424440 Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of poultry and/or poultry products (except canned and packaged frozen).

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 packaged frozen poultry are classified in Industry 424420, Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of canned poultry are classified in Industry 424490, Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of live chicks are classified in Industry 424590, Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers.
• Slaughtering and dressing poultry are classified in U.S. Industry 311615, Poultry Processing.

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

Activities listed under 424440

The Census index assigns these 11 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Chicken and chicken products (except canned and packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Deli meats, poultry, merchant wholesalers
• Eggs merchant wholesalers
• Fresh poultry merchant wholesalers
• Frozen poultry (except packaged) merchant wholesalers
• Packaged poultry (except canned and frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry and poultry products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry pies (except packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers
• Processed poultry (e.g., luncheon) merchant wholesalers
• Turkey and turkey products (except canned and packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 424440

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424440, 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: 4620, 4630), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 46210Wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feedsUK SIC
• 46220Wholesale of flowers and plantsUK SIC
• 46230Wholesale of live animalsUK SIC
• 46240Wholesale of hides, skins and leatherUK SIC
• 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
• 424420Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
• 424430Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) 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