North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 424210 is used by federal buyers for market research, set-aside size standards, and reporting. Official titles come from the Census Bureau NAICS structure.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and/or external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions.
Included activity examples
- Antibiotics merchant wholesalers
- Blood derivatives merchant wholesalers
- Botanicals merchant wholesalers
- Cosmetics merchant wholesalers
- Drugs merchant wholesalers
- Endocrine substances merchant wholesalers
- In-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics merchant wholesalers
- Vaccines merchant wholesalers
- Veterinarians' medicines merchant wholesalers
- Vitamins merchant wholesalers
- Official title
- Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
- Code level
- 6
- Parent industry
- Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers 42421
- Open opportunities
- 3 open · 3 active
SBA small-business size standard
500 employees
Employee-count basis · Special exception text applies
Check this standard and its exceptionsExcluded or separately classified activities
Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of surgical, dental, and hospital equipment are classified in Industry 423450, Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
Source and edition
2022 NAICS Manual definition and reference material from the U.S. Census Bureau.