423810 Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in construction, mining (except oil well), and logging activities.

Examples Census gives

• Excavating machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Road construction and maintenance machinery merchant wholesalers
• Forestry machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Scaffolding merchant wholesalers
• Mining cranes 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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of oil well machinery and equipment are classified in Industry 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.

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

Activities listed under 423810

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

• Concrete processing equipment merchant wholesalers
• Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Cranes (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
• Cranes, mining, merchant wholesalers
• Crushing, pulverizing, and screening machinery, construction and mining, merchant wholesalers
• Dredges (except ships') merchant wholesalers
• Excavating machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Forestry machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Land preparation machinery, construction, merchant wholesalers
• Loaders merchant wholesalers
• Logging equipment merchant wholesalers
• Mining cranes merchant wholesalers
• Mining machinery and equipment (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
• Mixers, construction and mining, merchant wholesalers
• Pavers merchant wholesalers
• Quarrying machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Road construction and maintenance machinery merchant wholesalers
• Scaffolding merchant wholesalers
• Shovels, power, merchant wholesalers
• Snow plows merchant wholesalers
• Snowblowers (except household-type) merchant wholesalers
• Street sweeping and cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 423810

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423810, 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: 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

• 423820Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• 423830Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• 423840Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• 423850Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• 423860Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers