Analysis
NAICS 424910 is the 2022 national industry for farm supplies merchant wholesalers, part of 42491 (Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers). Census lists 34 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 9,322 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 109,915 people at an average annual payroll of $82,566 per employee (71st percentile of national industries). 39% 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 agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers, agricultural limestone merchant wholesalers, alfalfa merchant wholesalers and ammonia, fertilizer material, merchant wholesalers, among 34 in all.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 424490, 424510, 424990 and 424930. 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 pet food are classified in 424490 (Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies, such as animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, plant seeds, and plant bulbs.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Merchant wholesale distribution of pet food | 424490 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers |
| Merchant wholesale distribution of grains | 424510 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers |
| Merchant wholesale distribution of pet supplies | 424990 Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers |
| Merchant wholesale distribution of nursery stock (except seeds and plant bulbs) | 424930 Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
Index entries (34)
- Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers
- Agricultural limestone merchant wholesalers
- Alfalfa merchant wholesalers
- Ammonia, fertilizer material, merchant wholesalers
- Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers
- Beekeeping supplies merchant wholesalers
- Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers
- Feed additives merchant wholesalers
- Feeds (except pet) merchant wholesalers
- Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers
- Flower bulbs merchant wholesalers
- Fungicides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers
- Harness equipment merchant wholesalers
- Hay merchant wholesalers
- Herbicides merchant wholesalers
- Horticultural products merchant wholesalers
- Insecticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Lawn care supplies (e.g., chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers
- Lime, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Livestock feeds merchant wholesalers
- Mineral supplements, animal, merchant wholesalers
- Mulch merchant wholesalers
- Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Phosphate rock, ground, merchant wholesalers
- Plant bulbs merchant wholesalers
- Produce containers merchant wholesalers
- Saddlery merchant wholesalers
- Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers
- Straw merchant wholesalers
- Tack (e.g., harnesses, saddlery) merchant wholesalers
- Vegetable dusts and sprays merchant wholesalers
- Weed killers merchant wholesalers