NAICS Code 42383: Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS industry
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in manufacturing, oil well, and warehousing activities.
Code facts
- Part of
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42
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423
- 4238
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423
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42
- Codes under it
- 1
- Contract awards
- 486 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $10,045,426 In FY2025
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Business activities under NAICS 423830
- Bakery machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Beverage bottling machinery merchant wholesalers
- Blowers, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Bottling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Cement-making machinery merchant wholesalers
- Chainsaws merchant wholesalers
- Chemical industries machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Commercial fishing equipment and supplies (except boats, ships)
- Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers
- Condensing units (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers
- Conveying equipment (except farm) merchant wholesalers
- Cranes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Distillery machinery merchant wholesalers
- Elevators merchant wholesalers
- Engines, internal combustion (except aircraft, automotive), merchant wholesalers
- Engraving machinery merchant wholesalers
- Escalators merchant wholesalers
- Fans, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Fluid-power transmission equipment merchant wholesalers
- Food-processing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers
- Foundry machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Furnaces, industrial process, merchant wholesalers
- General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Handtools, machinists' precision, merchant wholesalers
- Hoists (except automotive) merchant wholesalers
- Hydraulic power transmission equipment merchant wholesalers
- Hydraulic pumps and parts merchant wholesalers
- Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
- Industrial trucks, tractors, or trailers merchant wholesalers
- Instruments (except electrical) (e.g., controlling, indicating, recording) merchant wholesalers
- Internal combustion engines (except aircraft, nondiesel automotive, nondiesel truck) merchant wholesalers
- Kilns, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Ladders merchant wholesalers
- Lift trucks, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers
- Machinists' precision measuring tools merchant wholesalers
- Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Measuring and testing equipment (except automotive) merchant wholesalers
- Metalworking machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Meters (except electrical, parking) merchant wholesalers
- Mining machinery and equipment, petroleum, merchant wholesalers
- Oil well machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Oil well supply houses merchant wholesalers
- Ovens, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Packing machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Pallets and skids merchant wholesalers
- Paper and pulp industries manufacturing machinery merchant wholesalers
- Patterns (except shoe), industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Pipeline machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Pistons, hydraulic and pneumatic, merchant wholesalers
- Plastics industries machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Pneumatic pumps and parts merchant wholesalers
- Pollution control equipment (except air) merchant wholesalers
- Printing trade machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Pumps and pumping equipment, industrial-type, merchant wholesalers
- Refinery machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Sawmill machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
- Sewing machines, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Shoe manufacturing and repairing machinery merchant wholesalers
- Smelting machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Special purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Spray painting equipment, industrial-type, merchant wholesalers
- Stackers, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Testing and measuring equipment, electrical (except automotive), merchant wholesalers
- Textile machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Tire recapping machinery merchant wholesalers
- Tools, machinists' precision, merchant wholesalers
- Tractors, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Trailers, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Trucks, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Turbines (except transportation) merchant wholesalers
- Twist drills merchant wholesalers
- Valves, hydraulic and pneumatic, merchant wholesalers
- Water treatment equipment, industrial, merchant wholesalers
- Welding machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Winches merchant wholesalers
- Woodworking machinery merchant wholesalers
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $131,343 |
| FY2026 | $17,024,372 |
| FY2025 | $10,045,426 |
| FY2024 | $14,573,772 |
| FY2023 | $16,986,503 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pelican Sales Inc. | $6,176,172 | |
| 2 | Global Grab Technologies, Inc. | $2,972,158 | |
| 3 | Seva Technical Services, Inc. | $1,484,289 | |
| 4 | A & A Fire And Safety Company, LLC | $1,178,943 | |
| 5 | JA Moody LLC | $442,008 | |
| 6 | Triple K Trade And Services Sal Offshore | $297,550 | |
| 7 | Federal Contracts LLC | $286,571 | |
| 8 | Capital Machine Technologies, Inc. | $258,288 | |
| 9 | J.h. Norton Company, Inc. | $215,991 | |
| 10 | Appleton Marine Inc. | $152,528 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of NAICS 42383 contractors, by parent company.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Homeland Security | $9,736,874 | |
| 2 | Department of Justice | $1,946,882 | |
| 3 | Department of the Army | $851,176 | |
| 4 | Defense Logistics Agency | $703,461 | |
| 5 | Air Force | $693,155 | |
| 6 | Department of the Navy | $653,606 | |
| 7 | General Services Administration | $536,981 | |
| 8 | Department of State | $529,611 | |
| 9 | Department of Transportation | $339,788 | |
| 10 | Department of Agriculture | $328,857 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4240 Safety and Rescue Equipment | $3,463,542 | |
| 2 | 6310 Traffic and Transit Signal Systems | $3,106,460 | |
| 3 | 4210 Fire Fighting Equipment | $1,623,874 | |
| 4 | 3930 Warehouse Truck and Tractors, Self-Propelled | $1,140,734 | |
| 5 | Q999 Other Medical Services | $918,907 | |
| 6 | 7C20 IT and Telecom – Data Center Products (Hardware and Perpetual License Software) | $362,160 | |
| 7 | 5855 Night Vision Equipment, Emitted and Reflected Radiation | $362,101 | |
| 8 | 5120 Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered | $342,961 | |
| 9 | 3442 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Presses, Power Driven | $322,483 | |
| 10 | 3895 Miscellaneous Construction Equipment | $318,167 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | $5,063,935 | |
| 2 | Tennessee | $2,972,158 | |
| 3 | Virginia | $1,522,827 | |
| 4 | Arkansas | $1,173,168 | |
| 5 | Georgia | $596,277 | |
| 6 | New Jersey | $576,576 | |
| 7 | Maryland | $569,022 | |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $419,012 | |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $286,571 | |
| 10 | California | $270,346 | |
| 11 | Ohio | $246,589 | |
| 12 | Connecticut | $230,758 | |
| 13 | Louisiana | $199,553 | |
| 14 | Utah | $165,831 | |
| 15 | North Carolina | $158,647 | |
| 16 | New Mexico | $156,617 | |
| 17 | Missouri | $148,040 | |
| 18 | District of Columbia | $146,015 | |
| 19 | Arizona | $130,688 | |
| 20 | New York | $129,358 | |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $120,165 | |
| 22 | Idaho | $90,229 | |
| 23 | South Carolina | $89,050 | |
| 24 | Washington | $81,781 | |
| 25 | Alaska | $62,729 | |
| 26 | Texas | $59,924 | |
| 27 | Massachusetts | $48,096 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma | $47,840 | |
| 29 | Guam | $45,804 | |
| 30 | West Virginia | $38,925 | |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | $37,929 | |
| 32 | Kentucky | $29,400 | |
| 33 | Alabama | $28,992 | |
| 34 | Illinois | $18,047 | |
| 35 | Indiana | $12,664 | |
| 36 | Michigan | $9,149 | |
| 37 | Oregon | $4,850 | |
| 38 | Maine | $3,181 |
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Shares are of everything obligated under NAICS 42383 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.
Contract opportunities
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Codes under 42383
| NAICS code | Size standard |
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| 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers | 100 employees |
Quick answers
What is NAICS 42383?
NAICS 42383 is Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers, a NAICS industry in NAICS 42, Wholesale Trade.
What is the NAICS code for ladders merchant wholesalers?
The NAICS code for ladders merchant wholesalers is 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers. Its SBA small business size standard is 100 employees.
What is the NAICS code for winches merchant wholesalers?
The NAICS code for winches merchant wholesalers is 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers. Its SBA small business size standard is 100 employees.
What is the NAICS code for chainsaws merchant wholesalers?
The NAICS code for chainsaws merchant wholesalers is 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers. Its SBA small business size standard is 100 employees.
What codes are under NAICS 42383?
NAICS 42383 has one code under it with its own GovTribe page, 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 42383?
Federal contracts under NAICS 42383 obligated $10,045,426 in fiscal year 2025 and $58,761,415 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 42383?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 42383 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Pelican Sales Inc. ($6,176,172); Global Grab Technologies, Inc. ($2,972,158); and Seva Technical Services, Inc. ($1,484,289).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 42383?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 42383 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of Homeland Security ($9,736,874), Department of Justice ($1,946,882) and Department of the Army ($851,176).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 42383?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 42383 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 4240 Safety and Rescue Equipment, 6310 Traffic and Transit Signal Systems and 4210 Fire Fighting Equipment.
Where is the work under NAICS 42383 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 42383 over the last 12 months are Florida ($5,063,935), Tennessee ($2,972,158) and Virginia ($1,522,827).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 42383?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 42383 is Power control unit, TRA, solicitation from Construction and Equipment (DLA), posted October 28, 2026.
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