2017 NAICS Definition

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

423990 Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of durable goods (except motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies; furniture and home furnishings; lumber and other construction materials; professional and commercial equipment and supplies; metals and minerals (except petroleum); electrical goods; hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies; machinery, equipment and supplies; sporting and recreational goods and supplies; toy and hobby goods and supplies; recyclable materials; and jewelry, watches, precious stones and precious metals).

Illustrative Examples:

Firearms (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
Musical instruments merchant wholesalers
Prerecorded audio and video tapes and discs merchant wholesalers
Phonograph records merchant wholesalers
Prerecorded compact discs (CDs) and digital video discs (DVDs) merchant wholesalers
Timber and timber products (except lumber) merchant wholesalers


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of automobiles and other motor vehicles, motor vehicle supplies, tires, and new and used parts--are classified in Industry Group 4231, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of furniture and home furnishings--are classified in Industry Group 4232, Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of lumber, plywood, millwork, wood panels, brick, stone, roofing, siding, and other nonelectrical construction materials--are classified in Industry Group 4233, Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of photographic, office, computer and computer peripheral, medical, dental, hospital, ophthalmic, and other commercial and professional equipment and supplies--are classified in Industry Group 4234, Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of coal and other minerals and ores and semi-finished metal products--are classified in Industry Group 4235, Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of household appliances and electrical goods--are classified in Industry Group 4236, Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of hardware; and plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment and supplies--are classified in Industry Group 4237, Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of construction, mining, farm, garden, industrial, service establishment, and transportation machinery, equipment and supplies--are classified in Industry Group 4238, Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of sporting goods and accessories; billiard and pool supplies; sporting firearms and ammunition; and/or marine pleasure craft, equipment, and supplies--are classified in Industry 423910, Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of toys, fireworks, playing cards, hobby goods and supplies and/or related goods--are classified in Industry 423920, Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of automotive, industrial, and other recyclable materials--are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of jewelry, precious and semiprecious stones, precious metals and metal flatware, costume jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware, and/or jewelers' findings--are classified in Industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Selling and installing fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers--are classified in Industry 238220, Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors.
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NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
423990   423990   423990   Ammunition (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Audio and video tapes and disks, prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Billboards merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Briefcases merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Bulletproof vests merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Cassettes, prerecorded audio and video, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Coin-operated game machines merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Compact discs (CDs), prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Digital video discs (DVDs), prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Extinguishers, fire, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Fire extinguisher sales combined with rental and/or service, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Fire extinguishers merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Firearms (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Firewood merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Forest products (except lumber) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Games, coin-operated, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Gas lighting fixtures merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Guns (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Instruments, musical, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Lighting equipment, gas, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Logs merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Luggage merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Mailboxes merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Monuments and grave markers merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Musical instrument accessories and supplies merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Musical instruments merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Musical recordings (e.g., compact discs, records, tapes) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Ordnance and accessories merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Phonograph records merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Prerecorded audio and video tapes and discs merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Pulpwood merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Railroad ties, wood, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Roundwood merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Safety deposit boxes merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Safety devices (e.g., eye shields, face shields) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Suitcases merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Tapes, prerecorded, audio or video, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Timber and timber products (except lumber) merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Tombstones merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Video tapes, prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
423990   423990   423990   Wood products (e.g., chips, posts, shavings, ties) merchant wholesalers