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2012 Edition

national industry 423490

Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment and supplies (except ophthalmic goods and medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies).

The immediate parent of national industry 423490 is international industry 42349: Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Illustrative Examples

  • Church supplies (except silverware, plated ware) merchant wholesalers
  • School equipment and supplies (except books, furniture) merchant wholesalers Drafting tables and instruments merchant wholesalers
  • Scientific instruments merchant wholesalers
  • Laboratory equipment (except medical, dental) merchant wholesalers Surveying equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians, such as ophthalmic frames and lenses, and sunglasses:are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of medical professional equipment, instruments, and supplies used by medical and dental practitioners (except ophthalmic equipment, instruments, and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians) and medical facilities:are classified in Industry 423450, Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of silverware and plated flatware:are classified in Industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of books:are classified in Industry 424920, Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of school furniture:are classified in Industry 423210, Furniture Merchant Wholesalers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423490 - Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers
  2. 423490 - Architect's equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  3. 423490 - Balances and scales, laboratory (except dental, medical), merchant wholesalers
  4. 423490 - Blackboards merchant wholesalers
  5. 423490 - Church supplies (except plated ware, silverware) merchant wholesalers
  6. 423490 - Drafting instruments merchant wholesalers
  7. 423490 - Drafting tables merchant wholesalers
  8. 423490 - Engineers' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  9. 423490 - Instruments, professional and scientific, merchant wholesalers
  10. 423490 - Laboratory equipment (except dental, medical, ophthalmic) merchant wholesalers
  11. 423490 - Professional equipment and supplies (except dental, medical, ophthalmic) merchant wholesalers
  12. 423490 - Professional instruments merchant wholesalers
  13. 423490 - Religious supplies merchant wholesalers
  14. 423490 - School equipment and supplies (except books, furniture) merchant wholesalers
  15. 423490 - Scientific instruments merchant wholesalers
  16. 423490 - Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers
  17. 423490 - Surveying equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  18. 423490 - Teaching machines (except computers), electronic, merchant wholesalers
  19. 423490 - Veterinarians' equipment and supplies 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 423490
2007 423490
2012 423490
2017 423490
2022 423490

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5049 - Professional Equipment and Supplies, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423490, Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. analytical and scientific instrument wholesaler
  2. architect drafting and engineer equipment and supply wholesaler
  3. church supply and religious good
  4. church supply store
  5. dental hospital surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment
  6. dental hospital surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  7. distributor no food or drink
  8. distributor no food or drink not otherwise classified
  9. drafting dental hospital surgical engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  10. drafting engineering and scientific equipment and supply wholesaler
  11. education and school supply wholesaler
  12. educational and school supply
  13. educational and school supply distributor
  14. educational and school supply wholesale
  15. educational supply
  16. engineer and architect equipment or supply distributor
  17. engineering hospital dental surgical drafting scientific equipment wholesale
  18. film religious good stationery hobby toy leather musical instrument
  19. hobby film religious good stationery toy leather musical instrument wholesale
  20. hospital dental surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  21. leather hobby film religious good stationery toy musical instrument
  22. medical device and supply distributor
  23. merchant wholesaler durable good
  24. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  25. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  26. musical instrument leather hobby film religious good stationery toy
  27. other professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler
  28. precision and scientific tool and instrument
  29. precision and scientific tool and instrument retail
  30. precision and scientific tool and instrument store
  31. precision scientific tool and instrument
  32. precision scientific tool and instrument store
  33. professional and commercial equipment and supply merchant wholesaler
  34. professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler not otherwise classified
  35. professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler not otherwise classified naic
  36. professional equipment and supply not otherwise classified
  37. professional equipment and supply wholesaler
  38. religious article and church supply distributor
  39. religious article and church supply wholesaler
  40. religious article no precious metal or jewelry wholesale
  41. religious good distr
  42. religious good distributor
  43. religious good film stationery hobby toy leather musical instrument
  44. religious good film stationery leather musical instrument
  45. religious material wholesaler
  46. school and educational supply wholesale
  47. school supply wholesaler
  48. scientific hospital dental surgical drafting engineering equipment wholesale
  49. scientific instrument distributor
  50. stationery religious good film hobby toy leather musical instrument
  51. statuary distributor
  52. statue wholesaler
  53. surgical dental hospital drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  54. technology and electronic product distributing
  55. toy stationery religious good film hobby leather musical instrument wholesale
  56. wholesale durable good
  57. wholesale general not otherwise classified average theft exposure
  58. wholesale general not otherwise classified high theft exposure
  59. wholesale general not otherwise classified low theft exposure
  60. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  61. wholesale trade

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