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Industry: 5072—Hardware

Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of cutlery and general hardware, including handsaws; saw blades; brads, staples, and tacks; and bolts, nuts, rivets, and screws. Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of nails, non-insulated wire, and screening are classified in Industry 5051.

Bolts, nuts, rivets, and screws—wholesale	Hardware, shelf or light—wholesale
Brads—wholesale	Locks and related materials—wholesale
Builders' hardware—wholesale	Power handtools—wholesale
Cutlery—wholesale	Saw blades—wholesale
Fasteners, hardware—wholesale	Staples—wholesale
Handsaws—wholesale	Tacks—wholesale
Handtools, except automotive and machinists' precision—wholesale	Washers, hardware—wholesale
Hardware, heavy—wholesale

Codes	Titles	Total Marketable US Businesses
5072	Hardware	6,583
507200	Hardware	3,088
50720000	Hardware	3,088
507201	Bolts, nuts, and screws	612
50720100	Bolts, nuts, and screws	169
50720101	Bolts	248
50720102	Nuts (hardware)	116
50720103	Rivets	24
50720104	Screws	55
507202	Hand tools	456
50720200	Hand tools	350
50720201	Cutlery	69
50720202	Garden tools, hand	37
507203	Power tools and accessories	265
50720300	Power tools and accessories	174
50720301	Power handtools	56
50720302	Saw blades	35
507204	Miscellaneous fasteners	1,010
50720400	Miscellaneous fasteners	605
50720401	Brads	244
50720402	Staples	28
50720403	Tacks	133
507299	Hardware, nec	1,152
50729901	Builders' hardware, nec	610
50729902	Casters and glides	76
50729903	Chains	174
50729904	Furniture hardware, nec	80
50729905	Nozzles	29
50729906	Padlocks	3
50729907	Security devices, locks	140
50729908	Shelf or light hardware	27
50729909	Washers (hardware)	13