List of Wholesale Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 1,852,098 wholesale companies in the USA, one in every 34 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 22,693 firms employ 50 people or more. One in sixteen wholesale firms is based in Houston, Miami, New York, Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Below you find the largest wholesale firms in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

1,852,098 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies1,852,0981 in34 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityHouston 27,526Sole traders5%Employees1-4 (83%)Revenue$100-500K (50%)Email20%Phone53%Website33%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Mckesson CORPORATION	USA	Irving	6555 State Highway 161	Dallas	75039-2402	mckesson.*****	1833	$403,430,000,000	43,000	Corporation	916	2417015
2	Cencora, INC.	USA	Conshohocken	1 W 1st Ave	Montgomery	19428-1800	cencora.*****	1871	$321,332,819,000	51,010	Corporation	846	3368747
3	Cardinal Health, INC.	USA	Dublin	7000 Cardinal Pl	Franklin	43017-1091	cardinalhealth.*****	1979	$222,578,000,000	57,700	Corporation	790	535613
4	Cargill, Incorporated	USA	Wayzata	15407 Mcginty Rd W	Hennepin	55391-2399	cargill.*****	1865	$153,604,000,000	155,000	Corporation	1751	286124
5	Sysco CORPORATION	USA	Houston	1390 Enclave Pkwy	Harris	77077-2099	sysco.*****	1970	$81,370,000,000	75,000	Corporation	774	712404
6	Bunge Global Markets, LLC	USA	Chesterfield	1391 Timberlake Manor Pkwy	St. Louis County	63017	bunge.*****	2017	$67,232,000,000	188	Corporation	1181	3191160
7	Koch, INC.	USA	Wichita	4111 E 37th St N	Sedgwick	67220-3298	kochinc.*****	2024	$64,436,833,956	70,000	Corporation	1329	9993774
8	Koch Companies, LLC	USA	Wichita	4111 E 37th St N	Sedgwick	67220-3298	kochinc.*****	2024	$64,428,715,816	70,000	Corporation	1329	3416840
9	Performance Food Group Company	USA	Richmond	12500 West Creek Pkwy	Richmond City	23238-1110	pfgc.*****	1885	$63,298,900,000	43,000	Corporation	307	3550956
10	Ingram Micro Holding CORPORATION	USA	Irvine	3351 Michelson Dr Ste 100	Orange	92612-0697	ingrammicro.*****	1979	$52,556,263,000	22,200	Corporation	581	3758843
11	Us Foods Holding CORP.	USA	Rosemont	9399 W Higgins Rd Bldg 100	St. Clair	60018-4910	usfoods.*****	2007	$39,424,000,000	30,000	Corporation	472	4357480
12	Koch Industries, LLC	USA	Wichita	4111 E 37th St N	Sedgwick	67220-3298	kochinc.*****	1940	$36,930,033,624	70,000	Corporation	1329	0115105
13	World Kinect CORPORATION	USA	Doral	9800 Nw 41st St	Miami-dade	33178-2968	world-kinect.*****	1984	$36,916,600,000	4,003	Corporation	350	H13929
14	Chs INC.	USA	Inver Grove Heights	5500 Cenex Dr	Dakota	55077-1721	chsinc.*****	1931	$35,462,608,000	10,683	Corporation	852	COOP-1328
15	Staples, INC.	USA	Framingham	500 Staples Dr	Middlesex	01702-4474	staples.*****	2017	$33,842,744,098	77,440	Corporation	4650	2081725
16	Ingram Micro INC.	USA	Santa Ana	1600 E Saint Andrew Pl	Orange	92799	ingrammicro.*****	2021	$32,760,081,006	22,200	Corporation	581	2607570
17	Citgo Petroleum CORPORATION	USA	Houston	1293 Eldridge Pkwy	Harris	77077-1670	citgo.*****	1983	$32,264,592,000	1,000	Corporation	538	2005114
18	United Natural Foods, INC.	USA	Providence	15 Park Row W Ste 302	Providence	02903	unfi.*****	1976	$31,784,000,000	25,600	Corporation	738	2377138
19	Arrow Electronics, INC.	USA	Centennial	9151 E Panorama Cir	Arapahoe	80112-4587	arrow.*****	1935	$30,852,935,000	22,230	Corporation	540	60328
20	Ferguson Enterprises INC.	USA	Newport News	751 Lakefront Cmns	Newport News	23606-3322	ferguson.*****	1953	$30,762,000,000	35,086	Corporation	313	3047060
21	Ferguson Enterprises, LLC	USA	Newport News	751 Lakefront Cmns	Newport News	23606-3322	ferguson.*****	1953	$29,807,000,000	32,000	Corporation	1295	S8146195
22	Sunoco LP	USA	Dallas	8111 Westchester Dr Ste 600	Dallas	75225-6142	energytransfer.*****	1960	$25,201,000,000	8,910	Partnership of unknown type	2903	5167601
23	Genuine Parts Company	USA	Atlanta	2999 Wildwood Pkwy	Fulton	30339-8580	genpt.*****	1928	$24,300,141,000	65,000	Corporation	2183	J505042
24	Equinor Us Holdings INC.	USA	Stamford	600 Washington Blvd 8th Fl	Ct	06901-3726	equinor.*****	1987	$24,004,071,758	904	Corporation	2893	2125856
25	Equinor Marketing & Trading (us) INC.	USA	Stamford	600 Washington Blvd 8th Fl	Ct	06901-3726	equinor.*****	1997	$23,877,850,000	5	Corporation	2893	2788463

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Wholesale firms in Houston

Houston has 27,526 wholesale companies and wholesale firms, 3.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 8% above the national share. Four in five Houston firms have fewer than five people; 471 have 50 or more. 984 new firms were entered in 2026, 1,766 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 21,940 · 80%
5-9: 3,150 · 11%
10-19: 1,168 · 4%
20-49: 765 · 3%
50+: 471 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 2,985 · 11%
Partnerships: 822 · 3%
Corporations and LLCs: 16,023 · 58%
Other or none: 7,696 · 28%

Of the US total: 1.5%
Of all Houston companies: 3.1%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 984
Entered 2025: 1,519
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.1%

Old

Before 1990: 1,766 · 6%
1990 or later: 25,760 · 94%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.2%

Reachable

Email: 6,029 · 22%
Phone: 15,017 · 55%
Website: 9,565 · 35%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 8,110 · 32%
$100K-$500K: 12,722 · 51%
$500K-$1M: 1,645 · 7%
$1M and more: 2,577 · 10%

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Wholesale companies and wholesale firms in the USA

1,852,098

21 October 2026

There are 1,852,098 wholesale companies and wholesale firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 34 US companies. About 426 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (89,524 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,629,691 88%
Head offices: 55,275
Branch offices: 167,132

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC division F.

1,241,817 of the 1,852,098 are corporations and LLCs (67%); 98,911 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest wholesale firms in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Cardinal Health is the largest wholesale firm in the USA by headcount. 22,693 firms employ 50 people or more; 9,375 employ 100 or more.

1Dublin57,700 staff
2Antioch44,000 staff
3Englewood Cliffs41,206 staff
4Kansas City31,986 staff
5Centennial22,230 staff
6Santa Ana22,200 staff
7Clearwater15,000 staff
8Phoenix14,869 staff
9Atlanta13,500 staff
10Atlanta11,984 staff

By employee size · 1,846,865 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,537,116	83%
5-9	178,121	10%
10-19	67,045	4%
20-49	41,890	2%
50-99	13,318	0.7%
100-199	5,521	0.3%
200-499	2,847	0.2%
500-999	637	<0.1%
1,000+	370	<0.1%

83% have 1 to 4 people; 41,890 have 20 to 49; 22,693 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	645,830	38%
$100K-$500K	842,496	50%
$500K-$1M	80,941	5%
$1M-$5M	72,278	4%
$5M-$10M	18,974	1%
$10M-$50M	16,005	1.0%
$50M-$100M	1,842	0.1%
$100M-$500M	1,675	<0.1%
$500M+	573	<0.1%

50% between $100,000 and $500,000; 72,278 between $1M and $5M; 39,069 above $5M.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 1,846,865 US wholesale firms with a known headcount, 1,537,116 (83%) have one to four people, 178,121 have five to nine, 108,935 have ten to 49 and 22,693 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (842,496, 50%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 101,715,237 93%
Small 10 to 49108,935 6%
Medium 50 to 24921,686 1%
Large 250+1,007 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

39,069

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 20,095 more than $10 million.

89,524

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

Houston has the most wholesale companies in the USA (27,526), ahead of Miami (25,659), New York (22,031), Brooklyn (20,259) and Los Angeles (18,942). Together the five hold one in sixteen of them. Relative to their size, Doral, Flushing and Irvine have the most: 1.5 to 2.4 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one wholesale firm; 9,849 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Wholesale firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 2.90. Doral has 2.4 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,958 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	74,008	4%
Miami-Dade	44,305	2%
Orange	40,195	2%
Maricopa	39,986	2%
Harris	35,889	2%
New York	22,154	1%
Dallas	21,263	1%
Cook	20,823	1%
Broward	20,684	1%
Kings	20,521	1%

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How reachable are they?

Wholesale firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 53% list a phone number and 33% a website.

Email377,768 20%
Phone983,674 53%
Website604,078 33%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

89,524 wholesale firms were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 426 a working day, after 123,565 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 3.0% of the inflow.

73,4802022
92,5142023
102,8862024
123,5652025
89,5242026 so far

88,933 of this year's 89,524 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Ann Arbor820 staff
2Pomona700 staff
3Longview410 staff
4Port Washington365 staff
5Long Beach301 staff

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in nineteen US wholesale firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in three are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders98,9115%
Partnerships22,7051%
Corporations and LLCs1,241,81767%
No form on record or other488,66526%

Single-site: 88%
Head offices: 55,275
Branches: 167,132

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 1,203 wholesale firms for every one of the weapon companies in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Wholesale Companies	1,852,098	33%	83%
Museums	87,438	40%	90%
Audio Visual Retailers	24,115	54%	80%
Water Distribution Companies	20,889	52%	68%
Antique Dealers	18,408	73%	96%
Weapon Companies	1,540	48%	78%

In other countries

The USA has more wholesale firms than South Africa or Vietnam.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	6,503,992	167.9
The USA	1,852,098	29.0
South Africa	1,025,130	133.2
Vietnam	494,052	265.9
Brazil	432,042	15.0

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The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 471 US wholesale firms from before 1900, 9,802 from before 1950 and 147,066 from before 1990.

1829
1. Somerville
1833
1. Irving
1842
1. Chicago
1843
1. York
1844
1. Maryland Heights
1845
1. Trenton

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US wholesale firms date from before 1990

9,289

were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many wholesale companies are there in the USA?

There are 1,852,098 wholesale companies and wholesale firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 34 US companies.

Which is the largest wholesale firm in the USA?

Cardinal Health in Dublin, with 57,700 staff. By revenue McKesson in Irving leads with $403.4 billion a year.

Which US city has the most wholesale companies?

Houston, with 27,526, ahead of Miami (25,659), New York (22,031), Brooklyn (20,259) and Los Angeles (18,942). Relative to its size, Doral has the most: 2.4 times the national share.

How many wholesale firms are there in Houston?

27,526, which is 3.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 8% above the national share.

How big is a typical wholesale firm?

Small. 83% of the 1,846,865 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 22,693 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US wholesale companies sole traders or companies?

One in nineteen (98,911) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 67% (1,241,817) are corporations and LLCs.

How many wholesale firms started in 2026?

89,524 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 123,565 in 2025. 88,933 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest wholesale firm in the USA?

Arena 3d Holdings in Somerville, 1829, followed by McKesson in Irving (1833) and Ryerson Holding in Chicago (1842). 471 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers wholesale companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC division F (wholesale trade).

Can I download the full list?

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