Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 32 percent since 1987 for West Virginia's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 28 percent over the five-year period. Motor alsocle supplies and new parts wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 260 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 73 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 73 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.