q1: 2,468NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
Show the numbers
PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q12,4682022
2025-Q42,4582022
2025-Q32,4352022
2025-Q22,4192022
2025-Q12,4242022
2024-Q42,4032022
2024-Q32,3882022
2024-Q22,3782022
2024-Q12,3392022
2023-Q42,3322022
2023-Q32,2972022
2023-Q22,2572022
2023-Q12,2412022
2022-Q42,2052022
2022-Q32,1572022
2022-Q22,1122022
2022-Q12,0842022
2021-Q42,0232017
2021-Q31,9822017
2021-Q21,9572017
2021-Q11,9312017
2020-Q41,9172017
2020-Q31,8952017
2020-Q21,8882017
2020-Q11,8822017
2019-Q41,9082017
2019-Q31,8932017
2019-Q21,8672017
2019-Q11,8632017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 1,784 · 2023
2017: 1,5132018: 1,5192019: 1,4932020: 1,4962021: 1,5462022: 1,6562023: 1,784
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
20231,784
20221,656
20211,546
20201,496
20191,493
20181,519
20171,513

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $522.5 million · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $375.4 million2019-Q2: $349.4 million2019-Q3: $355.3 million2019-Q4: $374.6 million2020-Q1: $406.9 million2020-Q2: $343.5 million2020-Q3: $359.4 million2020-Q4: $407.7 million2021-Q1: $441.8 million2021-Q2: $370.3 million2021-Q3: $395.9 million2021-Q4: $443.0 million2022-Q1: $447.3 million2022-Q2: $410.4 million2022-Q3: $452.5 million2022-Q4: $484.5 million2023-Q1: $444.6 million2023-Q2: $574.9 million2023-Q3: $417.4 million2023-Q4: $475.4 million2024-Q1: $455.2 million2024-Q2: $399.1 million2024-Q3: $450.3 million2024-Q4: $477.7 million2025-Q1: $480.8 million2025-Q2: $423.4 million2025-Q3: $449.9 million2025-Q4: $494.7 million2026-Q1: $522.5 millionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$522.5 million2022
2025-Q4$494.7 million2022
2025-Q3$449.9 million2022
2025-Q2$423.4 million2022
2025-Q1$480.8 million2022
2024-Q4$477.7 million2022
2024-Q3$450.3 million2022
2024-Q2$399.1 million2022
2024-Q1$455.2 million2022
2023-Q4$475.4 million2022
2023-Q3$417.4 million2022
2023-Q2$574.9 million2022
2023-Q1$444.6 million2022
2022-Q4$484.5 million2022
2022-Q3$452.5 million2022
2022-Q2$410.4 million2022
2022-Q1$447.3 million2022
2021-Q4$443.0 million2017
2021-Q3$395.9 million2017
2021-Q2$370.3 million2017
2021-Q1$441.8 million2017
2020-Q4$407.7 million2017
2020-Q3$359.4 million2017
2020-Q2$343.5 million2017
2020-Q1$406.9 million2017
2019-Q4$374.6 million2017
2019-Q3$355.3 million2017
2019-Q2$349.4 million2017
2019-Q1$375.4 million2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $4.0 billion · 2023
2017: $3.2 billion2018: $3.6 billion2019: $3.9 billion2020: $3.4 billion2021: $3.6 billion2022: $3.7 billion2023: $4.0 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$4.0 billion
2022$3.7 billion
2021$3.6 billion
2020$3.4 billion
2019$3.9 billion
2018$3.6 billion
2017$3.2 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages24,7252026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages2,4682026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$522.5 million2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$4.0 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns60,66920232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns1,78420232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$3.5 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census57,72920222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census1,84220222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census1,64120222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$144 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.