Analysis
NAICS 423320 is the 2022 national industry for brick, stone, and related construction material merchant wholesalers, part of 42332 (Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 31 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 3,736 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 37,399 people at an average annual payroll of $73,839 per employee (60th percentile of national industries). 47% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include asphalt and concrete mixtures merchant wholesalers, bricks (except refractory) merchant wholesalers, building blocks (e.g., cinder, concrete) merchant… and building stone merchant wholesalers, among 31 in all.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 423840, 327320 and 212321. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
For example, merchant wholesale distribution of refractory brick and other refractory products or industrial sand are classified in 423840 (Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of stone, cement, lime, construction sand, and gravel; brick; asphalt and concrete mixtures; and/or concrete, stone, and structural clay products.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Merchant wholesale distribution of refractory brick and other refractory products or industrial sand | 423840 Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
| Selling ready-mix concrete | 327320 Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
| Quarrying, dredging, and/or beneficiating construction sand and gravel | 212321 Construction Sand and Gravel Mining |
Index entries (31)
- Asphalt and concrete mixtures merchant wholesalers
- Bricks (except refractory) merchant wholesalers
- Building blocks (e.g., cinder, concrete) merchant wholesalers
- Building stone merchant wholesalers
- Cement merchant wholesalers
- Ceramic construction materials (except refractory and ceramic roofing tile) merchant wholesalers
- Clay construction materials (except refractory and clay roofing tile) merchant wholesalers
- Coal tar paving materials merchant wholesalers
- Concrete building products merchant wholesalers
- Concrete mixtures merchant wholesalers
- Conduit and pipe, concrete, merchant wholesalers
- Countertops, stone and concrete, merchant wholesalers
- Crushed stone merchant wholesalers
- Culvert pipe, concrete, merchant wholesalers
- Drywall joint compounds merchant wholesalers
- Fireplace linings merchant wholesalers
- Flue pipe and linings merchant wholesalers
- Gravel, construction, merchant wholesalers
- Lime (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
- Mason's materials merchant wholesalers
- Paving mixtures merchant wholesalers
- Plaster merchant wholesalers
- Sand (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
- Septic tanks, concrete, merchant wholesalers
- Sewer pipe, clay (except refractory), merchant wholesalers
- Slate and slate products merchant wholesalers
- Stone, building or crushed, merchant wholesalers
- Structural clay tile (except refractory and clay roofing tile) merchant wholesalers
- Stucco merchant wholesalers
- Terra cotta merchant wholesalers
- Tile, structural clay (except refractory and clay roofing tile) merchant wholesalers