Industry Information about Office Supplies
During 2003, D&B Sales and Marketing Solutions revealed 10,262 companies engaged in the wholesale selling of office supplies.
The combined sales outcome was roughly $52.2 billion, with the average establishment producing $6.40 million in sales. These figures were down from two years previous, when the U.S. Census Bureau reported 7,323 establishments. Office supplies in New York City, as well as office supplies in Chicago contributed to the industry's success, seeing as how California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas controlled over half of the overall market.
Recent Trends in Office Supplies
After 2003, the stationery wholesalers of business forms were gaining some ground with 3,365 establishments and over 32 percent of the market. Stationery and office supplies had 2,618 businesses, which is more than 25 percent of the market. Combined, they totaled $27.7 million in sales. Furthermore, United Stationers Incorporated, was the nation's largest wholesale distributor of business products in North America, having a distribution network of 66 Regional Distribution Centers, which served more than 20,000 resellers.
Businesses in This Category
This category includes establishments mainly engaged in the wholesale distribution of office supplies, such as computer and photocopy supplies, typewriter paper, pens, pencils,envelopes, file cards and folders, etc.