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NAICS code 423450: Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).

SBA small-business size limit
200 staff

Is your company small for 423450?

The SBA limit is 200 employees average number of employees.

What 423450 covers

Included

  • Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical dressings merchant wholesalers
  • Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers
  • Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital beds merchant wholesalers
  • Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical instruments and apparatus merchant wholesalers
  • Medical and dental X-ray machines and parts merchant wholesalers
  • First-aid kits (except household) merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical and medical masks merchant wholesalers

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Activities listed under 423450

  • Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers
  • Artificial limbs merchant wholesalers
  • Beds, hospital, merchant wholesalers
  • Crutches merchant wholesalers
  • Dental chairs merchant wholesalers
  • Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Dentists' professional supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Diagnostic equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers
  • Dressings, medical, merchant wholesalers
  • Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers
  • First-aid kits (except household) merchant wholesalers
  • Glassware, medical, merchant wholesalers
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  • Hearing aids merchant wholesalers
  • Home health care supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital beds merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers
  • Hospital gowns merchant wholesalers
  • Instruments, dental and medical, merchant wholesalers
  • Laboratory equipment, dental and medical, merchant wholesalers
  • Medical equipment merchant wholesalers
  • Medical furniture merchant wholesalers
  • Medical glassware merchant wholesalers
  • Medical instruments merchant wholesalers
  • Medical supplies (except household first-aid kits and nonsurgical bandages) merchant wholesalers
  • Orthopedic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers
  • Physicians' equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical and medical masks merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical appliances merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical dressings merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical instruments and apparatus merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical supplies merchant wholesalers
  • Surgical towels merchant wholesalers
  • Tapes, medical and surgical, merchant wholesalers
  • Teeth, dental, merchant wholesalers
  • Therapy equipment merchant wholesalers
  • Thermometers merchant wholesalers
  • Towels, surgical, merchant wholesalers
  • Ultrasound equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers
  • Wheelchairs merchant wholesalers
  • Whirlpool baths, hospital, merchant wholesalers
  • X-ray machines and parts, medical and dental, merchant wholesalers

Questions

What is NAICS code 423450?

NAICS 423450 is “Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers”. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).

What businesses use NAICS code 423450?

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers; Surgical dressings merchant wholesalers; Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers; Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers; Hospital beds merchant wholesalers; and Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers.

What is not included in NAICS 423450?

Businesses mainly merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers; merchant wholesale distribution of personal safety devices and supplies (e.g., eye shields, face shields, nonelectric respirators) are classified in Industry 423990, Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers; and merchant wholesale distribution of household first-aid kits and nonsurgical bandages are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers.

What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 423450?

200 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

What is the SIC code for NAICS 423450?

SIC 5047 (Medical, Dental and Hospital Equipment and Supplies, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

What is the IRS business code for NAICS 423450?

423400 (Professional & commercial equipment & supplies) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 423410–423490.

How do I find government contracts for NAICS 423450?

Federal agencies put a NAICS code on each solicitation in SAM.gov, and some states and cities use NAICS codes too. Add 423450 to your SAM.gov registration and to your bid alerts; PublicBeam emails new bids for the codes you choose every morning.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS (public domain). PublicBeam is independent and not affiliated with the Census Bureau or any agency. Always check the NAICS code in the official notice before you bid.