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2012 Edition

national industry 423510

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

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.

The immediate parent of national industry 423510 is international industry 42351: Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Illustrative Examples

  • Cast iron pipe merchant wholesalers Metal rod merchant wholesalers
  • Metal bars (except precious) merchant wholesalers Metal sheet merchant wholesalers
  • Metal ingots (except precious) merchant wholesalers Metal spike merchant wholesalers
  • Metal pipe merchant wholesalers Nail merchant wholesalers
  • Metal plate merchant wholesalers Noninsulated wire merchant wholesalers

2012 NAICS Edition 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.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423510 - Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers
  2. 423510 - Black plate merchant wholesalers
  3. 423510 - Cable, wire (except insulated), merchant wholesalers
  4. 423510 - Cast iron pipe merchant wholesalers
  5. 423510 - Concrete reinforcing bars merchant wholesalers
  6. 423510 - Ferroalloys merchant wholesalers
  7. 423510 - Ferrous metals merchant wholesalers
  8. 423510 - Foundry products merchant wholesalers
  9. 423510 - Ingots (except precious) merchant wholesalers
  10. 423510 - Metal pipe merchant wholesalers
  11. 423510 - Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers
  12. 423510 - Metals sales offices
  13. 423510 - Metals service centers
  14. 423510 - Metals, ferrous and nonferrous, merchant wholesalers
  15. 423510 - Nails merchant wholesalers
  16. 423510 - Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers
  17. 423510 - Noninsulated wire merchant wholesalers
  18. 423510 - Pig iron merchant wholesalers
  19. 423510 - Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers
  20. 423510 - Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers
  21. 423510 - Rails and accessories, metal, merchant wholesalers
  22. 423510 - Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers
  23. 423510 - Ropes, wire (except insulated), merchant wholesalers
  24. 423510 - Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers
  25. 423510 - Spikes, metal, merchant wholesalers
  26. 423510 - Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers
  27. 423510 - Steel merchant wholesalers
  28. 423510 - Steel wool merchant wholesalers
  29. 423510 - Storage tanks, metal, merchant wholesalers
  30. 423510 - Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers
  31. 423510 - Tanks, storage metal, merchant wholesalers
  32. 423510 - Terneplate merchant wholesalers
  33. 423510 - Tin plate merchant wholesalers
  34. 423510 - Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers
  35. 423510 - Wire (except insulated) merchant wholesalers
  36. 423510 - Wire and cable (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
  37. 423510 - Wire rope (except insulated) merchant wholesalers
  38. 423510 - Wire screening 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 423510
2007 423510
2012 423510
2017 423510
2022 423510

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5051 - Metals Service Centers and Offices

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423510, Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. aluminum ware distributor
  2. brass copper and pewter specialty item distributor
  3. concrete reinforcing rod or bar dealer
  4. iron or steel merchant
  5. iron or steel merchant driver in connection therewith mi
  6. merchant wholesaler durable good
  7. metal and mineral except petroleum merchant wholesaler
  8. metal dealer
  9. metal dealer distributor nonstructural
  10. metal dealer or distributor nonstructural
  11. metal distributor non structural not scrap metal
  12. metal not otherwise classified
  13. metal not otherwise classified wholesale
  14. metal scrap dealer non ferrous
  15. metal scrap dealer nonferrous
  16. metal service center and office
  17. metal service center and other metal merchant wholesaler
  18. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  19. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  20. sheet metal shop
  21. store wholesale not otherwise classified
  22. store wholesale store not otherwise classified
  23. wholesale durable good
  24. wholesale general not otherwise classified average theft exposure
  25. wholesale general not otherwise classified high theft exposure
  26. wholesale general not otherwise classified low theft exposure
  27. wholesale not otherwise classified
  28. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  29. wholesale trade

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