424420 Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of packaged frozen foods (except dairy products).

Examples Census gives

• Frozen bakery products merchant wholesalers
• Packaged frozen fish merchant wholesalers
• Frozen juices merchant wholesalers
• Packaged frozen meats merchant wholesalers
• Frozen vegetables merchant wholesalers
• Packaged frozen poultry 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 frozen dairy products are classified in Industry 424430, Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers.

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

Activities listed under 424420

The Census index assigns these 21 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bakery products, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Dinners, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Doughs, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Fish, packaged frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Foods, prepared, packaged frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Frozen foods, packaged (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers
• Fruits, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Juices, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Meat product substitutes, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Meat substitutes, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Meatless patties, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Meats, packaged frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Pies (e.g., fruit, meat, poultry), frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Pizzas, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Poultry, packaged frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers
• Pretzels, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Seafoods, packaged frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Soups, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Vegetable patties, frozen, merchant wholesalers
• Vegetables, frozen, merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 424420

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424420, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 200 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: 4630), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 46310Wholesale of fruit and vegetablesUK SIC
• 46320Wholesale of meat and meat productsUK SIC
• 46330Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fatsUK SIC
• 46341Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinksUK SIC
• 46342Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beveragesUK SIC
• 46350Wholesale of tobacco productsUK SIC
• 46360Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectioneryUK SIC
• 46370Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spicesUK SIC
• 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscsUK SIC
• 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobaccoUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 424410General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
• 424430Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
• 424440Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 424450Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
• 424460Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
• 424470Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 424480Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
• 424490Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers