Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of supplies for machinery and equipment generally used in manufacturing, oil well, and warehousing activities.

Businesses classified here include

• Abrasives merchant wholesalers
• Barrels, new and reconditioned, merchant wholesalers
• Bearings merchant wholesalers
• Belting, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Bottles (except waste) merchant wholesalers
• Box shooks merchant wholesalers
• Boxes and crates, industrial (except disposable plastics, paperboard, waste), merchant wholesalers
• Brushes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Canning supplies merchant wholesalers
• Cartons (except paper and paperboard) merchant wholesalers
• Closures, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Containers, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Cooperage stock merchant wholesalers
• Cordage merchant wholesalers
• Cork merchant wholesalers
• Crowns and closures, metal, merchant wholesalers
• Diamonds, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Drives and gears merchant wholesalers
• Drums, new and reconditioned, merchant wholesalers
• Excelsior (e.g., pads, wrappers) merchant wholesalers
• Fire hydrants merchant wholesalers
• Fittings, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Gaskets merchant wholesalers
• Gears merchant wholesalers
• General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers
• Grommets merchant wholesalers
• Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers
• Industrial containers merchant wholesalers
• Industrial diamonds merchant wholesalers
• Industrial leather products merchant wholesalers

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 423840), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for industrial supplies merchant wholesalers

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Industrial
• 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 industrial supplies merchant wholesalers

1. California 1,140 locations
2. Texas 1,078 locations
3. Florida 480 locations
4. Illinois 440 locations
5. Pennsylvania 395 locations
6. New York 376 locations
7. Ohio 375 locations
8. Georgia 323 locations
9. Michigan 287 locations
10. New Jersey 257 locations

All 51 states

• Alabama (197)
• Alaska (21)
• Arizona (129)
• Arkansas (90)
• California (1,140)
• Colorado (123)
• Connecticut (107)
• Delaware (22)
• District of Columbia (3)
• Florida (480)
• Georgia (323)
• Hawaii (16)
• Idaho (50)
• Illinois (440)
• Indiana (230)
• Iowa (100)
• Kansas (81)
• Kentucky (135)
• Louisiana (242)
• Maine (35)
• Maryland (87)
• Massachusetts (116)
• Michigan (287)
• Minnesota (160)
• Mississippi (68)
• Missouri (169)
• Montana (37)
• Nebraska (37)
• Nevada (55)
• New Hampshire (42)
• New Jersey (257)
• New Mexico (46)
• New York (376)
• North Carolina (255)
• North Dakota (23)
• Ohio (375)
• Oklahoma (121)
• Oregon (91)
• Pennsylvania (395)
• Rhode Island (24)
• South Carolina (160)
• South Dakota (13)
• Tennessee (173)
• Texas (1,078)
• Utah (68)
• Vermont (11)
• Virginia (140)
• Washington (167)
• West Virginia (58)
• Wisconsin (187)
• Wyoming (23)

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