Variant of NAICS 2002 - Durable and Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing Industries
5.2 - Industries not included in the Manufacturing sector
This special aggregation comprises all establishments except the ones coded to 'Manufacturing' sector (NAICS 31-33)
41 - Wholesale Trade
This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling merchandise and providing related logistics, marketing and support services. The wholesaling process is generally an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise; many wholesalers are therefore organized to sell merchandise in large quantities to retailers, and business and institutional clients. However, some wholesalers, in particular those that supply non-consumer capital goods, sell merchandise in single units to final users.
This sector recognizes two main types of wholesalers, that is, wholesale merchants and wholesale agents and brokers.
Wholesale Merchants
Wholesale merchants buy and sell merchandise on their own account, that is, they take title to the goods they sell. They generally operate from warehouse or office locations and they may ship from their own inventory or arrange for the shipment of goods directly from the supplier to the client. In addition to the sale of goods, they may provide, or arrange for the provision of, logistics, marketing and support services, such as packaging and labelling, inventory management, shipping, handling of warranty claims, in-store or co-op promotions, and product training. Dealers of machinery and equipment, such as dealers of farm machinery and heavy-duty trucks, also fall within this category.
Wholesale merchants are known by a variety of trade designations depending on their relationship with suppliers or customers, or the distribution method they employ. Examples include wholesale merchants, wholesale distributors, drop shippers, rack-jobbers, import-export merchants, buying groups, dealer-owned cooperatives and banner wholesalers.
The first eight subsectors of wholesale trade comprise wholesale merchants. The grouping of these establishments into industry groups and industries is based on the merchandise line or lines supplied by the wholesaler.
Wholesale Agents and Brokers
Wholesale agents and brokers buy and sell merchandise owned by others on a fee or commission basis. They do not take title to the goods they buy or sell, and they generally operate at or from an office location.
Wholesale agents and brokers are known by a variety of trade designations including import-export agents, wholesale commission agents, wholesale brokers, and manufacturer's representatives and agents.
417 - Machinery, Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-DistributorsCAN
This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment; construction, forestry, mining and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies; computers and communication equipment and supplies; and other machinery, equipment and supplies.
4179 - Other Machinery, Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-DistributorsCAN
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling office, store, service industry, professional and other machinery, equipment and supplies.
41793 - Professional Machinery, Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling new and used professional machinery and equipment.
Exclusion(s):
Establishments primarily engaged in:
- wholesaling school textbooks (See 41442 Book, Periodical and Newspaper Wholesaler-Distributors)
- wholesaling pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies (See 41451 Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacy Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors)
- wholesaling school stationery (See 41821 Stationery and Office Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors)
417930 - Professional Machinery, Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-DistributorsCAN
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling new and used professional machinery and equipment.
Example Activities:
- Analytical instruments (e.g., photometers, spectrographs, chromatographic), wholesale
- Analytical instruments (e.g., photometers, spectrographs, chromatographic), wholesale and repair
- Architects' equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Artificial limbs, wholesale
- Artist equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Barometers, wholesale
- Beds, hospital, wholesale
- Binoculars, wholesale
- Ceramic equipment, greenware and supplies, wholesale
- Church pews, wholesale
- Contact lenses, wholesale
- Dental equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Desks (including school), wholesale
- Diagnostic equipment, medical, wholesale
- Drafting instruments, wholesale
- Electromedical equipment, wholesale
- Engineering instruments, equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Eyeglasses, wholesale
- Frames, ophthalmic, wholesale
- Gas detecting equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Hearing aids, wholesale
- Hospital equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Industrial safety devices (e.g., first-aid kits, face and eye masks), wholesale
- Instruments, professional, wholesale
- Laboratory instruments and apparatus, wholesale
- Laboratory instruments and apparatus, wholesale and repair
- Measuring and measuring-controlling instruments, professional, wholesale
- Medical, surgical, hospital equipment, wholesale
- Medical, surgical, hospital equipment, wholesale and repair
- Optical goods (except cameras), wholesale
- Optometric equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Orthopaedic equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Ostomy supplies, wholesale
- Patient monitoring equipment, wholesale
- Physicians' equipment and supplies, wholesale
- Professional machinery, equipment and supplies, wholesale
- School classroom equipment and supplies (except stationery), wholesale
- Scientific instruments and apparatus, wholesale
- Scientific instruments and apparatus, wholesale and repair
- Surgical and medical instruments, wholesale
- Teaching machines (except computers), electronic, wholesale
- Therapeutic beds, wholesale
- Therapy equipment, wholesale
- Thermometers, wholesale
- Timing instruments, wholesale
- Veterinarians' equipment and supplies, wholesale
- X-ray machines and related equipment and supplies, wholesale
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