Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 26 percent since 1987 for North Dakota's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 30 percent over the five-year period. Petroleum products wholesalers except bulk stations and terminals had the greatest percent increase, up 223 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 83 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 80 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.