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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of durable goods (except motor vehicle 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).

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 semifinished metal products--are classified in Industry Group 4235, Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of electrical goods--are classified in Industry Group 4236, 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; and
• 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.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Ammunition (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
• Audio and video tapes and disks, prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
• Cassettes, prerecorded audio and video, merchant wholesalers
• Coin-operated game machines merchant wholesalers
• Compact discs (CDs), prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
• Digital video discs (DVDs), prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
• Extinguishers, fire, merchant wholesalers
• Fire extinguisher sales combined with rental and/or service, merchant wholesalers
• Fire extinguishers merchant wholesalers
• Firearms (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
• Firewood merchant wholesalers
• Forest products (except lumber) merchant wholesalers
• Games, coin-operated, merchant wholesalers
• Gas lighting fixtures merchant wholesalers
• General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers
• Guns (except sporting) merchant wholesalers
• Instruments, musical, merchant wholesalers
• Lighting equipment, gas, merchant wholesalers
• Luggage merchant wholesalers
• Monuments and grave markers merchant wholesalers
• Musical instrument accessories and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Musical instruments merchant wholesalers
• Musical recordings (e.g., compact discs, records, tapes) merchant wholesalers
• Ordnance and accessories merchant wholesalers
• Phonograph records merchant wholesalers
• Prerecorded audio and video tapes and discs merchant wholesalers
• Pulpwood merchant wholesalers
• Railroad ties, wood, merchant wholesalers
• Roundwood merchant wholesalers
• Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
• Tapes, prerecorded, audio or video, merchant wholesalers
• Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers
• Timber and timber products (except lumber) merchant wholesalers
• Video tapes, prerecorded, merchant wholesalers
• Wood products (e.g., chips, posts, shavings, ties) merchant wholesalers