2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
424820 Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424820 is the US industry code for wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of wine, distilled alcoholic beverages, and/or neutral spirits and ethyl alcohol used in blended wines and distilled liquors.
- Code
- 424820 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 250 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46310, 46320, 46330, 46341 and 6 more (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 wine, distilled alcoholic beverages, and/or neutral spirits and ethyl alcohol used in blended wines and distilled liquors.
Activities listed under 424820
The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Alcoholic beverages, wine, and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers
- Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers
- Brandy and brandy spirits merchant wholesalers
- Cocktails, alcoholic, premixed, merchant wholesalers
- Distilled alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers
- Ethyl alcohol merchant wholesalers
- Hard cider merchant wholesalers
- Liquors merchant wholesalers
- Liquors, distilled, merchant wholesalers
- Neutral spirits merchant wholesalers
- Spirits, distilled, merchant wholesalers
- Wine coolers, alcoholic, merchant wholesalers
- Wines merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 424820
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 424820, 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), 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.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.