Industry Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes).
Illustrative Examples:
Acids merchant wholesalers
Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
Automotive chemicals (except lubricating oils and greases) merchant wholesalers
Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
Rosins merchant wholesalers
Explosives (except ammunition and fireworks) merchant wholesalers
Turpentine merchant wholesalers
Excludes
Merchant wholesale distribution of ammunition--are classified in Industry Group 4239, Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
Merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions--are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers;
Merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies, such as animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds, and plant bulbs--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
Merchant wholesale distribution of paints, varnishes, and similar coatings, pigments, wallpaper, and supplies, such as paintbrushes and rollers--are classified in Industry 424950, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
Merchant wholesale distribution of lubricating oils and greases--are classified in Industry 424720, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals);
Merchant wholesale distribution of fireworks--are classified in Industry 423920, Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and
Merchant wholesale distribution of plastics materials and resins, and unsupported plastics film, sheet, sheeting, rod, tube, and other basic forms and shapes--are classified in Industry 424610, Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers.
Keywords
Acids merchant wholesalers
Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers
Alcohol, industrial, merchant wholesalers
Alkalies merchant wholesalers
Alternative fuels, not blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers
Ammonia (except fertilizer material) merchant wholesalers
Antifreeze merchant wholesalers
Aromatic chemicals merchant wholesalers
Automotive chemicals (except lubricating greases, lubrication oils) merchant wholesalers
Biodiesel, not blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers
Biofuels, not blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers
Bleaches merchant wholesalers
Cannabidiol (CBD oil) merchant wholesalers
Carbon black merchant wholesalers
Caulking materials merchant wholesalers
Caustic soda merchant wholesalers
Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers
Chemical gases merchant wholesalers
Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers
Chlorine merchant wholesalers
Cleaning compounds and preparations merchant wholesalers
Coal tar distillates and resins merchant wholesalers
Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, merchant wholesalers
Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers
Concrete additives merchant wholesalers
Cyclic crudes and intermediates merchant wholesalers
Deodorants (except personal) merchant wholesalers
Detergents merchant wholesalers
Detonators (except ammunition) merchant wholesalers
Disinfectants (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
Drilling muds merchant wholesalers
Dry ice merchant wholesalers
Drycleaning solvents and chemicals merchant wholesalers
Dyes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
Dynamite merchant wholesalers
Electronic cigarette vapor liquids merchant wholesalers
Essential oils merchant wholesalers
Ethanol, not blended with petroleum, merchant wholesalers
Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers
Fabric softeners merchant wholesalers
Fibers, manmade, merchant wholesalers
Fire extinguisher preparations merchant wholesalers
Food additives, chemical, merchant wholesalers
Fuel additives merchant wholesalers
Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholesalers
Gelatin, inedible, merchant wholesalers
Glues merchant wholesalers
Gum and wood chemicals merchant wholesalers
Ice, dry, merchant wholesalers
Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
Industrial gases merchant wholesalers
Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers
Insecticides (except lawn and agricultural) merchant wholesalers
Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers
Laundry soap, chips, and powder, merchant wholesalers
Liquefied gases (except LP) merchant wholesalers
Manmade fibers merchant wholesalers
Mastics (except construction) merchant wholesalers
Medical gases merchant wholesalers
Metal cyanides merchant wholesalers
Metalworking compounds merchant wholesalers
Nylon fibers merchant wholesalers
Oil additives merchant wholesalers
Oil drilling muds merchant wholesalers
Organic chemicals merchant wholesalers
Pesticides (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
Polishes (e.g., automobile, furniture, metal, shoe, stove) merchant wholesalers
Polyester fibers merchant wholesalers
Refrigerants merchant wholesalers
Resins, synthetic rubber, merchant wholesalers
Rosins merchant wholesalers
Salts, industrial, merchant wholesalers
Sealants merchant wholesalers
Sulfuric acid merchant wholesalers
Surface active agents merchant wholesalers
Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers
Turpentine merchant wholesalers
Water softening compounds merchant wholesalers
Waxes (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
Welding gases merchant wholesalers
Wood treating preparations merchant wholesalers
