459999 All Other Miscellaneous Retailers

Official definition

This U.S. 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; manufactured (mobile) home dealers; and tobacco, electronic cigarette, and other smoking supplies retailers).

Examples Census gives

• Art supply retailers
• Candle retailers
• Home security equipment retailers
• Cemetery memorial (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) dealers
• Hot tub retailers
• Fireworks retailers
• Collectors' items (e.g., autograph, coin, card, stamp) retailers (except used rare items)
• Swimming pool (above-ground) and supply retailers
• Trophy (e.g., awards and plaques) retailers
• Flower retailers, artificial or dried

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 pets and pet supplies are classified in Industry 459910, Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers.
• Retailing original and limited edition art works created by others are classified in Industry 459920, Art Dealers.
• Retailing manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) are classified in Industry 459930, Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers.
• Retailing cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes, and other smokers' supplies are classified in U.S. Industry 459991, Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and Other Smoking Supplies Retailers.
• Retailing new books are classified in Industry 459210, Book Retailers and News Dealers.
• Retailing new jewelry (except costume jewelry) are classified in Industry 458310, Jewelry Retailers.
• Retailing new costume jewelry are classified in Industry 458110, Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers.
• Retailing antiques are classified in Industry 459510, Used Merchandise Retailers.
• Constructing outdoor below-ground swimming pools are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
• Selling security alarm systems combined with installation, repair, and/or remote alarm monitoring are classified in U.S. Industry 561621, Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths).
• Operating funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories are classified in Industry Group 8122, Death Care Services.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Candle maker

Activities listed under 459999

The Census index assigns these 26 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Architectural supply stores
• Art supply stores
• Batteries, except automotive, dealers
• Beer making supply stores
• Binocular stores
• Cake decorating supply stores
• Calendar shops
• Candle shops
• Cannabidiol (CBD oil) retailers
• Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults)
• Closet organizer stores
• Collectors' items (e.g., autograph, card, coin, stamp) shops (except used rare items)
• Collectors' items (e.g., autograph, card, coin, stamp), mail-order houses (except used rare items)
• Emergency preparedness supply stores
• Fireworks shops (i.e., permanent location)
• Flag and banner shops
• Flower shops, artificial or dried
• Home security equipment stores
• Hot tub stores
• Janitorial equipment and supplies stores
• Monument (i.e., burial marker) dealers
• Police supply stores
• Religious goods (except books) stores
• Swimming pool (above-ground) and supply stores
• Trophy (including awards and plaques) shops
• Wine making supply stores

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 459999

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 459999, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $11.5 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: 2396, 4752, 4759, 4773, 4774, 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
• 47591Retail sale of musical instruments and scoresUK SIC
• 47599Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised storeUK SIC
• 47730Dispensing chemist in specialised storesUK SIC
• 47741Retail sale of hearing aidsUK SIC
• 47749Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) n.e.c.UK 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.

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