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national industry 423940

Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of jewelry, precious and semiprecious stones, precious metals and metal flatware, costume jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware, and/or jewelers' findings.

The immediate parent of national industry 423940 is international industry 42394: Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Merchant wholesale distribution of precious metal ores or concentrates--are classified in Industry 423520, Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Merchant wholesale distribution of nonprecious flatware--are classified in Industry 423220, Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 423940 - Antique jewelry merchant wholesalers
  2. 423940 - Clocks merchant wholesalers
  3. 423940 - Coins merchant wholesalers
  4. 423940 - Costume jewelry merchant wholesalers
  5. 423940 - Diamonds (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
  6. 423940 - Flatware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  7. 423940 - Gem stones merchant wholesalers
  8. 423940 - Hollowware, precious metal, merchant wholesalers
  9. 423940 - Ingots, precious, merchant wholesalers
  10. 423940 - Jewelers' findings merchant wholesalers
  11. 423940 - Jewelry merchant wholesalers
  12. 423940 - Medallions merchant wholesalers
  13. 423940 - Metals, precious, merchant wholesalers
  14. 423940 - Numismatic goods merchant wholesalers
  15. 423940 - Pearls merchant wholesalers
  16. 423940 - Plated metal cutlery or flatware merchant wholesalers
  17. 423940 - Precious and semiprecious stones merchant wholesalers
  18. 423940 - Precious metals merchant wholesalers
  19. 423940 - Silverware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  20. 423940 - Stones, precious and semiprecious, merchant wholesalers
  21. 423940 - Tableware, precious and plated, merchant wholesalers
  22. 423940 - Trophies merchant wholesalers
  23. 423940 - Watchcases merchant wholesalers
  24. 423940 - Watches and parts merchant wholesalers

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 423940
2007 423940
2012 423940
2017 423940
2022 423940

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5094 - Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones, and Precious Metals

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 423940, Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers:

  1. clock distributor
  2. clock not grandfather type or commercial type
  3. clock watch and trophy wholesaler
  4. clock watch precious stone silverware wholesale
  5. clock wholesale
  6. coin stamp or rare book dealer and distributor
  7. costume novelty imitation jewellery
  8. costume novelty imitation jewellery wholesale
  9. cutlery wholesaler
  10. imitation costume novelty jewellery
  11. jewellery novelty costume imitation wholesale
  12. jewelry cosmetic or imitation only
  13. jewelry costume and novelty only
  14. jewelry costume and novelty only distributor
  15. jewelry costume and precious wholesaler
  16. jewelry costume or imitation only
  17. jewelry costume wholesaler
  18. jewelry distributor
  19. jewelry imitation and novelty only
  20. jewelry store or distributor
  21. jewelry store wholesale or retail
  22. jewelry watch precious stone and precious metal
  23. jewelry watch precious stone and precious metal merchant wholesaler
  24. jewelry wholesaler
  25. jewely distributor
  26. merchant wholesaler durable good
  27. metal dealer
  28. miscellaneous durable good merchant wholesaler
  29. miscellaneous not otherwise classified
  30. miscellaneous not otherwise classified wholesale
  31. novelty costume imitation jewellery wholesale
  32. precious metal
  33. precious metal dealer
  34. precious metal wholesale
  35. precious stone clock watch silverware wholesale
  36. silverware watch clock precious stone
  37. silverware watch precious stone
  38. store wholesale not otherwise classified
  39. store wholesale store not otherwise classified
  40. trophy distr
  41. trophy distributor
  42. trophy shop
  43. trophy store wholesale
  44. trophy wholesale
  45. trophy wholesaler
  46. watch and clock wholesaler
  47. watch clock precious stone silverware wholesale
  48. wholesale durable good
  49. wholesale general not otherwise classified average theft exposure
  50. wholesale general not otherwise classified high theft exposure
  51. wholesale general not otherwise classified low theft exposure
  52. wholesale not otherwise classified
  53. wholesale store not otherwise classified
  54. wholesale trade

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