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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of products of the primary metals industries. Service centers maintain inventory and may perform functions, such as sawing, shearing, bending, leveling, cleaning, or edging, on a custom basis as part of sales transactions.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Merchant wholesale distribution of gold, silver, and platinum--are classified in Industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of automotive, industrial, and other recyclable metal scrap--are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of insulated wire--are classified in Industry 423610, Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers
• Black plate merchant wholesalers
• Cable, wire (except insulated), merchant wholesalers
• Cast iron pipe merchant wholesalers
• Concrete reinforcing bars merchant wholesalers
• Ferroalloys merchant wholesalers
• Ferrous metals merchant wholesalers
• Foundry products merchant wholesalers
• Ingots (except precious) merchant wholesalers
• Metal pipe merchant wholesalers
• Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers
• Metals sales offices
• Metals service centers
• Metals, ferrous and nonferrous, merchant wholesalers
• Nails merchant wholesalers
• Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers
• Noninsulated wire merchant wholesalers
• Pig iron merchant wholesalers
• Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Rails and accessories, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers
• Ropes, wire (except insulated), merchant wholesalers
• Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers
• Spikes, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers
• Steel merchant wholesalers
• Steel wool merchant wholesalers
• Storage tanks, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Tanks, storage metal, merchant wholesalers
• Terneplate merchant wholesalers
• Tin plate merchant wholesalers
• Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Wire (except insulated) merchant wholesalers
• Wire and cable (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
• Wire rope (except insulated) merchant wholesalers
• Wire screening merchant wholesalers