2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
423450 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 423450 is the US industry code for medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).
- Code
- 423450 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 200 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46491, 46499 (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 professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).
Examples Census gives
- Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Surgical dressings merchant wholesalers
- Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers
- Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers
- Hospital beds merchant wholesalers
- Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers
- Surgical instruments and apparatus merchant wholesalers
- Medical and dental X-ray machines and parts merchant wholesalers
- First-aid kits (except household) merchant wholesalers
- Surgical and medical masks merchant wholesalers
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers.
- Merchant wholesale distribution of personal safety devices and supplies (e.g., eye shields, face shields, nonelectric respirators) are classified in Industry 423990, Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers.
- Merchant wholesale distribution of household first-aid kits and nonsurgical bandages are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers.
Activities listed under 423450
The Census index assigns these 44 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers
- Artificial limbs merchant wholesalers
- Beds, hospital, merchant wholesalers
- Crutches merchant wholesalers
- Dental chairs merchant wholesalers
- Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Dentists' professional supplies merchant wholesalers
- Diagnostic equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers
- Dressings, medical, merchant wholesalers
- Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers
- First-aid kits (except household) merchant wholesalers
- Glassware, medical, merchant wholesalers
- Hearing aids merchant wholesalers
- Home health care supplies merchant wholesalers
- Hospital beds merchant wholesalers
- Hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers
- Hospital gowns merchant wholesalers
- Instruments, dental and medical, merchant wholesalers
- Laboratory equipment, dental and medical, merchant wholesalers
- Medical equipment merchant wholesalers
- Medical furniture merchant wholesalers
- Medical glassware merchant wholesalers
- Medical instruments merchant wholesalers
- Medical supplies (except household first-aid kits and nonsurgical bandages) merchant wholesalers
- Orthopedic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers
- Physicians' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Surgical and medical masks merchant wholesalers
- Surgical appliances merchant wholesalers
- Surgical dressings merchant wholesalers
- Surgical instruments and apparatus merchant wholesalers
- Surgical supplies merchant wholesalers
- Surgical towels merchant wholesalers
- Tapes, medical and surgical, merchant wholesalers
- Teeth, dental, merchant wholesalers
- Therapy equipment merchant wholesalers
- Thermometers merchant wholesalers
- Towels, surgical, merchant wholesalers
- Ultrasound equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers
- Wheelchairs merchant wholesalers
- Whirlpool baths, hospital, merchant wholesalers
- X-ray machines and parts, medical and dental, merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 423450
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423450, 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
- 423410Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- 423420Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423430Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- 423440Other Commercial Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423460Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- 423490Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.