444140 Hardware Retailers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of new hardware items, such as tools and builders' hardware.

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:

• Retailing a general line of home repair and improvement materials and supplies, generally known as home centers are classified in Industry 444110, Home Centers.
• Retailing used hardware items are classified in Industry 459510, Used Merchandise Retailers.

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

Activities listed under 444140

The Census index assigns these 3 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Handtools, power-driven, stores
• Hardware stores
• Tool stores, power and hand (except outdoor)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 444140

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 444140, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $16.5 million in average annual receipts. 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: 4752, 4791, 4781, 4782, 4789, 4799), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised storesUK SIC
• 47810Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco productsUK SIC
• 47820Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwearUK SIC
• 47890Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goodsUK SIC
• 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via InternetUK SIC
• 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or marketsUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 444110Home Centers
• 444120Paint and Wallpaper Retailers
• 444180Other Building Material Dealers