Analysis
NAICS 444230 is the 2022 national industry for outdoor power equipment retailers, part of 44423 (Outdoor Power Equipment 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 garden power equipment stores, lawn power equipment stores and power equipment stores, outdoor.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 459510, 811411, 423820 and 238210. 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, retailing used outdoor power equipment are classified in 459510 (Used Merchandise Retailers) instead.
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 retailing new outdoor power equipment or retailing new outdoor power equipment in combination with activities, such as repair services and selling replacement parts.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Retailing used outdoor power equipment | 459510 Used Merchandise Retailers |
| Providing outdoor power equipment repair services without retailing new outdoor power equipment | 811411 Home and Garden Equipment Repair and Maintenance |
| Merchant wholesale distribution of agricultural and lawn and garden equipment | 423820 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
| Installing home standby power generators and providing other low voltage electrical contract work | 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors |
Index entries (3)
- Garden power equipment stores
- Lawn power equipment stores
- Power equipment stores, outdoor