U.S. Census Bureau

2007 NAICS Definitions


423450 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).

Illustrative Examples:

Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers Medical dressings merchant wholesalers Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers Hospital beds merchant wholesalers Prosthetic appliance and supplies merchant wholesalers Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers Surgical instrument and apparatus merchant wholesalers Medical and dental X-ray machine merchant wholesalers

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers.


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2007
NAICS		2002
NAICS		1997
NAICS		 Corresponding Index Entries
423450423450421450 Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Beds, hospital, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Crutches merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Dental chairs merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Dental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Dentists' professional supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Diagnostic equipment, medical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Dressings, medical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Electromedical equipment merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 First-aid kits merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Glassware, medical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Hearing aids merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Hospital beds merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Hospital furniture merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Industrial safety devices (e.g., eye shields, face shields, first-aid kits) merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Laboratory equipment, dental and medical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical dressings merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical equipment merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical furniture merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical glassware merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical instruments merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Medical supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Orthopedic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Patient monitoring equipment merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Prosthetic appliances and supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Surgical appliances merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Surgical instruments and apparatus merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Surgical supplies merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Surgical towels merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Tapes, medical and surgical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Teeth, dental, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Therapy equipment merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Thermometers merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Towels, surgical, merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Wheelchairs merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 Whirlpool baths merchant wholesalers
423450423450421450 X-ray machines and parts, medical and dental, merchant wholesalers