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2012 Edition

national industry 452990

All Other General Merchandise Stores

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new goods in general merchandise stores (except department stores, discount department stores, warehouse clubs, superstores, and supercenters). These establishments retail a general line of new merchandise, such as apparel, automotive parts, dry goods, hardware, groceries, housewares or home furnishings, and other lines in limited amounts, with none of the lines predominating.

The immediate parent of national industry 452990 is international industry 45299: All Other General Merchandise Stores

Illustrative Examples

  • Dollar stores General stores
  • General merchandise catalog showrooms (except catalog mail-order) General merchandise trading posts
  • Home and auto supply stores Variety stores

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Retailing general lines of merchandise via electronic home shopping, mail-order, or direct sale:are classified in Subsector 454, Nonstore Retailers;
  • Retailing automotive parts:are classified in Industry 441310, Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores;
  • Retailing merchandise in department stores:are classified in Industry 45211, Department Stores;
  • Retailing merchandise in warehouse clubs, superstores, or supercenters:are classified in Industry 452910, Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters;
  • Retailing merchandise in catalog showrooms of mail-order houses:are classified in U.S. Industry 454113, Mail-Order Houses;
  • Retailing a general line of new hardware items, known as hardware stores:are classified in Industry 444130, Hardware Stores;
  • Retailing a general line of new home repair and improvement materials and supplies, known as home centers:are classified in Industry 444110, Home Centers; and
  • Retailing used merchandise:are classified in Industry 453310, Used Merchandise Stores.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 452990 - Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order)
  2. 452990 - Dollar stores
  3. 452990 - General stores
  4. 452990 - Home and auto supply stores
  5. 452990 - Limited price variety stores
  6. 452990 - Trading posts, general merchandise
  7. 452990 - Variety stores

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 452990
2007 452990
2012 452990
2017 452319
2022 455219

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5085 - Industrial Supplies
  2. 5331 - Variety Stores
  3. 5399 - Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores
  4. 5531 - Auto and Home Supply Stores
  5. 5961 - Catalog and Mail-Order Houses
  6. 5963 - Direct Selling Establishments
  7. 5993 - Tobacco Stores and Stands
  8. 5999 - Miscellaneous Retail Stores, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

Mappings are not available for this combination of NAICS code and edition.

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