458310 Jewelry Retailers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing one or more of the following items: (1) new jewelry (except costume jewelry); (2) new sterling and plated silverware; and (3) new watches and clocks. Also included are establishments retailing these new products in combination with lapidary work and/or repair services.

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 new costume jewelry are classified in Industry 458110, Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers.
• Retailing antique or used jewelry, silverware, and watches and clocks are classified in Industry 459510, Used Merchandise Retailers.
• Providing jewelry or watch and clock repair are classified in Industry 811490, Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance.
• Cutting and setting gem stones are classified in Industry 339910, Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Clothing boutique
• Jewelry maker

Activities listed under 458310

The Census index assigns these 4 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Clock shops
• Gem stone shops, precious and semiprecious
• Jewelry stores, precious
• Watch shops

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 458310

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 458310, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $20.5 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: 4773, 9529, 4791, 4781, 4782, 4789, 4799), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 47730Dispensing chemist 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
• 95290Repair of personal and household goods n.e.c.UK SIC

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

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