2022 NAICS industry in sector 44-45 Retail Trade
45999 All Other Miscellaneous Retailers
NAICS 45999 is the US industry code for all other miscellaneous retailers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in retailing miscellaneous specialized lines of merchandise (except motor vehicle and parts dealers; building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers; food and beverage retailers; furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers; general merchandise retailers; health and personal care retailers; gasoline stations and fuel dealers; clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers; sporting goods, hobby, and musical instrument retailers; book retailers and news dealers; florists; office supplies, stationery, and gift retailers; used merchandise retailers; pet and pet supplies retailers; art dealers; and manufactured (mobile) home dealers).
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing miscellaneous specialized lines of merchandise (except motor vehicle and parts dealers; building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers; food and beverage retailers; furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers; general merchandise retailers; health and personal care retailers; gasoline stations and fuel dealers; clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers; sporting goods, hobby, and musical instrument retailers; book retailers and news dealers; florists; office supplies, stationery, and gift retailers; used merchandise retailers; pet and pet supplies retailers; art dealers; and manufactured (mobile) home dealers).
Examples Census gives
- Art supply retailers
- Swimming pool (above-ground) and supply retailers
- Cemetery memorial (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) dealers
- Home security equipment retailers
- Tobacco retailers
- Cigar retailers
- E-cigarette retailers
- Vape shops
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Retailing pets and pet supplies are classified in Industry 45991, Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers.
- Retailing original and limited edition art works created by others are classified in Industry 45992, Art Dealers.
- Retailing manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) are classified in Industry 45993, Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers.
- Retailing new books are classified in Industry 45921, Book Retailers and News Dealers.
- Retailing new jewelry (except costume jewelry) are classified in Industry 45831, Jewelry Retailers.
- Retailing new costume jewelry are classified in Industry 45811, Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers.
- Retailing used merchandise (except automobiles, RVs, mobile homes, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), boats, motor vehicle parts, tires, aircraft, snowmobiles, and utility trailers) are classified in Industry 45951, Used Merchandise Retailers.
- Constructing outdoor below-ground swimming pools are classified in Industry 23899, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
- Selling security alarm systems combined with installation, repair, and/or remote alarm monitoring are classified in Industry 56162, Security Systems Services.
- Operating funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories are classified in Industry Group 8122, Death Care Services.
Codes in 45999
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