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2012 Edition

national industry 424920

Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of books, periodicals, and newspapers.

The immediate parent of national industry 424920 is international industry 42492: Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 424920 - Antique book merchant wholesalers
  2. 424920 - Books merchant wholesalers
  3. 424920 - Magazines merchant wholesalers
  4. 424920 - Maps (except globe, school, wall) merchant wholesalers
  5. 424920 - Newspaper agencies merchant wholesalers
  6. 424920 - Newspapers merchant wholesalers
  7. 424920 - Pamphlets merchant wholesalers
  8. 424920 - Periodicals 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 424920
2007 424920
2012 424920
2017 424920
2022 424920

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5192 - Books, Periodicals, and Newspapers

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 424920, Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. book and magazine distrib
  2. book and magazine distributor
  3. book dealer wholesale
  4. book distributor
  5. book magazine and newspaper wholesaler
  6. book new only
  7. book newspaper periodical
  8. book or magazine or stationary or card or paper product wholesale
  9. book periodical and newspaper
  10. book periodical and newspaper merchant wholesaler
  11. coin stamp or rare book dealer and distributor
  12. merchant wholesaler nondurable good
  13. miscellaneous nondurable good merchant wholesaler
  14. newspaper agency distributor
  15. newspaper or magazine distributor
  16. newspaper periodical book
  17. periodical newspaper book
  18. wholesale not otherwise classified
  19. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  20. wholesale trade

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