423740 Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of refrigeration equipment (except household-type refrigerators, freezers, and air-conditioners).

Examples Census gives

• Cold storage machinery merchant wholesalers
• Refrigerated display cases merchant wholesalers
• Commercial refrigerators merchant wholesalers
• Water coolers 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 refrigerators, freezers, and room air-conditioners are classified in Industry 423620, Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of air-conditioning equipment (except room units) are classified in Industry 423730, Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of refrigerants are classified in Industry 424690, Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers.
• Repairing and maintaining commercial refrigeration equipment are classified in Industry 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance.

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

Activities listed under 423740

The Census index assigns these 19 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Beverage coolers, mechanical, merchant wholesalers
• Cold storage machinery merchant wholesalers
• Compressors, refrigeration, merchant wholesalers
• Condensing units, refrigeration, merchant wholesalers
• Coolers, mechanical, merchant wholesalers
• Display cases, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Drinking fountains, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Fixtures, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Fountains, drinking, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Freezers, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers
• Ice making machines merchant wholesalers
• Lockers, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Refrigerated display cases merchant wholesalers
• Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers
• Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers
• Refrigerators (e.g., reach-in, walk-in), commercial-type, merchant wholesalers
• Showcases, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Soda fountain fixtures, refrigerated, merchant wholesalers
• Water coolers, mechanical, merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 423740

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423740, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 125 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: 4659), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 46510Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and softwareUK SIC
• 46520Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and partsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 423710Hardware Merchant Wholesalers
• 423720Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers
• 423730Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers