Wholesale trade by state

Wholesale trade added $1.95 trillion to US GDP in 2025 — 6.3% of the total. States are ranked by the industry’s share of their economy.

BEA line 34 · NAICS6.3% of US GDP+50% since 2020

#	State	Value added	Share	5-year change
1	New Jersey	$81.7B	9.2%	+51%
2	Texas	$253.2B	8.6%	+64%
3	Illinois	$105.0B	8.5%	+50%
4	Georgia	$77.6B	8.3%	+64%
5	North Dakota	$6.7B	8.1%	+40%
6	Kentucky	$25.3B	8.1%	+53%
7	Arkansas	$15.6B	8.0%	+43%
8	Minnesota	$39.1B	7.6%	+40%
9	Michigan	$55.6B	7.6%	+53%
10	Tennessee	$43.3B	7.4%	+66%
11	South Carolina	$27.6B	7.3%	+79%
12	Missouri	$33.2B	7.0%	+39%
13	Idaho	$9.4B	6.9%	+60%
14	Florida	$122.5B	6.8%	+51%
15	South Dakota	$5.4B	6.6%	+40%
16	Kansas	$15.1B	6.5%	+27%
17	New Hampshire	$8.4B	6.5%	+36%
18	Alabama	$21.8B	6.4%	+47%
19	Indiana	$34.5B	6.4%	+53%
20	Ohio	$62.0B	6.4%	+39%
21	Nebraska	$13.1B	6.3%	+55%
22	California	$263.1B	6.1%	+54%
23	Wisconsin	$29.2B	6.1%	+34%
24	Pennsylvania	$64.4B	6.1%	+42%
25	Iowa	$16.2B	6.0%	+34%
26	Rhode Island	$5.2B	5.9%	+54%
27	North Carolina	$52.7B	5.9%	+44%
28	Oregon	$19.9B	5.8%	+40%
29	Montana	$4.6B	5.7%	+51%
30	Arizona	$33.4B	5.6%	+59%
31	Colorado	$31.9B	5.5%	+38%
32	Louisiana	$18.8B	5.5%	+34%
33	Washington	$48.0B	5.4%	+55%
34	Connecticut	$20.4B	5.3%	+37%
35	Mississippi	$8.6B	5.3%	+38%
36	Maryland	$29.5B	5.2%	+57%
37	Oklahoma	$14.1B	5.2%	+40%
38	Maine	$5.2B	5.1%	+36%
39	Utah	$16.0B	5.0%	+47%
40	Virginia	$39.1B	4.8%	+54%
41	Vermont	$2.4B	4.8%	+29%
42	West Virginia	$5.2B	4.6%	+31%
43	Massachusetts	$37.3B	4.6%	+31%
44	Nevada	$11.9B	4.2%	+49%
45	New York	$100.3B	4.1%	+35%
46	Wyoming	$1.9B	3.7%	+35%
47	New Mexico	$4.9B	3.2%	+46%
48	Hawaii	$3.9B	3.2%	+37%
49	Alaska	$2.1B	2.9%	+46%
50	Delaware	$3.3B	2.7%	+53%
51	District of Columbia	$2.6B	1.4%	+69%

BEA SAGDP2, current dollars, 2025. US share: 6.3%.

Fig. 1Wholesale trade in the US, 2010–2025Value added, billions of current dollars

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Metro areas most dependent on wholesale trade

Metro areas with at least 250,000 residents, share of metro GDP in 2024.

#	Metro area	Value added	Share
1	Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$2.6B	14.8%
2	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$5.0B	11.3%
3	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$5.0B	11.2%
4	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$3.2B	11.2%
5	Fargo, ND-MN	$2.2B	10.1%
6	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$27.1B	10.1%
7	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$12.9B	9.0%
8	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$51.9B	9.0%
9	College Station-Bryan, TX	$1.8B	8.7%
10	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$4.9B	8.6%
11	Lancaster, PA	$3.4B	8.4%
12	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$4.5B	8.3%
13	Yakima, WA	$1.1B	8.2%
14	Spartanburg, SC	$2.0B	8.2%
15	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$7.0B	8.0%
16	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$1.7B	7.9%
17	Springfield, MA	$2.4B	7.9%
18	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$61.5B	7.7%
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$20.4B	7.5%
20	Akron, OH	$3.7B	7.5%
21	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$2.8B	7.3%
22	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$5.0B	7.2%
23	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$1.2B	7.2%
24	Salinas, CA	$2.7B	7.1%
25	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$3.3B	7.1%