NAICS Code 42459 — Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS Industry in the official 2022 North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau). It contains 1 direct sub-code.

Code	42459
Title	Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
Level	NAICS Industry (5-digit)
Edition	NAICS 2022 edition

Official definition (2022 NAICS)

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of farm products (except grain and field beans, livestock, raw milk, live poultry, and fresh fruits and vegetables).

Illustrative Examples:

Chicks, live, merchant wholesalers

Hemp merchant wholesalers

Mules merchant wholesalers

Hides merchant wholesalers

Raw cotton merchant wholesalers

Horses merchant wholesalers

Nuts, unprocessed or shelled only, merchant wholesalers

Raw pelts merchant wholesalers

Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers

Sod merchant wholesalers

This national industry shares the official Census description of 424590.

Where 42459 sits in the hierarchy

Level	Code	Title
Sector	42	Wholesale Trade
Subsector	424	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
Industry Group	4245	Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS Industry	42459	Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers

Codes under 42459

Code	Title
424590	Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers

Related NAICS Industry codes

• 42451 — Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
• 42452 — Livestock Merchant Wholesalers

Data: official 2022 NAICS structure, descriptions and Census concordances, U.S. Census Bureau — U.S. government works in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Suggested reference, not an official determination.