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2012 Edition

national industry 423940

Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of jewelry, precious and semiprecious stones, precious metals and metal flatware, costume jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware, and/or jewelers' findings.

The immediate parent of national industry 423940 is international industry 42394: Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of precious metal ores or concentrates:are classified in Industry 423520, Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of nonprecious flatware:are classified in Industry 423220, Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423940 - Antique jewelry merchant wholesalers
  2. 423940 - Clocks merchant wholesalers
  3. 423940 - Coins merchant wholesalers
  4. 423940 - Costume jewelry merchant wholesalers
  5. 423940 - Diamonds (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
  6. 423940 - Flatware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  7. 423940 - Gem stones merchant wholesalers
  8. 423940 - Ingots, precious, merchant wholesalers
  9. 423940 - Jewelers' findings merchant wholesalers
  10. 423940 - Jewelry merchant wholesalers
  11. 423940 - Metals, precious, merchant wholesalers
  12. 423940 - Pearls merchant wholesalers
  13. 423940 - Plated metal cutlery or flatware merchant wholesalers
  14. 423940 - Precious and semiprecious stones merchant wholesalers
  15. 423940 - Precious metals merchant wholesalers
  16. 423940 - Silverware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  17. 423940 - Stones, precious and semiprecious, merchant wholesalers
  18. 423940 - Tableware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  19. 423940 - Trophies merchant wholesalers
  20. 423940 - Watches and parts 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 423940
2007 423940
2012 423940
2017 423940
2022 423940

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5094 - Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones, and Precious Metals

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. clock not grandfather type or commercial type
  2. clock watch precious stone silverware wholesale
  3. clock wholesale
  4. coin stamp or rare book dealer and distributor
  5. costume novelty imitation jewellery
  6. costume novelty imitation jewellery wholesale
  7. imitation costume novelty jewellery
  8. jewellery novelty costume imitation wholesale
  9. jewelry cosmetic or imitation only
  10. jewelry costume or imitation only
  11. jewelry distributor
  12. jewelry store or distributor
  13. jewelry store wholesale or retail
  14. jewelry watch precious stone and precious metal
  15. jewelry watch precious stone and precious metal merchant wholesaler
  16. jewelry wholesaler
  17. jewely distributor
  18. merchant wholesaler durable good
  19. metal dealer
  20. miscellaneous durable good merchant wholesaler
  21. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  22. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  23. novelty costume imitation jewellery wholesale
  24. precious metal
  25. precious metal dealer
  26. precious metal wholesale
  27. precious stone clock watch silverware wholesale
  28. silverware watch clock precious stone
  29. silverware watch precious stone
  30. store wholesale not otherwise classified
  31. store wholesale store not otherwise classified
  32. trophy distributor
  33. trophy shop
  34. trophy store wholesale
  35. trophy wholesale
  36. watch and clock wholesaler
  37. watch clock precious stone silverware wholesale
  38. wholesale durable good
  39. wholesale general not otherwise classified average theft exposure
  40. wholesale general not otherwise classified high theft exposure
  41. wholesale general not otherwise classified low theft exposure
  42. wholesale not otherwise classified
  43. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  44. wholesale trade

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