Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 25 percent since 1987 for South Dakota's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 26 percent over the five-year period. Homefurnishings wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 630 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 74 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 68 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.