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Who We Are...

convenience_store.gifThe Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association (OWMA) is a statewide trade association that has represented the wholesale distributors of Oklahoma for 66 years.  More than 92 percent of the member wholesale houses are small, family-owned businesses serving their own and neighboring communities in Oklahoma and surrounding states.

In the early days of the association, wholesalers sold primary tobacco and candy products.  Today they are widely diversified, offering products such as:

  • Dry, refrigerated and frozen groceries  
  • Beverages
  • Snack foods
  • Institutional foods
  • Paper products
  • Health and beauty care products
  • Automotive products
  • Cleaning supplies 

Our customers include:

  • Oil retailers
  • Convenience stores
  • Drug stores 
  • Mass merchandisers
  • Gift shops
  • Liquor stores
  • Military installations
  • Airports
  • Schools
  • Campgrounds 
  • Service organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Motels
  • Restaurants
What We Do...
  • tobacco.gifTobacco distributors act as tax collectors for the state of Oklahoma, affixing the tax stamps we purchase from the state to the packages of cigarettes and other tobacco products we sell to the retailer, thus collecting the excise tax for the state.

  • The Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association actively monitors legislation at the state capitol, primary focusing on business issues.

  • The OWMA is also involved in supporting efforts to prevent youth from purchasing tobacco products.
Association News
House releases list of approved interim studies
Monday, June 11, 2007

Author :  Erin Boeckman 
Date :  06/11/2007

Staff Writer
(OK) Beginning in July, House committee rooms could be abuzz once again with activity when representatives begin discussing the more than 90 interim studies that were approved by House leadership.


Of the 181 studies that were requested, Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah, approved 93 on Friday, according to a House memorandum. He also allowed 15 proposals to be combined with other interim studies on similar topics. Topics range from water quality to tax structure to horse racing tracks to utility service.

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