423860 Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of transportation equipment and supplies (except marine pleasure craft and motor vehicles).

Examples Census gives

• Aircraft merchant wholesalers
• Railroad cars merchant wholesalers
• Ships merchant wholesalers
• Motorized passenger golf carts merchant wholesalers
• Boats (except pleasure) 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 motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts are classified in Industry Group 4231, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of marine pleasure craft are classified in Industry 423910, Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

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

Activities listed under 423860

The Census index assigns these 30 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Aeronautical equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Aerospace equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Aircraft engines and parts merchant wholesalers
• Aircraft equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Aircraft merchant wholesalers
• Boats (except pleasure) merchant wholesalers
• Carts, golf, motorized passenger merchant wholesalers
• Draglines, ship, merchant wholesalers
• Dredges, ship, merchant wholesalers
• Dunnage, marine supplies, merchant wholesalers
• Engines and parts, aircraft, merchant wholesalers
• Engines and turbines, marine, merchant wholesalers
• Golf carts, motorized passenger, merchant wholesalers
• Guided missiles and space vehicles merchant wholesalers
• Locomotives merchant wholesalers
• Marine supplies (except pleasure) merchant wholesalers
• Military vehicles (except trucks) merchant wholesalers
• Motorized passenger golf carts merchant wholesalers
• Navigational instruments (except electronic) merchant wholesalers
• Propulsion systems, marine, merchant wholesalers
• Railroad cars merchant wholesalers
• Railroad equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
• Ships merchant wholesalers
• Space propulsion units and parts merchant wholesalers
• Subway cars merchant wholesalers
• Tanks and tank components merchant wholesalers
• Transportation equipment and supplies (except marine pleasure craft, motor vehicles) merchant wholesalers
• Transportation machinery, equipment, and supplies (except marine pleasure craft, motor vehicles) merchant wholesalers
• Turbines, transportation, merchant wholesalers
• Yachts (except pleasure) merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 423860

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423860, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 175 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

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