Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 31 percent since 1987 for Illinois' wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 30 percent over the five-year period. Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 242 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 50 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 51 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.