Analysis
NAICS 424610 is the 2022 national industry for plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers, part of 42461 (Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 2,519 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 33,494 people at an average annual payroll of $89,438 per employee (77th percentile of national industries). 45% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 0%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include cellulose film merchant wholesalers, foam, plastics, resins and shapes, merchant wholesalers, nylon resins merchant wholesalers and plasticizers merchant wholesalers, among 11 in all.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of plastics materials and resins, and unsupported plastics film, sheet, sheeting, rod, tube, and other basic forms and shapes.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (11)
- Cellulose film merchant wholesalers
- Foam, plastics, resins and shapes, merchant wholesalers
- Nylon resins merchant wholesalers
- Plasticizers merchant wholesalers
- Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers
- Plastics foam merchant wholesalers
- Plastics materials merchant wholesalers
- Plastics resins merchant wholesalers
- Polyester resins merchant wholesalers
- Resins, plastics, merchant wholesalers
- Stabilizers, plastic, merchant wholesalers