Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics
Wholesale trade agents and brokers - 41912
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in buying and/or selling products, owned by others, on a commission basis. These establishments may be known as commission merchants, import agents or brokers, export agents or brokers, manufacturers' agents, purchasing agents, selling agents, and they may deal in any type of product.
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These establishments usually bring sellers and buyers together or undertake commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, without taking title of the goods bought or sold.
Example Activities:
Agents and brokers, wholesale trade
Agricultural supplies, wholesale agents and brokers
Alcoholic beverages, wholesale agents and brokers
Amusement and sporting goods, wholesale agents and brokers
Apparel, wholesale agents and brokers
Automobiles, wholesale agents and brokers
Book, periodical and newspaper, wholesale agents and brokers
Chemicals (except agricultural), wholesale agents and brokers
China, glassware, crockery and pottery, wholesale agents and brokers
Coal brokers, wholesale
Commission agency, general, wholesale
Commission salesman, representing several products of companies
Computer and related machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Confectionery, wholesale agents and brokers
Construction and forestry machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Dairy products, wholesale agents and brokers
Drugs, wholesale agents and brokers
Dry goods, wholesale agents and brokers
Electrical wiring supplies and electrical construction materials, wholesale agents and brokers
Farm machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores and concentrates, combined, wholesale agents and brokers
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, combination, wholesale agents and brokers
Fish and seafood, wholesale agents and brokers
Floor coverings, wholesale agents and brokers
Food, wholesale agents and brokers
Footwear, wholesale agents and brokers
Fresh fruits and vegetables, wholesale agents and brokers
Frozen packaged food, wholesale agents and brokers
General line building material, wholesale agents and brokers
General line of food, wholesale agents and brokers
General line of merchandise, wholesale agents and brokers
Grain, wholesale agents and brokers
Hardware, wholesale agents and brokers
Home electronics, wholesale agents and brokers
Household appliances and home electronics, wholesale agents and brokers
Household furnishings, wholesale agents and brokers
Household furniture, wholesale agents and brokers
Import-export agents and brokers, wholesale trade
Industrial machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Iron and steel primary forms and structural shapes, agents and brokers
Jewellery and watch, wholesale agents and brokers
Linens, draperies and other textile furnishings, wholesale agents and brokers
Livestock, wholesale agents and brokers
Logs and wood chips, wholesale agents and brokers
Lumber, plywood and millwork, wholesale agents and brokers
Meat and meat products, wholesale agents and brokers
Men's clothing, wholesale agents and brokers
Metal and metal products (except ores), wholesale agents and brokers
Mining machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Motor vehicles (except automobiles, trucks and buses), wholesale agents and brokers
New and rebuilt auto parts, wholesale agents and brokers
Newsprint, wholesale agents and brokers
Non-alcoholic beverages, wholesale agents and brokers
Office and store machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
Paint, glass and wallpaper, wholesale agents and brokers
Paper and paper products, wholesale agents and brokers
Photographic equipment and supplies, wholesale agents and brokers
Plumbing, and heating equipmentExclusions
Establishments primarily engaged in:
acting as agents and brokers and wholesaling products, owned by others, using the Internet or other
electronic means (see 419110 Business-to-business electronic markets)
shipping agents (see 48851 Freight transportation arrangement)
trading commodities and commodity futures, which are usually listed on a commodity exchange (see 5231
Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage)
buying and selling insurance, on a commission basis (see 524210 Insurance agencies and brokerages)
buying and selling real estate for others, on a fee or commission basis (see 53121 Offices of real estate
agents and brokers)
wholesaling merchandise on own account, merchant wholesaler-distributors (classified according to the
merchandise line or lines sold by the merchant wholesaler-distributor)
Businesses
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Salaries and wages
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Wholesale revenues and expenses
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