2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

423620 Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of household-type gas and electric appliances (except water heaters and heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), room air-conditioners, and/or household-type audio or video equipment.

Illustrative Examples:

Household-type sewing machines merchant wholesalers
Household-type radios (including automotive) merchant wholesalers
Household-type video cameras merchant wholesalers
Household-type refrigerators merchant wholesalers
Television sets merchant wholesalers
Toothbrushes, electric, merchant wholesalers
Curling irons, electric, merchant wholesalers


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of gas and electric water heaters and heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)--are classified in Industry 423720, Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of nonhousehold-type video cameras--are classified in Industry 423410, Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
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NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
423620   423620   423620   Air-conditioners, room, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Appliances, household-type (except water heaters, heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Audio equipment, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Automotive radios merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Blankets, electric, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Clothes dryers merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Coffee makers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Compact disc players merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Consumer electronics merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Cooking equipment, gas and electric, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Curling irons, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Digital video disc (DVD) players merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Dishwashers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Dryers, clothes, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Dryers, hair, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Electric blankets merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Fans, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Freezers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Garbage disposal units, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Hair dryers, personal, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Heaters, portable electric, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Household-type appliances (except water heaters, heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Household-type laundry equipment (e.g., dryers, washers) merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Humidifiers and dehumidifiers, portable, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Insect control devices, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Irons, household-type, electric, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Kitchen appliances, household-type, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Laundry machinery and equipment, household-type (e.g., dryers, washers), merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Microwave ovens, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Movie apparatus, home, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Outdoor grills merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Ovens, gas and electric, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Personal care appliances, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Radios, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Ranges, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Razors, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Recorders (e.g., tape, video), household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Refrigerators, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Room air-conditioners merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Sewing machines, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Smoke detectors, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Sound equipment, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Speaker systems merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Stereo equipment merchant wholesalers
423   423620   423620   Stoves, cooking, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Tape players and recorders, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Telephone answering machines merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Television sets merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Toasters, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Toothbrushes, electric, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Trash compactors, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Vacuum cleaners, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Video cameras, household-type, merchant wholesalers
423620   423620   423620   Washing machines, household-type, merchant wholesalers