2017 NAICS Definition

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

424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes).

Illustrative Examples:

Acids merchant wholesalers
Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
Automotive chemicals (except lubricating oils and greases) merchant wholesalers
Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
Rosins merchant wholesalers
Explosives (except ammunition and fireworks) merchant wholesalers
Turpentine merchant wholesalers


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of ammunition--are classified in Industry Group 4239, Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions--are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies, such as animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds, and plant bulbs--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of paints, varnishes, and similar coatings, pigments, wallpaper, and supplies, such as paintbrushes and rollers--are classified in Industry 424950, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of lubricating oils and greases--are classified in Industry 424720, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals);
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of fireworks--are classified in Industry 423920, Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of plastics materials and resins, and unsupported plastics film, sheet, sheeting, rod, tube, and other basic forms and shapes--are classified in Industry 424610, Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers.
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424690   424690   424690   Acids merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Alcohol, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Alkalies merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Ammonia (except fertilizer material) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Antifreeze merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Aromatic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Automotive chemicals (except lubricating greases, lubrication oils) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Bleaches merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Carbon black merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Caulking materials merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Caustic soda merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Chemical gases merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Chlorine merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Cleaning compounds and preparations merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Coal tar distillates and resins merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Concrete additives merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Cyclic crudes and intermediates merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Deodorants (except personal) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Detergents merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Detonators (except ammunition) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Disinfectants (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Drilling muds merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Dry ice merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Drycleaning solvents and chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Dyes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Dynamite merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Essential oils merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Fabric softeners merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Fibers, manmade, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Fire extinguisher preparations merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Food additives, chemical, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Fuel additives merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Gelatin, inedible, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Glues merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Gum and wood chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Ice, dry, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Industrial gases merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Insecticides (except lawn and agricultural) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Laundry soap, chips, and powder, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Liquefied gases (except LP) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Manmade fibers merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Mastics (except construction) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Medical gases merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Metal cyanides merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Metalworking compounds merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Nylon fibers merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Oil additives merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Oil drilling muds merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Organic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Pesticides (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Polishes (e.g., automobile, furniture, metal, shoe, stove) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Polyester fibers merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Resins, synthetic rubber, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Rosins merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Salts, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Sealants merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Sulfuric acid merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Surface active agents merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Turpentine merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Water softening compounds merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Waxes (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Welding gases merchant wholesalers
424690   424690   424690   Wood treating preparations merchant wholesalers