Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

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.

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.