42399

Analysis

NAICS 42399 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers, part of 4239 (Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers).

It has only one more detailed code, 423990, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 5 codes at this level within Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, with 31.5% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 10,111 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 85,467 people at an average annual payroll of $70,791 per employee (54th percentile of national industries). 66% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 8% and employment rose 3%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.