Hardware Merchant Wholesalers: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of hardware, knives, or handtools.

Businesses classified here include

• Appliance hardware merchant wholesalers
• Blades (e.g., knife, saw) merchant wholesalers
• Bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, and other fasteners merchant wholesalers
• Brads merchant wholesalers
• Cabinet hardware and fittings merchant wholesalers
• Carpenters' tools merchant wholesalers
• Cutlery merchant wholesalers
• Drapery hardware merchant wholesalers
• Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers
• Handtools (except motor vehicle mechanics', machinists' precision) merchant wholesalers
• Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers
• Hinges merchant wholesalers
• Keys and locks merchant wholesalers
• Knives (except disposable plastics) merchant wholesalers
• Locks, security, merchant wholesalers
• Plumbers' tools and equipment merchant wholesalers
• Power handtools (e.g., drills, sanders, saws) merchant wholesalers
• Specialty-line hardware merchant wholesalers
• Staples merchant wholesalers
• Tacks merchant wholesalers
• Tools, hand (except motor vehicle, machinists' precision tools), merchant wholesalers

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 423710), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for hardware merchant wholesalers

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Hardware
• Supply
• Trade
• Source
• Distribution
• Goods

U.S. business numbers

Locations by number of employees nationwide

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for hardware merchant wholesalers

1. California 801 locations
2. Texas 575 locations
3. Florida 419 locations
4. Illinois 360 locations
5. New York 301 locations
6. Ohio 266 locations
7. Pennsylvania 218 locations
8. North Carolina 212 locations
9. Georgia 192 locations
10. Michigan 184 locations

All 50 states

• Alabama (78)
• Alaska (4)
• Arizona (101)
• Arkansas (45)
• California (801)
• Colorado (87)
• Connecticut (71)
• Delaware (17)
• Florida (419)
• Georgia (192)
• Hawaii (15)
• Idaho (30)
• Illinois (360)
• Indiana (167)
• Iowa (55)
• Kansas (48)
• Kentucky (60)
• Louisiana (65)
• Maine (17)
• Maryland (84)
• Massachusetts (93)
• Michigan (184)
• Minnesota (119)
• Mississippi (31)
• Missouri (92)
• Montana (9)
• Nebraska (35)
• Nevada (65)
• New Hampshire (28)
• New Jersey (156)
• New Mexico (22)
• New York (301)
• North Carolina (212)
• North Dakota (13)
• Ohio (266)
• Oklahoma (61)
• Oregon (72)
• Pennsylvania (218)
• Rhode Island (21)
• South Carolina (71)
• South Dakota (15)
• Tennessee (115)
• Texas (575)
• Utah (53)
• Vermont (6)
• Virginia (96)
• Washington (134)
• West Virginia (17)
• Wisconsin (100)
• Wyoming (6)

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