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Latest Monthly Wholesale Trade Report

The November 2016 report was released on January 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

  • Latest Monthly Wholesale Trade Report   PDF [205kb]     Word [965kb]     Excel [87kb]

Monthly Wholesale Time Series Tables through November 2016:

  • January 1992 - present (Adjusted)    Excel [302kb]
  • January 1992 - present (Not Adjusted)    Excel [323kb]

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Latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report

The 2014 Annual Wholesale Trade Report summary of changes PDF [164KB] provides comparability with previous surveys.

Annual Wholesale Trade Survey - 2014:
  • Sales U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [58kb]
  • E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [60kb]
  • Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [102kb]
  • Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [56kb]
  • Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [64kb]
  • Revised 2012 Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [53kb]
  • Sales, Commissions and Operating Expenses of AGBRs2 Excel [37kb]
Measures of Sampling Variability - 2014:
  • Sampling Variability for Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [62kb]
  • Sampling Variability for E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [63kb]
  • Sampling Variability for Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [115kb]
  • Sampling Variability for Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [62kb]
  • Sampling Variability for Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [72kb]
  • Sampling Variability of Revised 2012 Detailed Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [58kb]
  • Sampling Variability for Sales and Commissions for AGBRs2 Excel [38kb]

1 Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices
2 Agents, Brokers, and Electronic Markets


Announcements

Intention to Revise: Monthly Wholesale sales, inventories, and inventories/sales ratios will be revised based on the results of the 2015 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey. Revised not adjusted and corresponding adjusted estimates are tentatively scheduled to be released on our website on March 24, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

New! With the release of the November 2016 Monthly Wholesale Trade Report on January 10, 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau implemented a new format for the text portion of the release. In addition, the presentation of the release on our webpage changed. The text portion of the release was removed from the Excel file. The redesigned text is available as a Word document. The layout and format of the tables did not change, though some explanatory notes moved to the text portion of the document. The full text and tables are still available as a PDF.

Now Available Online: Additional Historical Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey Releases and Time Series! The "Monthly Historical Data" page now contains archived pdf releases from 1936 through 2001 and excel files of corresponding seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) based time series estimates from 1967 through 2001.

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Release Schedule

The Upcoming Release Dates are below:

  • Monthly (December 2016) releases February 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2016/2017 Release Schedule PDF [179 kb].
  • Annual (2014) was released on February 29, 2016.
  • Annual (2015) will be released on February 28, 2017.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Service Sector Statistics Division | Last Revised: November 17, 2016