Analysis
NAICS 423930 is the 2022 national industry for recyclable material merchant wholesalers, part of 42393 (Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 23 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 7,744 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 106,002 people at an average annual payroll of $62,727 per employee (38th percentile of national industries). 41% 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 bags, reclaimed, merchant wholesalers, bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers, boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers and electronics parts, recyclable, merchant wholesalers, among 23 in all.
For example, dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of selling used parts are classified in 423140 (Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers) instead.
Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 423140 and 562920. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of automotive scrap, industrial scrap, and other recyclable materials. Included in this industry are auto wreckers primarily engaged in dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of wholesaling scrap.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of selling used parts | 423140 Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers |
| Operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals, are sorted into distinct categories | 562920 Materials Recovery Facilities |
Index entries (23)
- Bags, reclaimed, merchant wholesalers
- Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers
- Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers
- Electronics parts, recyclable, merchant wholesalers
- Fly ash merchant wholesalers
- Fur cuttings and scraps merchant wholesalers
- General-line scrap merchant wholesalers
- Glass scrap merchant wholesalers
- Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers
- Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
- Oil, waste, merchant wholesalers
- Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers
- Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers
- Rags merchant wholesalers
- Recyclable inkjet cartridges merchant wholesalers
- Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
- Rubber scrap and scrap tires merchant wholesalers
- Salvage, scrap, merchant wholesalers
- Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers
- Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
- Textile waste merchant wholesalers
- Tires, scrap, merchant wholesalers
- Waste materials merchant wholesalers