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

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