2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
424120 Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424120 is the US industry code for stationery and office supplies merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap.
- Code
- 424120 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 150 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 stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap.
Examples Census gives
- Photocopy supplies merchant wholesalers
- Envelopes merchant wholesalers
- Social stationery merchant wholesalers
- File cards and folders merchant wholesalers
- Greeting cards merchant wholesalers
- Office paper (e.g., printer, copier) merchant wholesalers
- Writing pens merchant wholesalers
- Pencils merchant wholesalers
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 bulk printing and/or writing paper are classified in Industry 424110, Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers.
Activities listed under 424120
The Census index assigns these 44 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Albums, photo, merchant wholesalers
- Binders, looseleaf, merchant wholesalers
- Blankbooks merchant wholesalers
- Books, sales or receipt, merchant wholesalers
- Cards, greeting, merchant wholesalers
- Cartridge toner merchant wholesalers
- Cellophane tape merchant wholesalers
- Commercial stationery supplies merchant wholesalers
- Computer paper supplies merchant wholesalers
- Desk accessories, office, merchant wholesalers
- Envelopes merchant wholesalers
- File cards and folders merchant wholesalers
- Filler paper, looseleaf, merchant wholesalers
- Folders, file, merchant wholesalers
- Forms, paper (e.g., business, office, sales), merchant wholesalers
- Gift wrapping paper merchant wholesalers
- Greeting cards merchant wholesalers
- Gummed tapes, cellophane, merchant wholesalers
- Ink, writing, merchant wholesalers
- Inked ribbons merchant wholesalers
- Inks, pastes, and solvents, office, merchant wholesalers
- Looseleaf binders merchant wholesalers
- Manifold business forms merchant wholesalers
- Marking devices merchant wholesalers
- Notebooks merchant wholesalers
- Office supplies (except furniture, machines) merchant wholesalers
- Paper, office (e.g., printer, copier), merchant wholesalers
- Pencils merchant wholesalers
- Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers
- Photo albums merchant wholesalers
- Photocopy supplies merchant wholesalers
- Postcards merchant wholesalers
- Printing paper (except bulk) merchant wholesalers
- Receipt books merchant wholesalers
- Ribbons, inked, merchant wholesalers
- Rubber stamps merchant wholesalers
- Sales books merchant wholesalers
- Scrapbooks merchant wholesalers
- Social stationery merchant wholesalers
- Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers
- Tapes, cellophane, merchant wholesalers
- Toner cartridges merchant wholesalers
- Typewriter paper merchant wholesalers
- Writing paper (except bulk) merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 424120
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424120, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 150 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), 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.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.