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2017 Edition

national industry 423490

Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment and supplies (except ophthalmic goods and medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies).

The immediate parent of national industry 423490 is international industry 42349: Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Illustrative Examples

  • Church supplies (except silverware, plated ware) merchant wholesalers
  • School equipment and supplies (except books, furniture) merchant wholesalers
  • Drafting tables and instruments merchant wholesalers
  • Scientific instruments merchant wholesalers
  • Laboratory equipment (except medical, dental) merchant wholesalers
  • Surveying equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians, such as ophthalmic frames and lenses, and sunglasses--are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies used by medical and dental practitioners (except ophthalmic equipment, instruments, and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians) and medical facilities--are classified in Industry 423450, Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of silverware and plated flatware--are classified in Industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers;
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of books--are classified in Industry 424920, Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of school furniture--are classified in Industry 423210, Furniture Merchant Wholesalers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423490 - Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers
  2. 423490 - Architects' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  3. 423490 - Balances and scales, laboratory (except dental, medical), merchant wholesalers
  4. 423490 - Barometers merchant wholesalers
  5. 423490 - Blackboards merchant wholesalers
  6. 423490 - Chemical and technical pottery products merchant wholesalers
  7. 423490 - Church supplies (except plated ware, silverware) merchant wholesalers
  8. 423490 - Drafting instruments merchant wholesalers
  9. 423490 - Drafting tables merchant wholesalers
  10. 423490 - Engineers' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  11. 423490 - Instruments, professional and scientific, merchant wholesalers
  12. 423490 - Laboratory equipment (except dental, medical, ophthalmic) merchant wholesalers
  13. 423490 - Professional equipment and supplies (except dental, medical, ophthalmic) merchant wholesalers
  14. 423490 - Professional furniture (except dental, metal, ophthalmic, and school) merchant wholesalers
  15. 423490 - Professional instruments merchant wholesalers
  16. 423490 - Religious supplies merchant wholesalers
  17. 423490 - Scales, laboratory (except dental and medical), merchant wholesalers
  18. 423490 - School equipment and supplies (except books, furniture) merchant wholesalers
  19. 423490 - Scientific instruments merchant wholesalers
  20. 423490 - Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers
  21. 423490 - Smartboards merchant wholesalers
  22. 423490 - Statuary, religious, merchant wholesalers
  23. 423490 - Surveying equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  24. 423490 - Teaching machines (except computers), electronic, merchant wholesalers
  25. 423490 - Vestments, religious, merchant wholesalers
  26. 423490 - Veterinarians' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  27. 423490 - Wall maps 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 423490
2007 423490
2012 423490
2017 423490
2022 423490

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5049 - Professional Equipment and Supplies, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423490, Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. church supply and religious good
  2. church supply store
  3. dental hospital surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment
  4. dental hospital surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  5. distributor no food or drink
  6. distributor no food or drink not otherwise classified
  7. drafting dental hospital surgical engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  8. educational and school supply distributor
  9. educational and school supply wholesale
  10. engineer and architect equipment or supply distributor
  11. engineering hospital dental surgical drafting scientific equipment wholesale
  12. film religious good stationery hobby toy leather musical instrument
  13. hobby film religious good stationery toy leather musical instrument wholesale
  14. hospital dental surgical drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  15. leather hobby film religious good stationery toy musical instrument
  16. merchant wholesaler durable good
  17. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  18. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  19. musical instrument leather hobby film religious good stationery toy
  20. other professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler
  21. precision and scientific tool and instrument retail
  22. precision and scientific tool and instrument store
  23. professional and commercial equipment and supply merchant wholesaler
  24. professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler not otherwise classified
  25. professional equipment and supply merchant wholesaler not otherwise classified naic
  26. professional equipment and supply not otherwise classified
  27. professional equipment and supply wholesaler
  28. religious article and church supply distributor
  29. religious article and church supply wholesaler
  30. religious article no precious metal or jewelry wholesale
  31. religious good distributor
  32. religious good film stationery hobby toy leather musical instrument
  33. religious good film stationery leather musical instrument
  34. school and educational supply wholesale
  35. school supply wholesaler
  36. scientific hospital dental surgical drafting engineering equipment wholesale
  37. scientific instrument distributor
  38. stationery religious good film hobby toy leather musical instrument
  39. statuary distributor
  40. surgical dental hospital drafting engineering scientific equipment wholesale
  41. technology and electronic product distributing
  42. toy stationery religious good film hobby leather musical instrument wholesale
  43. wholesale durable good
  44. wholesale general not otherwise classified average theft exposure
  45. wholesale general not otherwise classified high theft exposure
  46. wholesale general not otherwise classified low theft exposure
  47. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  48. wholesale trade

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