NAICS Code 424940 – Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers

Next, we will describe the types of establishments that NAICS code 424940 is intended for and how it is classified in the system.

Description NAICS Code 424940 – Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, snuff, cigars, pipe tobacco, and electronic cigarettes (including related parts and accessories).

NAICS code 424940 includes:

• Chewing tobacco merchant wholesalers
• Cigarettes merchant wholesalers
• Cigars merchant wholesalers
• Electronic cigarettes merchant wholesalers
• Pipe tobacco merchant wholesalers
• Snuff merchant wholesalers
• Tobacco (except leaf) merchant wholesalers
• Tobacco products merchant wholesalers

NAICS Code 424940 does not include the following references:

• Merchant wholesale distribution of leaf tobacco and hemp–are classified in Industry 424590, Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers.
• Merchant wholesale distribution of electronic cigarette vapor liquids–are classified in Industry 424690, Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers.

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