424490 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of groceries and related products (except a general line of groceries; packaged frozen food; dairy products (except dried and canned); poultry products (except canned); confectioneries; fish and seafood (except canned); meat products (except canned); and fresh fruits and vegetables). Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in the bottling and merchant wholesale distribution of spring and mineral waters processed by others.

Examples Census gives

• Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Canned seafood merchant wholesalers
• Canned fish merchant wholesalers
• Canned vegetables merchant wholesalers
• Canned fruits merchant wholesalers
• Dried milk merchant wholesalers
• Canned meats merchant wholesalers
• Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
• Canned milk 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 grains, field beans, livestock, and other farm product raw materials are classified in Industry Group 4245, Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages are classified in Industry Group 4248, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers.
• Manufacturing and bottling soft drinks are classified in U.S. Industry 312111, Soft Drink Manufacturing.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of a general line of groceries are classified in Industry 424410, General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of packaged frozen foods (except dairy) are classified in Industry 424420, Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of dairy products are classified in Industry 424430, Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of poultry and poultry products (except canned and packaged frozen) are classified in Industry 424440, Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of confectioneries; salted or roasted nuts; popcorn; potato, corn, and similar chips; and/or fountain fruits and syrups are classified in Industry 424450, Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of fish and seafood (except canned and packaged frozen) are classified in Industry 424460, Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of meats (except canned and packaged frozen) are classified in Industry 424470, Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables are classified in Industry 424480, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers.
• Purifying and bottling water are classified in U.S. Industry 312112, Bottled Water Manufacturing.
• Roasting coffee are classified in Industry 311920, Coffee and Tea Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 424490

The Census index assigns these 80 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Baby foods, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Beans, dry edible, merchant wholesalers
• Beverage bases merchant wholesalers
• Beverage concentrates merchant wholesalers
• Bottled water (except water treating) merchant wholesalers
• Bread, packaged (except frozen), merchant wholesalers
• Breakfast cereals merchant wholesalers
• Brewers' yeast merchant wholesalers
• Butter substitutes merchant wholesalers
• Cane sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers
• Canned foods (e.g., fish, meat, seafood, soups) merchant wholesalers
• Carbonated beverages merchant wholesalers
• Cereal products merchant wholesalers
• Cheese, imitation or substitute, merchant wholesalers
• Chocolate (except candy) merchant wholesalers
• Chocolate coatings merchant wholesalers
• Chocolate syrups (except fountain) merchant wholesalers
• Coffee merchant wholesalers
• Cookies merchant wholesalers
• Cooking oils merchant wholesalers
• Corn milling products (except pet and livestock feeds) merchant wholesalers
• Cornmeal, edible, merchant wholesalers
• Crackers merchant wholesalers
• Creamery products, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Dairy products, dried or canned, merchant wholesalers
• Dessert powders merchant wholesalers
• Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers
• Egg substitutes merchant wholesalers
• Fish, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Flavoring extracts (except for fountain use) merchant wholesalers
• Flour merchant wholesalers
• Fruits, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Gelatin, edible, merchant wholesalers
• Health foods (except fresh fruits, vegetables) merchant wholesalers
• Honey merchant wholesalers
• Hop extract merchant wholesalers
• Ice cream cones merchant wholesalers
• Jellies and jams merchant wholesalers
• Juices, canned or fresh, merchant wholesalers
• Macaroni merchant wholesalers
• Malt extract merchant wholesalers
• Malt merchant wholesalers
• Maple syrup merchant wholesalers
• Margarine merchant wholesalers
• Marmalade merchant wholesalers
• Meats, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Milk substitutes merchant wholesalers
• Milk, canned or dried, merchant wholesalers
• Mixes (e.g., cake, dessert, pie) merchant wholesalers
• Molasses merchant wholesalers
• Nondairy creamers merchant wholesalers
• Nondairy milk merchant wholesalers
• Nondairy yogurt merchant wholesalers
• Oils, cooking and salad, merchant wholesalers
• Pet food merchant wholesalers
• Pizzas (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Prepared foods (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Pretzels (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Rice, polished, merchant wholesalers
• Salad dressings merchant wholesalers
• Salad oils merchant wholesalers
• Salt, table, merchant wholesalers
• Sandwiches merchant wholesalers
• Sausage casings merchant wholesalers
• Seafood, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Shortening, vegetable, merchant wholesalers
• Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
• Soups (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Spaghetti merchant wholesalers
• Spices merchant wholesalers
• Sport energy drinks merchant wholesalers
• Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers
• Syrup (except fountain) merchant wholesalers
• Tea merchant wholesalers
• Toppings (except fountain) merchant wholesalers
• Vegetables, canned, merchant wholesalers
• Water, bottled (except water treating), merchant wholesalers
• Yeast merchant wholesalers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 424490

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424490, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 250 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, 4669), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipmentUK 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
• 424450Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
• 424460Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
• 424470Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 424480Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers