2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
424720 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals)
NAICS 424720 is the US industry code for petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations and terminals). It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products (except from bulk liquid storage facilities).
- Code
- 424720 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals)
- Part of
- Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 200 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46610 (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 petroleum and petroleum products (except from bulk liquid storage facilities).
Examples Census gives
- Gasoline merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Lubricating oil and grease merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Bottled liquid petroleum gas merchant wholesalers
- Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Merchant wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products from bulk liquid storage facilities are classified in Industry 424710, Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals.
- Fueling aircraft on a contract or fee basis are classified in Industry 488190, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation.
Activities listed under 424720
The Census index assigns these 22 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Alternative fuels, blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Asphalt binder merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Asphalt, liquid, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Biodiesel, blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Biofuels, blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Butane gas merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Crude oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Diesel fuel merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Ethanol, blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Fuel oil truck jobbers
- Fuel, aircraft, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Fueling aircraft (except on contract basis), merchant wholesalers
- Gasohol merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Gasoline merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Kerosene merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Lubricating oils and greases merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Oil, petroleum, merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
- Petroleum coke merchant wholesalers
- Propane merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals)
SBA size standard for 424720
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424720, 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: 4661), 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.