423410 Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of photographic equipment and supplies (except office equipment).

Examples Census gives

• Photofinishing equipment merchant wholesalers
• Television cameras merchant wholesalers
• Photographic camera equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Video cameras (except household-type) merchant wholesalers
• Photographic film and plates merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Merchant wholesale distribution of household-type video cameras are classified in Industry 423620, Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of office equipment, such as photocopy and microfilm equipment are classified in Industry 423420, Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.
• Selling video security systems and providing system installation, repair, or monitoring services (except closed-circuit (CCTV)) are classified in U.S. Industry 561621, Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths).

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 423410

The Census index assigns these 22 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Camcorders (except household-type) merchant wholesalers
• Camera equipment and supplies, photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Cameras, television, merchant wholesalers
• Cameras, video (except household-type), merchant wholesalers
• Charged coupled devices (CCD) merchant wholesalers
• Developing apparatus, photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Film developing equipment merchant wholesalers
• Film finishing equipment merchant wholesalers
• Film, camera, merchant wholesalers
• Film, photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Identity recorders merchant wholesalers
• Motion picture cameras, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Photofinishing equipment merchant wholesalers
• Photographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Photographic film and plates merchant wholesalers
• Printmaking apparatus, photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Processing and finishing equipment, photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Projection equipment (e.g., motion picture, slide), photographic, merchant wholesalers
• Television cameras merchant wholesalers
• Theater equipment (except seats) merchant wholesalers
• Video cameras (except household-type) merchant wholesalers
• Wearable video cameras (except household-type) merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 423410

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423410, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 200 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 4649, 4659), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 46491Wholesale of musical instrumentsUK SIC
• 46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.UK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

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