424450 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of confectioneries; salted or roasted nuts; popcorn; potato, corn, and similar chips; and/or fountain fruits and syrups.

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 frozen pretzels are classified in Industry 424420, Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of pretzels (except frozen) or soft drinks are classified in Industry 424490, Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers.
• Manufacturing and bottling soft drinks are classified in U.S. Industry 312111, Soft Drink Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 424450

The Census index assigns these 18 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Candy merchant wholesalers
• Cheese confections (e.g., curls, puffs) merchant wholesalers
• Chewing gum merchant wholesalers
• Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers
• Chocolate candy merchant wholesalers
• Concentrates, fountain (except soft drink), merchant wholesalers
• Confectionery merchant wholesalers
• Corn chips and related corn snacks merchant wholesalers
• Fountain fruits and syrups (except soft drink) merchant wholesalers
• Fountain syrups (except soft drink) merchant wholesalers
• Fruit concentrates, fountain, merchant wholesalers
• Gum, chewing, merchant wholesalers
• Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers
• Popcorn merchant wholesalers
• Potato chips and related snacks merchant wholesalers
• Seeds (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers
• Syrups, fountain (except soft drink), merchant wholesalers
• Toppings, fountain, merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 424450

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424450, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 225 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
• 424420Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
• 424430Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
• 424440Poultry and Poultry Product 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