Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 28 percent since 1987 for Missouri's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 30 percent over the five-year period. Books, periodicals, and newspapers wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 268 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 58 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 56 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.