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2012 Edition

national industry 423460

Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians.

The immediate parent of national industry 423460 is international industry 42346: Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers

Illustrative Examples

  • Binocular merchant wholesalers
  • Optometric equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers Ophthalmic frame merchant wholesalers
  • Sunglasses merchant wholesalers Ophthalmic lenses merchant wholesalers

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423460 - Binoculars merchant wholesalers
  2. 423460 - Contact lenses merchant wholesalers
  3. 423460 - Eyeglasses merchant wholesalers
  4. 423460 - Frames, ophthalmic, merchant wholesalers
  5. 423460 - Lens blanks, ophthalmic, merchant wholesalers
  6. 423460 - Ophthalmic goods (except cameras) merchant wholesalers
  7. 423460 - Optical goods (except cameras) merchant wholesalers
  8. 423460 - Optometric equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  9. 423460 - Sunglasses merchant wholesalers

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 423460
2007 423460
2012 423460
2017 423460
2022 423460

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 3851 - Ophthalmic Goods
  2. 5048 - Ophthalmic Goods

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. camera optical good excl eye glass contact lense
  2. contact lense eye glass prosthetic device hearing aid
  3. distributor no food or drink
  4. distributor no food or drink not otherwise classified
  5. eye glass contact lense prosthetic device hearing aid
  6. hearing aid prosthetic device eye glass contact lense
  7. merchant wholesaler durable good
  8. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  9. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  10. ophthalmic good
  11. ophthalmic good distributor
  12. ophthalmic good merchant wholesaler
  13. ophthalmic good merchant wholesaler naic
  14. optical
  15. optical good camera excl eye glass contact lense wholesale
  16. optical good camera excluding eye wear
  17. optical good distributor
  18. optical good wholesale
  19. professional and commercial equipment and supply merchant wholesaler
  20. prosthetic device hearing aid eye glass contact lense
  21. prosthetic device hearing aid eye glass contact lense wholesale
  22. store eye wear wholesale or retail
  23. sunglass distributor
  24. sunglass wholesale
  25. wholesale durable good
  26. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  27. wholesale trade

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