Analysis
NAICS 424350 is the 2022 national industry for clothing and clothing accessories merchant wholesalers, part of 42435 (Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 59 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include accessories, clothing, men's and boy's, merchant wholesalers, baby and infant car seats merchant wholesalers, baby and infant high chairs merchant wholesalers and baby bottles merchant wholesalers, among 59 in all.
For example, the merchant wholesale distribution of footwear are classified in 424340 (Footwear Merchant Wholesalers) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 424340. 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.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of clothing and clothing accessories.
Illustrative Examples:
Baby bottles merchant wholesalers Diapers (except disposable) merchant wholesalers Dresses merchant wholesalers Fur clothing merchant wholesalers Handbags merchant wholesalers Hosiery merchant wholesalers Lingerie merchant wholesalers Millinery merchant wholesalers Nightwear merchant wholesalers Outerwear merchant wholesalers Sportswear merchant wholesalers Swimwear merchant wholesalers
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| The merchant wholesale distribution of footwear | 424340 Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
Index entries (59)
- Accessories, clothing, men's and boy's, merchant wholesalers
- Baby and infant car seats merchant wholesalers
- Baby and infant high chairs merchant wholesalers
- Baby bottles merchant wholesalers
- Baby clothing merchant wholesalers
- Booster seats merchant wholesalers
- Children's clothing merchant wholesalers
- Clothing accessories, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Clothing, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Clothing, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Coats, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Coats, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Costumes, clothing, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Costumes, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Diapers (except disposable) merchant wholesalers
- Dresses merchant wholesalers
- Fur clothing merchant wholesalers
- Furnishings (except shoes), men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Furnishings (except shoes), women's, girls', and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Gloves, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Gloves, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Handbags merchant wholesalers
- Hats and caps, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Hats and caps, women's, girls', and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Hosiery, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Hosiery, women's and girls', merchant wholesalers
- Hosiery, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Infants' clothing merchant wholesalers
- Lingerie merchant wholesalers
- Men's and boys' clothing merchant wholesalers
- Men's and boys' furnishings (except shoes) merchant wholesalers
- Millinery merchant wholesalers
- Neckties, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Nightwear, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Nightwear, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Outerwear, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Outerwear, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers
- Purses merchant wholesalers
- Sleepwear, men's and boys', merchant wholesalers
- Sleepwear, women's, children's, and infants', merchant wholesalers