2017 NAICS Definition

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

424990 Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of nondurable goods (except printing and writing paper; stationery and office supplies; industrial and personal service paper; drugs and druggists' sundries; apparel, piece goods, and notions; grocery and related products; farm product raw materials; chemical and allied products; petroleum and petroleum products; beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; farm supplies; books, periodicals, and newspapers; flowers, nursery stock, and florists' supplies; tobacco and tobacco products; and paint, varnishes, wallpaper, and supplies).

Illustrative Examples:

Artists' supplies merchant wholesalers
Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers
Burlap merchant wholesalers
Statuary (except religious) merchant wholesalers
Christmas trees (e.g., artificial, cut) merchant wholesalers
Textile bags merchant wholesalers
Industrial yarns merchant wholesalers


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Distribution of advertising specialties--are classified in Industry 541890, Other Services Related to Advertising;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of books, periodicals, and newspapers--are classified in Industry 424920, Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of flowers, nursery stock, and florists' supplies--are classified in Industry 424930, Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of tobacco and its products--are classified in Industry 424940, Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of paints, varnishes, and similar coatings; pigments; wallpaper; and supplies--are classified in Industry 424950, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of bulk printing and/or writing paper--are classified in Industry 424110, Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap--are classified in Industry 424120, Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of kraft wrapping and other coarse paper, paperboard, converted paper (except stationery and office supplies), and related disposable plastics products--are classified in Industry 424130, Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption--are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of clothing and accessories, footwear, piece goods, yard goods, notions, and/or hair accessories--are classified in Industry Group 4243, Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of meat, poultry, seafood, confectioneries, fruits and vegetables; and other groceries and related products--are classified in Industry Group 4244, Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of grains, field beans, livestock, and other farm product raw materials--are classified in Industry Group 4245, Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals; plastics materials and basic forms and shapes; and allied products--are classified in Industry Group 4246, Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products--are classified in Industry Group 4247, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of beer, ale, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages--are classified in Industry Group 4248, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of pet foods--are classified in Industry 424490, Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of religious statuary--are classified in Industry 423490, Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of knitting yarns (except industrial)--are classified in Industry 424310, Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers.
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NAICS		   Corresponding Index
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424990   424990   424990   Aquarium fish and supplies merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Art goods merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Artificial Christmas trees merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Artists' supplies merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Awnings, canvas, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Backpacks, textile, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Bags, textile, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Bait, live, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Baskets merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Brushes, artists', merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Burlap merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Candles merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Canvas products merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Cats merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Chamois, leather, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Charcoal merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Christmas ornaments merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Christmas trees (e.g., artificial, cut) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Cigarette lighters merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Clothes hangers merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Cotton (except raw) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Crude rubber merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Curios merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Dogs merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Dressed furs and skins merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Felt merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Fish, tropical, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Foam rubber merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Furs, dressed, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Greases, inedible animal and vegetable, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Hairbrushes merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Hairpieces (e.g., toupees, wigs, wiglets) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Handles (e.g., broom, mop, paint) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Ice (except dry ice) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Jewelry boxes merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Leather cut stock (except boot, shoe) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Leather goods (except belting, footwear, handbags, gloves, luggage) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Lighters, cigar and cigarette, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Live bait merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Matches and match books merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Music, sheet, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Novelties merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Oils, inedible, animal or vegetable, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Oilseed cake and meal merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Paints, artist's, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Pets merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Piece goods, burlap and felt, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Plant food merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Plastics foam products (except disposable and packaging) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Pottery, novelty, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Pre-paid calling card distribution, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Rennets merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Rubber, crude, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Sawdust merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Sheet music merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Ship chandler merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Skins, dressed, merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Smokers' supplies merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Sponges merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Statuary (except religious) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Tents (except camping) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Textile bags merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Toupees merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Tropical fish merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Vegetable cake and meal merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Vegetable oils (except cooking) merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Wigs merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Wood carvings merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Wood pulp merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Worms merchant wholesalers
424990   424990   424990   Yarns, industrial, merchant wholesalers