Short-term indicators Persons employed in selected economic branches of wholesale trade

Persons employed in selected economic branches. Tables with values and rates of change.

Value

Persons employed in wholesale trade by selected branches of economic activity
Relatives 2015=100
Year, month Wholesale of Other specialised
wholesale1		 Non-specialised
wholesale1 trade
food, beverages
and tobacco		 household
goods		 information and
communication equipment		 other machinery,
equipment
and supplies
2025 Feb 123.6 103.3 102.9 107.6 98.9 103.5
Jan 123.2 103.3 103.4 107.7 98.8 104.1
2024 Dec 123.9 103.9 103.9 108.6 99.2 104.7
Nov 124.3 104.2 104.2 109.0 100.2 105.5
Oct 124.7 103.9 104.6 109.0 100.3 105.0
Sep 125.1 103.8 104.4 109.9 100.7 105.8
Aug 124.6 103.6 103.9 109.0 100.6 105.3
Jul 124.6 103.8 104.0 108.5 100.2 104.5
Jun 124.5 103.9 104.5 108.1 100.4 105.4
May 123.8 104.8 104.5 107.7 100.5 105.8
Apr 124.2 104.9 105.1 108.0 100.7 106.2
Mar 123.8 104.6 105.3 107.6 100.9 106.3
Feb 123.3 104.7 105.4 107.5 100.8 106.5
Jan 123.0 105.0 105.6 107.6 101.1 107.1
2023 Dec 123.7 105.6 105.5 109.7 101.7 108.2
Nov 124.0 105.7 105.5 110.1 102.0 108.5
Oct 124.4 105.7 105.5 110.0 102.3 108.2
Sep 124.5 105.6 106.0 108.7 102.9 108.7
Aug 124.0 105.6 105.5 108.1 102.6 107.8
Jul 123.5 105.6 105.6 107.3 102.1 107.6
Jun 123.4 105.3 105.7 107.1 102.3 107.9
May 123.0 105.5 106.1 107.9 102.4 108.2
Apr 122.6 105.5 106.0 107.9 102.3 108.0
Mar 122.5 105.8 105.1 108.1 102.3 108.0
Feb 122.2 106.0 105.1 107.8 102.2 107.6
Jan 122.0 106.0 106.0 107.4 102.1 107.9
2022 Dec 122.1 106.2 105.2 107.5 102.6 108.8
Nov 122.5 106.3 105.8 107.8 103.1 108.7
Oct 122.6 106.2 105.2 107.6 103.0 108.7
Sep 122.1 106.0 105.0 107.7 103.0 108.7
Aug 121.3 105.5 104.0 107.0 102.2 107.9
Jul 120.7 105.0 104.2 106.1 101.6 107.2
Jun 120.4 105.0 104.3 106.0 101.7 107.6
May 120.1 105.5 103.2 105.5 101.8 107.6
Apr 119.4 105.4 103.3 105.5 101.7 107.7
Mar 118.9 105.6 103.6 105.3 101.5 107.6
Feb 118.5 105.4 103.6 105.1 101.4 107.6
Jan 118.6 105.2 103.0 105.1 101.5 107.3
2021 Dec 115.1 104.9 102.4 111.9 104.3 104.1
Nov 115.1 104.9 102.4 111.8 104.6 95.4
Oct 115.0 104.5 102.3 111.5 104.5 95.2
Sep 114.9 104.2 102.4 111.4 104.5 94.9
Aug 114.2 103.5 101.9 111.1 105.4 94.7
Jul 112.3 103.3 101.4 110.1 104.9 94.0
Jun 111.9 103.1 101.3 110.3 104.9 94.0
May 111.3 103.1 101.3 110.2 104.7 94.3
Apr 111.1 103.0 101.1 109.9 104.4 94.5
Mar 111.1 102.9 101.4 110.2 104.2 93.9
Feb 109.9 101.8 100.9 109.3 103.1 93.0
Jan 110.3 102.1 101.1 109.9 103.8 94.2
2020 Dec 111.8 102.7 102.7 109.7 104.7 94.0
Nov 112.3 103.1 102.5 110.0 105.1 94.5
Oct 112.5 102.8 102.5 109.9 105.1 94.4
Sep 112.7 102.8 102.2 110.1 105.3 94.5
Aug 112.5 102.7 101.8 109.8 104.9 93.8
Jul 112.4 102.5 101.0 109.2 104.4 93.3
Jun 111.9 102.6 101.6 109.6 104.5 93.4
May 112.0 103.0 101.7 109.8 104.4 93.6
Apr 112.5 103.5 102.1 110.2 104.6 93.9
Mar 113.6 104.4 102.5 110.7 104.7 94.5
Feb 113.5 104.6 102.6 110.9 104.6 94.6
Jan 113.5 104.6 102.3 110.8 104.5 94.8

As at April 28, 2025

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Change on the previous year

Persons employed in wholesale trade by selected branches of economic activity
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Wholesale of Other specialised
wholesale1		 Non-specialised
wholesale1 trade
food, beverages
and tobacco		 household
goods		 information and
communication equipment		 other machinery,
equipment
and supplies
2025 Feb 0.2 -1.3 -2.4 0.1 -1.9 -2.8
Jan 0.2 -1.6 -2.1 0.1 -2.3 -2.8
2024 Dec 0.2 -1.6 -1.5 -1.0 -2.5 -3.2
Nov 0.2 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -1.8 -2.8
Oct 0.2 -1.7 -0.9 -0.9 -2.0 -3.0
Sep 0.5 -1.7 -1.5 1.1 -2.1 -2.7
Aug 0.5 -1.9 -1.5 0.8 -1.9 -2.3
Jul 0.9 -1.7 -1.5 1.1 -1.9 -2.9
Jun 0.9 -1.3 -1.1 0.9 -1.9 -2.3
May 0.7 -0.7 -1.5 -0.2 -1.9 -2.2
Apr 1.3 -0.6 -0.8 0.1 -1.6 -1.7
Mar 1.1 -1.1 0.2 -0.5 -1.4 -1.6
Feb 0.9 -1.2 0.3 -0.3 -1.4 -1.0
Jan 0.8 -0.9 -0.4 0.2 -1.0 -0.7
2023 Dec 1.3 -0.6 0.3 2.0 -0.9 -0.6
Nov 1.2 -0.6 -0.3 2.1 -1.1 -0.2
Oct 1.5 -0.5 0.3 2.2 -0.7 -0.5
Sep 2.0 -0.4 1.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0
Aug 2.2 0.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 -0.1
Jul 2.3 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.4
Jun 2.5 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.3
May 2.4 0.0 2.8 2.3 0.6 0.6
Apr 2.7 0.1 2.6 2.3 0.6 0.3
Mar 3.0 0.2 1.4 2.7 0.8 0.4
Feb 3.1 0.6 1.4 2.6 0.8 0.0
Jan 2.9 0.8 2.9 2.2 0.6 0.6
2022 Dec 6.1 1.2 2.7 -3.9 -1.6 4.5
Nov 6.4 1.3 3.3 -3.6 -1.4 13.9
Oct 6.6 1.6 2.8 -3.5 -1.4 14.2
Sep 6.3 1.7 2.5 -3.3 -1.4 14.5
Aug 6.2 1.9 2.1 -3.7 -3.0 13.9
Jul 7.5 1.6 2.8 -3.6 -3.1 14.0
Jun 7.6 1.8 3.0 -3.9 -3.1 14.5
May 7.9 2.3 1.9 -4.3 -2.8 14.1
Apr 7.5 2.3 2.2 -4.0 -2.6 14.0
Mar 7.0 2.6 2.2 -4.4 -2.6 14.6
Feb 7.8 3.5 2.7 -3.8 -1.6 15.7
Jan 7.5 3.0 1.9 -4.4 -2.2 13.9
2021 Dec 3.0 2.1 -0.3 2.0 -0.4 10.7
Nov 2.5 1.7 -0.1 1.6 -0.5 1.0
Oct 2.2 1.7 -0.2 1.5 -0.6 0.8
Sep 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.2 -0.8 0.4
Aug 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.0
Jul -0.1 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8
Jun 0.0 0.5 -0.3 0.6 0.4 0.6
May -0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7
Apr -1.2 -0.5 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.6
Mar -2.2 -1.4 -1.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6
Feb -3.2 -2.7 -1.7 -1.4 -1.4 -1.7
Jan -2.8 -2.4 -1.2 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6
2020 Dec -1.8 -2.0 0.0 -1.2 -0.2 -1.5
Nov -1.7 -1.9 -0.1 -1.2 -0.5 -1.2
Oct -1.5 -2.1 -1.0 -1.4 -0.7 -1.5
Sep -1.2 -1.9 -2.1 -1.1 -0.6 -1.5
Aug -1.2 -1.8 -2.4 -1.0 -0.6 -1.5
Jul -1.0 -1.5 -1.9 -0.8 -0.4 -1.2
Jun -1.1 -1.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -1.1
May -0.8 -1.1 -1.8 -0.2 -0.2 -1.0
Apr -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.3
Mar 0.9 0.2 -1.1 0.0 0.1 -0.4
Feb 1.2 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.2 -0.2
Jan 1.3 0.5 -1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1

As at April 28, 2025

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