2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
424310 Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424310 is the US industry code for piece goods, notions, and other dry goods merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of piece goods, fabrics, knitting yarns (except industrial), thread and other notions, and/or hair accessories.
- Code
- 424310 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 100 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46410 (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 piece goods, fabrics, knitting yarns (except industrial), thread and other notions, and/or hair accessories.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Establishments primarily engaged as converters who buy fabric goods in the grey, have them finished on a contract basis, and sell at wholesale are classified in Industry 313310, Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills.
- Establishments primarily engaged in merchant wholesale distribution of industrial yarns are classified in Industry 424990, Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers.
Activities listed under 424310
The Census index assigns these 30 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers
- Automotive fabrics merchant wholesalers
- Belt and buckle assembly kits merchant wholesalers
- Binding, textile, merchant wholesalers
- Buttons merchant wholesalers
- Drapery material merchant wholesalers
- Embroidery products merchant wholesalers
- Fabrics, textile (except burlap, felt), merchant wholesalers
- Fasteners, clothing, merchant wholesalers
- Fiberglass fabrics merchant wholesalers
- Hair accessories merchant wholesalers
- Hat and cap materials merchant wholesalers
- Jute piece goods (except burlap) merchant wholesalers
- Labels, textile, merchant wholesalers
- Millinery supplies merchant wholesalers
- Needles, sewing, merchant wholesalers
- Net goods merchant wholesalers
- Notions merchant wholesalers
- Paddings, apparel, merchant wholesalers
- Piece goods (except burlap, felt) merchant wholesalers
- Remnants, piece goods, merchant wholesalers
- Ribbons, textile, merchant wholesalers
- Sewing accessories merchant wholesalers
- Tapes, textile, merchant wholesalers
- Textiles (except burlap, felt) merchant wholesalers
- Thread (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
- Upholstery fabrics merchant wholesalers
- Yard goods, textile (except burlap, felt), merchant wholesalers
- Yarns (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
- Zippers merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 424310
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424310, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 100 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: 4641), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
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.