Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap.

Businesses classified here include

• Albums, photo, merchant wholesalers
• Binders, looseleaf, merchant wholesalers
• Blankbooks merchant wholesalers
• Books, sales or receipt, merchant wholesalers
• Cards, greeting, merchant wholesalers
• Cartridge toner merchant wholesalers
• Cellophane tape merchant wholesalers
• Commercial stationery supplies merchant wholesalers
• Computer paper supplies merchant wholesalers
• Desk accessories, office, merchant wholesalers
• Envelopes merchant wholesalers
• File cards and folders merchant wholesalers
• Filler paper, looseleaf, merchant wholesalers
• Folders, file, merchant wholesalers
• Forms, paper (e.g., business, office, sales), merchant wholesalers
• Gift wrapping paper merchant wholesalers
• Greeting cards merchant wholesalers
• Gummed tapes, cellophane, merchant wholesalers
• Ink, writing, merchant wholesalers
• Inked ribbons merchant wholesalers
• Inks, pastes, and solvents, office, merchant wholesalers
• Looseleaf binders merchant wholesalers
• Manifold business forms merchant wholesalers
• Marking devices merchant wholesalers
• Notebooks merchant wholesalers
• Office supplies (except furniture, machines) merchant wholesalers
• Paper, office (e.g., carbon, computer, copier, typewriter), merchant wholesalers
• Pencils merchant wholesalers
• Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers
• Photo albums merchant wholesalers

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 424120), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for stationery and office supplies merchant wholesalers

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Stationery
• Office
• Supply
• Trade
• Source
• Distribution
• Goods

U.S. business numbers

Locations by number of employees nationwide

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for stationery and office supplies merchant wholesalers

1. California 450 locations
2. Texas 222 locations
3. New York 216 locations
4. Florida 196 locations
5. Illinois 179 locations
6. Ohio 135 locations
7. New Jersey 116 locations
8. Georgia 115 locations
9. Pennsylvania 115 locations
10. Minnesota 107 locations

All 51 states

• Alabama (43)
• Alaska (8)
• Arizona (47)
• Arkansas (30)
• California (450)
• Colorado (59)
• Connecticut (45)
• Delaware (8)
• District of Columbia (13)
• Florida (196)
• Georgia (115)
• Hawaii (14)
• Idaho (14)
• Illinois (179)
• Indiana (47)
• Iowa (33)
• Kansas (51)
• Kentucky (32)
• Louisiana (48)
• Maine (10)
• Maryland (47)
• Massachusetts (71)
• Michigan (89)
• Minnesota (107)
• Mississippi (32)
• Missouri (77)
• Montana (12)
• Nebraska (15)
• Nevada (17)
• New Hampshire (21)
• New Jersey (116)
• New Mexico (9)
• New York (216)
• North Carolina (102)
• North Dakota (15)
• Ohio (135)
• Oklahoma (36)
• Oregon (37)
• Pennsylvania (115)
• Rhode Island (13)
• South Carolina (49)
• South Dakota (11)
• Tennessee (74)
• Texas (222)
• Utah (30)
• Vermont (7)
• Virginia (76)
• Washington (58)
• West Virginia (13)
• Wisconsin (49)
• Wyoming (6)

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