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2017 Edition

national industry 423620

Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of household-type gas and electric appliances (except water heaters and heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), room air-conditioners, and/or household-type audio or video equipment.

The immediate parent of national industry 423620 is international industry 42362: Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers

Illustrative Examples

  • Household-type sewing machines merchant wholesalers
  • Household-type radios (including automotive) merchant wholesalers
  • Household-type video cameras merchant wholesalers
  • Household-type refrigerators merchant wholesalers
  • Television sets merchant wholesalers
  • Toothbrushes, electric, merchant wholesalers
  • Curling irons, electric, merchant wholesalers

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Merchant wholesale distribution of gas and electric water heaters and heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)--are classified in Industry 423720, Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of nonhousehold-type video cameras--are classified in Industry 423410, Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423620 - Air-conditioners, room, merchant wholesalers
  2. 423620 - Appliances, household-type (except water heaters, heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
  3. 423620 - Audio equipment, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  4. 423620 - Automotive radios merchant wholesalers
  5. 423620 - Blankets, electric, merchant wholesalers
  6. 423620 - Clothes dryers merchant wholesalers
  7. 423620 - Coffee makers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  8. 423620 - Compact disc players merchant wholesalers
  9. 423620 - Consumer electronics merchant wholesalers
  10. 423620 - Cooking equipment, gas and electric, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  11. 423620 - Curling irons, electric, merchant wholesalers
  12. 423620 - Digital video disc (DVD) players merchant wholesalers
  13. 423620 - Dishwashers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  14. 423620 - Dryers, clothes, merchant wholesalers
  15. 423620 - Dryers, hair, merchant wholesalers
  16. 423620 - Electric blankets merchant wholesalers
  17. 423620 - Fans, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  18. 423620 - Freezers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  19. 423620 - Garbage disposal units, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  20. 423620 - Hair dryers, personal, merchant wholesalers
  21. 423620 - Heaters, portable electric, merchant wholesalers
  22. 423620 - Household-type appliances (except water heaters, heating stoves (i.e., noncooking)), gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
  23. 423620 - Household-type laundry equipment (e.g., dryers, washers) merchant wholesalers
  24. 423620 - Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
  25. 423620 - Humidifiers and dehumidifiers, portable, merchant wholesalers
  26. 423620 - Insect control devices, electric, merchant wholesalers
  27. 423620 - Irons, household-type, electric, merchant wholesalers
  28. 423620 - Kitchen appliances, household-type, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
  29. 423620 - Laundry machinery and equipment, household-type (e.g., dryers, washers), merchant wholesalers
  30. 423620 - Microwave ovens, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  31. 423620 - Movie apparatus, home, merchant wholesalers
  32. 423620 - Outdoor grills merchant wholesalers
  33. 423620 - Ovens, gas and electric, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  34. 423620 - Personal care appliances, electric, merchant wholesalers
  35. 423620 - Radios, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  36. 423620 - Ranges, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers
  37. 423620 - Razors, electric, merchant wholesalers
  38. 423620 - Recorders (e.g., tape, video), household-type, merchant wholesalers
  39. 423620 - Refrigerators, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  40. 423620 - Room air-conditioners merchant wholesalers
  41. 423620 - Sewing machines, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  42. 423620 - Smoke detectors, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  43. 423620 - Sound equipment, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  44. 423620 - Speaker systems merchant wholesalers
  45. 423620 - Stereo equipment merchant wholesalers
  46. 423620 - Stoves, cooking, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  47. 423620 - Tape players and recorders, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  48. 423620 - Telephone answering machines merchant wholesalers
  49. 423620 - Television sets merchant wholesalers
  50. 423620 - Toasters, electric, merchant wholesalers
  51. 423620 - Toothbrushes, electric, merchant wholesalers
  52. 423620 - Trash compactors, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  53. 423620 - Vacuum cleaners, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  54. 423620 - Video cameras, household-type, merchant wholesalers
  55. 423620 - Washing machines, household-type, 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 423620
2007 423620
2012 423620
2017 423620
2022 423620

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5064 - Electrical Appliances, Television and Radio Sets
  2. 5074 - Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics)

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423620, Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. air conditioning room unit self contained no install or service or repair distributor
  2. answering machine telephone distributor
  3. appliance commercial or household excluding tv stereo video computer or datum processing equipment wholesale
  4. appliance commercial or household wholesale
  5. appliance distrib household type
  6. appliance distributor houeshold and home furnishing
  7. appliance distributor houeshold type radio television or compact disc player
  8. appliance distributor household
  9. appliance distributor household and home furnishing
  10. appliance distributor household radio or tv or cd player
  11. appliance distributor household type
  12. appliance distributor household type include radio tv vacuum washer air conditioning cgl
  13. appliance distributor household type radio television or compact disc player
  14. appliance distributor household type radio tv or compact disc player
  15. appliance wholesaler
  16. audio radio television video equipment electronic game wholesale
  17. audio visual equipment or supply distributor excl rental
  18. bath and kitchen accessory distributor
  19. electrical and electronic appliance television and radio set merchant wholesaler
  20. electrical appliance
  21. electrical appliance dealer small appliance wholesale
  22. electrical appliance dealer wholesale
  23. electrical appliance television and radio set
  24. electronic game audio radio television video equipment
  25. heating air conditioning refrigeration equipment
  26. home theatre including audio or visual equipment wholesale
  27. house ware
  28. household accessory distributor not otherwise classified
  29. household appliance and electrical and electronic good merchant wholesaler
  30. household appliance distributor
  31. household appliance electric houseware and consumer electronic merchant wholesaler
  32. houseware home accessory notion not otherwise classified
  33. houseware notion not otherwise classified wholesale
  34. kitchen accessory distributor
  35. kitchen and personal grooming appliance
  36. laundry equipment and supply distributor
  37. machinery not otherwise classified manufacturer agent sample stock only
  38. machinery not otherwise classified wholesale distributor
  39. merchant wholesaler durable good
  40. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  41. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  42. notion houseware not otherwise classified
  43. plumbing and heating equipment and supply hydronic
  44. radio television audio video equipment electronic game
  45. radio television audio video equipment electronic game wholesale
  46. radio tv and audio equipment wholesale
  47. radio tv and phonograph distributor
  48. refrigerator household electric and gas distributor
  49. sewing machine wholesale
  50. store wholesale not otherwise classified
  51. store wholesale store not otherwise classified
  52. television audio video equipment
  53. television radio audio video equipment electronic game wholesale
  54. television radio or phonograph sale service or repair wholesale
  55. television radio or phonograph wholesale
  56. vacuum cleaner sale and service
  57. vacuum cleaner sale and service distrib
  58. vacuum cleaner sale and service distributor
  59. video radio television audio equipment electronic game wholesale
  60. wholesale durable good
  61. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  62. wholesale trade

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