NAICS 423850 service equipment wholesalers: high-volume awards

Nearly 297,000 wholesale actions

Two hundred ninety-six thousand seven hundred twenty-two awards against $8,013,788,399.89 produces a mean of about $27,008. That is a catalog-and-delivery pattern: many relatively small wholesale actions rather than a few factory contracts. Medicinal manufacturing (325411) also shows a six-figure award count in this extract; 423850 is a wholesale tag, not that manufacturing tag.

Merchant wholesalers of service-establishment equipment and supplies sell goods they did not necessarily make. Janitorial machines, laundry equipment, and other service-establishment stock can move through this NAICS when the officer selects 423850. The packet does not itemize SKUs.

A high award count makes the industry table long. Rank and filter on the industry page rather than treating the $8.0 billion as a single purchase.

Wholesale NAICS codes measure distributors, not janitors and not factories. Service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (423850) hold $8,013,788,399.89 on 296,722 awards, about $27,008 per award. Janitorial services (561720) measure cleaning labor. Medical equipment wholesale (423450) is a different wholesale class with its own hub. This $8.0 billion is 423850 only.

Small-action obligations

Short wholesale deliveries often obligate and pay close together. Blanket purchase agreements can still leave unused obligated balances. The $8.0 billion is the commitment total, not a statement that every delivery is paid.

The 296,722-award count is not a line-item count of mops or machines. USAspending’s award grouping determines how delivery orders roll up. Dividing dollars by awards is not a unit price.

Wholesale versus janitorial services and manufacturing

Janitorial services (561720) measure cleaning labor, not this wholesale of service-establishment equipment. Manufacturing NAICS codes measure makers, not merchant wholesalers. Those hubs are not inside $8,013,788,399.89.

Medical, dental, and hospital equipment merchant wholesalers (423450) are a different wholesale code with their own page. Do not collapse the two wholesale classes.

A mop bought through 423850 is a wholesale action. Paying a crew to use that mop is 561720 if tagged that way. Manufacturing the mop would be a manufacturing NAICS. Keep those tags on their own hubs rather than collapsing “janitorial” into one number.

How to use the 423850 hub

Lead with volume: 296,722 awards, $8.0 billion, about $27,008 mean. Compare wholesale codes on the all-industries index by award count as well as dollars. Open the service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers industry page for rows.

This guide does not add product categories because they are not in the facts object.

Limits of a wholesale tag

Officers can buy the same mop through 423850 or through a manufacturing or residual miscellaneous code. SpendingVault reports the tagged sum, not a reconstructed supply catalog.

Extract updates on a high-volume code will move $8,013,788,399.89 and 296,722 with many small revisions rather than one large one.

How to read a 296,722-award wholesale table

High volume at a low mean is the distinctive shape. Rank 423850 by award count as well as dollars on the all-industries index. The industry page will be long; filter there rather than treating $8.0 billion as a single purchase.

Cite USAspending.gov contract awards. The mean of about $27,008 is not a machine sticker price. Assistance without NAICS is excluded. Extract updates on a high-volume code often arrive as many small revisions. SpendingVault follows the source.

Service-establishment wholesale at $8,013,788,399.89 on 296,722 awards is a catalog pattern: many modest deliveries, a low mean of about $27,008. That mean is not a machine sticker price. Janitorial labor is a different 561 tag.

Medical-equipment wholesale is a different 423 class. Open the service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers industry page with the expectation of a long table. Cite USAspending.gov. Assistance without NAICS stays outside the $8.0 billion. Extract updates on a high-volume code often arrive as many small revisions.

Two hundred ninety-six thousand seven hundred twenty-two wholesale actions produced $8,013,788,399.89. That volume is the story; the $8.0 billion is the scale. Janitorial labor is not this tag. Medical-equipment wholesale is not this tag. Filter the long industry table instead of reading $27,008 as a catalog price. SpendingVault will follow later USAspending revisions through many small row changes.

Questions

How many awards are tagged NAICS 423850?

USAspending contract records indexed here show 296,722 awards under service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, totaling $8,013,788,399.89 in obligations. That is a high-volume wholesale pattern. The count is not a SKU count. Award rows are on the industry page.

What is the average 423850 award?

Dividing $8,013,788,399.89 by 296,722 awards yields about $27,008. That low mean relative to capital-equipment NAICS codes reflects many modest wholesale actions. It is not a catalog price for a single machine. The packet does not publish a median or a unit count.

Is this the same as janitorial services spending?

No. Janitorial services are NAICS 561720, a labor-services code. NAICS 423850 is merchant wholesale of service-establishment equipment and supplies. The $8.0 billion here does not include 561720 dollars. Use each industry page for its tagged total. Use the 561720 hub for janitorial-services dollars and this hub for the 423850 wholesale tag.

Does wholesale mean the government manufactured these goods?

No. Merchant wholesalers distribute goods. Manufacturing NAICS codes measure makers. This $8.0 billion is the 423850 wholesale tag on contract awards. Assistance without NAICS is excluded. Product origin is not in the packet facts. Product origin and SKU lists are not in the packet facts; award descriptions on the industry page are the next click.