Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of piece goods, fabrics, knitting yarns (except industrial), thread and other notions, and/or hair accessories.

Businesses classified here include

• Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers
• Automotive fabrics merchant wholesalers
• Belt and buckle assembly kits merchant wholesalers
• Binding, textile, merchant wholesalers
• Buttons merchant wholesalers
• Drapery material merchant wholesalers
• Embroidery products merchant wholesalers
• Fabrics, textile (except burlap, felt), merchant wholesalers
• Fasteners, clothing, merchant wholesalers
• Fiberglass fabrics merchant wholesalers
• Hair accessories merchant wholesalers
• Hat and cap materials merchant wholesalers
• Jute piece goods (except burlap) merchant wholesalers
• Labels, textile, merchant wholesalers
• Millinery supplies merchant wholesalers
• Needles, sewing, merchant wholesalers
• Net goods merchant wholesalers
• Notions merchant wholesalers
• Paddings, apparel, merchant wholesalers
• Piece goods (except burlap, felt) merchant wholesalers
• Remnants, piece goods, merchant wholesalers
• Ribbons, textile, merchant wholesalers
• Sewing accessories merchant wholesalers
• Tapes, textile, merchant wholesalers
• Textiles (except burlap, felt) merchant wholesalers
• Thread (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
• Upholstery fabrics merchant wholesalers
• Yard goods, textile (except burlap, felt), merchant wholesalers
• Yarns (except industrial) merchant wholesalers
• Zippers merchant wholesalers

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 424310), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for piece goods, notions, and other dry goods merchant wholesalers

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Piece
• Good
• 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 piece goods, notions, and other dry goods merchant wholesalers

1. California 972 locations
2. New York 459 locations
3. Texas 180 locations
4. Florida 161 locations
5. New Jersey 149 locations
6. North Carolina 144 locations
7. Georgia 83 locations
8. Illinois 65 locations
9. South Carolina 54 locations
10. Pennsylvania 47 locations

All 42 states

• Alabama (14)
• Arizona (32)
• Arkansas (7)
• California (972)
• Colorado (29)
• Connecticut (25)
• Delaware (7)
• District of Columbia (7)
• Florida (161)
• Georgia (83)
• Hawaii (9)
• Idaho (5)
• Illinois (65)
• Indiana (17)
• Iowa (9)
• Kansas (14)
• Kentucky (7)
• Louisiana (14)
• Maine (3)
• Maryland (26)
• Massachusetts (41)
• Michigan (41)
• Minnesota (23)
• Mississippi (17)
• Missouri (22)
• Nevada (15)
• New Jersey (149)
• New Mexico (4)
• New York (459)
• North Carolina (144)
• Ohio (39)
• Oklahoma (21)
• Oregon (24)
• Pennsylvania (47)
• Rhode Island (13)
• South Carolina (54)
• Tennessee (18)
• Texas (180)
• Utah (25)
• Virginia (16)
• Washington (39)
• Wisconsin (11)

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• Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers
• Women's, Children's, and Infants' Clothing and Accessories Merchant Wholesalers
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