South County Times

There were 174 merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods businesses in Rhode Island that had between one and four employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as construction businesses with between one and four employees in Rhode Island than in any other category.

The following table shows how many merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods businesses with between one and four employees were in Rhode Island during the period from 2012 to 2016.