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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 69 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
Labor force growth outpacing job creation in Oklahoma
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Author :  Bryan Smith 
Date :  08/04/2008

(OK) Even with increased employment, labor force growth for the month of June caused an increase in state unemployment rates, according to a recent state report.

According to a report released by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, statewide non-seasonally adjusted labor force, employment and unemployment all grew in the month of June.

When taking into account job growth and labor force increases, unemployment grew by 0.7 percent, reaching 4.2 percent. The report showed that unemployment outpaced job growth, increasing by 19.6 percent.

As in May, McCurtain County led the state with the highest overall unemployment at 7.3 percent. That number is up by 1 percent over the previous month.

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