2017 NAICS Definition

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

423940 Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of jewelry, precious and semiprecious stones, precious metals and metal flatware, costume jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware, and/or jewelers' findings.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of precious metal ores or concentrates--are classified in Industry 423520, Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of nonprecious flatware--are classified in Industry 423220, Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers.
2007
NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
423940   423940   423940   Antique jewelry merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Clocks merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Coins merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Costume jewelry merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Diamonds (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Flatware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Gem stones merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Hollowware, precious metal, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Ingots, precious, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Jewelers' findings merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Jewelry merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Medallions merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Metals, precious, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Numismatic goods merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Pearls merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Plated metal cutlery or flatware merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Precious and semiprecious stones merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Precious metals merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Silverware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Stones, precious and semiprecious, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Tableware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Trophies merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Watchcases merchant wholesalers
423940   423940   423940   Watches and parts merchant wholesalers