Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 31 percent since 1987 for Alabama's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 28 percent over the five-year period. Toys and hobby goods and supplies wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 283 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 65 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 63 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.