Variant of NAICS 2007 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

419 - Wholesale Electronic Markets, and Agents and Brokers

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in buying and/or selling products, owned by others, and generally receiving a fee or a commission for the service. These establishments may be known as business-to-business electronic markets, commission merchants, import agents or brokers, export agents or brokers, manufacturers' agents, purchasing agents, selling agents, and they may deal in any type of product. These establishments bring together sellers and buyers or undertake commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, without taking title of the goods bought or sold.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • bringing together buyers and sellers of goods using the Internet in a business-to-consumer or consumer-to-consumer environment (See 45411 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses)
  • buying and selling goods on own account using a combination of electronic and traditional methods (classified according to the merchandise line or lines sold by the merchant wholesaler-distributor)
  • buying and selling insurance, on a commission basis (See 52421 Insurance Agencies and Brokerages)
  • buying and selling real estate, on a commission basis (See 53121 Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers)
  • operating as shipping agents (See 48851 Freight Transportation Arrangement)
  • trading commodities and commodity futures, which are usually listed on a commodity exchange (See 5231 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage)

4191 - Wholesale Electronic Markets, and Agents and Brokers

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in buying and/or selling products, owned by others, and generally receiving a fee or a commission for the service. These establishments may be known as business-to-business electronic markets, commission merchants, import agents or brokers, export agents or brokers, manufacturers' agents, purchasing agents, selling agents, and they may deal in any type of product. These establishments bring together sellers and buyers or undertake commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, without taking title of the goods bought or sold.