Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 29 percent since 1987 for Maryland's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 28 percent over the five-year period. Hardware wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 199 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 54 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 53 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.