Other Chemical & Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 42469 directly.
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Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes).
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 424690, the only detailed industry in this group.
Illustrative examples
- Acids merchant wholesalers
- Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
- Automotive chemicals (except lubricating oils and greases) merchant wholesalers
- Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
- Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
- Rosins merchant wholesalers
- Explosives (except ammunition and fireworks) merchant wholesalers
- Turpentine merchant wholesalers
Which code does this activity belong in?
Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers covers merchant wholesalers distributing chemicals and allied products such as industrial chemicals, acids, dyestuffs, explosives, and rosins. The boundary with plastics materials wholesaling is that establishments distributing plastics in basic forms and shapes are classified in Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers, while those distributing other chemical products fall within 42469.
Written for NAICS 424690, the only detailed industry in this group.