NAICS 424440

What is the NAICS code 424440?

The NAICS code 424440 is applied to those industries related to Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of poultry and/or poultry products (except canned and packaged frozen).

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 424440 in the North American Industry Classification System.

This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:

• 42 - Wholesale Trade
• 424 - Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• 4244 - Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 42444 - Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 424440 - Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 424440

NAFTA

This code is only used in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It´s to say, it is not used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Related codes

The NAICS industry 424440 has the following cross-references:

• Merchant wholesale distribution of canned poultry are classified in Industry 424490, Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of live chicks are classified in Industry 424590, Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of packaged frozen poultry are classified in Industry 424420, Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers.
• Slaughtering and dressing poultry are classified in U.S. Industry 311615, Poultry Processing.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers industry (NAICS Code 424440):

• Chicken and chicken products (except canned and packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Deli meats, poultry, merchant wholesalers
• Eggs merchant wholesalers
• Fresh poultry merchant wholesalers
• Frozen poultry (except packaged) merchant wholesalers
• Packaged poultry (except canned and frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry and poultry products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry pies (except packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers
• Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers
• Processed poultry (e.g., luncheon) merchant wholesalers
• Turkey and turkey products (except canned and packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers