444140

Analysis

NAICS 444140 is the 2022 national industry for hardware retailers, part of 44414 (Hardware Retailers). Census lists 3 example activities under it in the official index.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include handtools, power-driven, stores, hardware stores and tool stores, power and hand (except outdoor).

For example, retailing a general line of home repair and improvement materials and supplies, generally known as home centers are classified in 444110 (Home Centers) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 444110 and 459510. 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.