NAICS Code 424590 — Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers

National Industry in the official 2022 North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau). It is the only national industry under 42459 (Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers).

Code	424590
Title	Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
Level	National Industry (6-digit)
Edition	NAICS 2022 edition
SBA size standard	175 employees

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

Is a business under 424590 "small"?

Under the SBA size standards (13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023), a business classified in NAICS 424590 qualifies as a small business if it does not exceed 175 employees. Small-business status determines eligibility for federal set-aside contracts, SAM.gov certifications and SBA loan programs — employee count is averaged over the latest 24 months.

Where 424590 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
National Industry	424590	Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers

Related SIC codes

Via the official U.S. Census concordance (1987 SIC ↔ NAICS), shown only where the industry definition is unchanged in NAICS 2022.

SIC code	Title
5159	Farm-Product Raw Materials, Not Elsewhere Classified

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.