Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions.
The 1992 sales total is an increase of 34 percent since 1987 for North Carolina's wholesalers. Nationwide, wholesale sales rose an estimated 28 percent over the five-year period. Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings wholesalers had the greatest percent increase, up 524 percent. Merchant wholesalers continued to be the largest wholesale channel in the state, accounting for 47 percent of total sales in 1992 compared with 47 percent in 1987. Merchant wholesalers take title to the goods they sell.