2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
423430 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 423430 is the US industry code for computer and computer peripheral equipment and software merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of computers, computer peripheral equipment, loaded computer boards, and/or computer software.
- Code
- 423430 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 250 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46510 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of computers, computer peripheral equipment, loaded computer boards, and/or computer software.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Merchant wholesale distribution of modems, routers, printed circuit boards, semiconductor devices, and other electronic communications equipment are classified in Industry 423690, Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.
- Selling, planning, and designing computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software, and communication technologies are classified in U.S. Industry 541512, Computer Systems Design Services.
Activities listed under 423430
The Census index assigns these 30 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Computer boards, loaded, merchant wholesalers
- Computer data storage devices merchant wholesalers
- Computer peripheral equipment merchant wholesalers
- Computer printers merchant wholesalers
- Computer software, packaged, merchant wholesalers
- Computer terminals merchant wholesalers
- Computers merchant wholesalers
- Data keying equipment merchant wholesalers
- Data processing machines, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Digitizer and light pen tables merchant wholesalers
- Disk drives, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Diskettes, blank computer, merchant wholesalers
- Font cartridges merchant wholesalers
- Game software merchant wholesalers
- Keyboards, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Loaded computer boards merchant wholesalers
- Memory boards merchant wholesalers
- Microprocessors merchant wholesalers
- Monitor screen projection devices merchant wholesalers
- Monitors, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Motherboards, loaded, merchant wholesalers
- Peripheral equipment, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Plotters merchant wholesalers
- Printers, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Scanners, computer, merchant wholesalers
- Software, computer, packaged, merchant wholesalers
- Sound boards, computer, merchant wholesalers
- USB flash drives (e.g., thumbdrives, jumpdrives) merchant wholesalers
- Video boards merchant wholesalers
- Voice recognition equipment merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 423430
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423430, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 250 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: 4651), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Similar codes to compare
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- 423450Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- 423460Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- 423490Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.