424130 Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of kraft wrapping and other coarse paper, paperboard, converted paper (except stationery and office supplies), and/or related disposable plastics products.

Examples Census gives

• Corrugated paper merchant wholesalers
• Paper and disposable plastics tableware (e.g., utensils, dishes, cups) merchant wholesalers
• Paper napkins merchant wholesalers
• Paperboard and disposable plastics boxes and containers merchant wholesalers
• Plastics bags merchant wholesalers
• Paper and disposable plastics shipping supplies merchant wholesalers
• Paper towels merchant wholesalers
• Paper bags merchant wholesalers
• Sanitary paper products merchant wholesalers
• Wrapping paper (except gift wrap) merchant wholesalers
• Waxed paper merchant wholesalers
• Plastics foam products, disposable (except packaging, packing), 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 stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap are classified in Industry 424120, Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of plastics foam packing and packaging materials are classified in Industry 423840, Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

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

Activities listed under 424130

The Census index assigns these 41 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Cardboard products merchant wholesalers
• Cartons, paper and paperboard, merchant wholesalers
• Closures, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Containers, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers
• Corrugated paper merchant wholesalers
• Crates, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Cups, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Diapers, disposable, merchant wholesalers
• Dishes, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Disposable plastics products (e.g., boxes, cups, cutlery, dishes, sanitary food containers) merchant wholesalers
• Eating utensils, disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Egg cartons, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Facial tissue merchant wholesalers
• Fiber cans and drums merchant wholesalers
• Filter papers merchant wholesalers
• Foam plastic trays merchant wholesalers
• Gummed tapes (except cellophane) merchant wholesalers
• Industrial supplies, disposable plastics, paper, merchant wholesalers
• Knives, disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Napkins, paper, merchant wholesalers
• Paper (except office supplies, printing paper, stationery, writing paper) merchant wholesalers
• Paper bags merchant wholesalers
• Paper towels merchant wholesalers
• Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers
• Personal sanitary paper products merchant wholesalers
• Plastics bags merchant wholesalers
• Plastics foam products, disposable (except packaging, packing), merchant wholesalers
• Pressed and molded pulp goods (e.g., egg cartons, shipping supplies) merchant wholesalers
• Sacks, paper, merchant wholesalers
• Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers
• Sanitary paper products merchant wholesalers
• Shipping supplies, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Shopping bags, paper and plastics, merchant wholesalers
• Tableware, disposable, merchant wholesalers
• Tissue paper, toilet and facial, merchant wholesalers
• Toilet tissue merchant wholesalers
• Waxed paper merchant wholesalers
• Wrapping paper (except gift wrap) merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 424130

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424130, 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, 4669), 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
• 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipmentUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 424110Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers
• 424120Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers