NAICS code 424310: Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 424310 is “Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers”. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of piece goods, fabrics, knitting yarns (except industrial), thread and other notions, and/or hair accessories.

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers; Automotive fabrics merchant wholesalers; Belt and buckle assembly kits merchant wholesalers; Binding, textile, merchant wholesalers; Buttons merchant wholesalers; and Drapery material merchant wholesalers.

Businesses mainly establishments primarily engaged as converters who buy fabric goods in the grey, have them finished on a contract basis, and sell at wholesale are classified in Industry 313310, Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills; and establishments primarily engaged in merchant wholesale distribution of industrial yarns are classified in Industry 424990, Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers.

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

SIC codes 5131 (Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods, part) and 5199 (Nondurable Goods, NEC, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

424300 (Apparel, piece goods, & notions) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 424310–424350.

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