1997 NAICS Definitions
454 Nonstore Retailers

454 Nonstore Retailers

Industries in the Nonstore Retailers subsector retail merchandise using methods, such as the broadcasting of infomercials, the broadcasting and publishing of direct-response advertising, the publishing of paper and electronic catalogues, door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration, selling from portable stalls and distribution through vending machines. Establishments in this subsector include mail-order houses, vending machine operators, home delivery sales, door-to-door sales, party plan sales, electronic shopping, and sales through portable stalls (e.g., street vendors, except food). Establishments engaged in the direct sale (i.e., nonstore) of products, such as home heating oil dealers, newspaper delivery are included in this subsector.

4541 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses

45411 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing all types of merchandise by means of mail or by electronic media, such as interactive television or computer. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing from catalogue showrooms of mail-order houses.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4541105961Book clubs, not publishing, mail-order
4541105961Catalog (i.e., order taking) offices of mail-order houses
4541105961Collector's items, mail-order houses
4541105961Computer software, mail-order houses
4541105961Direct mailers (i.e., selling own merchandise)
4541105961Mail-order houses
4541105961Order taking offices of mail-order houses
4541105961Prerecorded tape, compact disc, and record mail-order houses
4541105961Television order, home shopping

4542 Vending Machine Operators

45421 Vending Machine Operators

454210 Vending Machine Operators

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise through vending machines that they service.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4542105962Automatic merchandising machine operators
4542105962Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products

4543 Direct Selling Establishments

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in nonstore retailing (except electronic, mail-order, or vending machine sales). These establishments typically go to the customers' location rather than the customer coming to them (e.g., door-to-door sales, home parties). Examples of establishments in this industry are home delivery newspaper routes; home delivery of heating oil, liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, and other fuels; locker meat provisioners; frozen food and freezer plan providers; coffee break services providers; and bottled water or water softener services.

45431 Fuel Dealers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing heating oil, liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, and other fuels via direct selling.

454311 Heating Oil Dealers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing heating oil via direct selling.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4543115983Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling
4543115983Heating oil dealers, direct selling

454312 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Bottled Gas) Dealers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing liquefied petroleum (LP) gas via direct selling.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4543125984Bottled gas dealers, direct selling
4543125984Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling

454319 Other Fuel Dealers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing fuels (except liquefied petroleum gas and heating oil) via direct selling.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4543195989Coal dealers, direct selling
4543195989Firewood dealers, direct selling

45439 Other Direct Selling Establishments

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise (except food for immediate consumption and fuel) via direct sale to the customer by means, such as in-house sales (i.e., party plan merchandising), truck or wagon sales, and portable stalls (i.e., street vendors).

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4543905963Bazaars (i.e., temporary stands)
4543905963Bottled water providers, direct selling
4543905963Canvassers (door-to-door), headquarters for retail sale of merchandise, direct selling
4543905963Christmas trees, cut, direct selling
4543905963Cigarette stands, temporary
4543905963Coffee-break service providers, direct selling
4543905963Direct selling of merchandise (door-to-door)
4543905963Door-to-door retailing of merchandise, direct selling
4543905963Flea markets, temporary location, direct selling
4543905963Frozen food and freezer plan providers, direct selling
4543905963Fruit stands, temporary
4543905963Home delivery newspaper routes, direct selling
4543905963House-to-house direct selling
4543905963In-home sales of merchandise, direct selling
4543905963Locker meat provisioners, direct selling
4543905963Party plan merchandisers, direct selling
4543905431Produce stands, temporary
4543905963Street vendors (except food)
4543905963Water softener service providers, direct selling