NAICS 424490: Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers

Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers is NAICS code 424490. A business is small under it with 250 employees or fewer. No federal contracts are open under this code right now.

SBA size standard
250 employees or fewer
Open contracts now
0
Federal spending, FY2026
$10.2 million
Share won by small businesses
35%
Small businesses registered
1,073

What NAICS 424490 covers

The Census Bureau's NAICS index lists these kinds of work under 424490:

  • Baby foods, canned, merchant wholesalers
  • Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers
  • Beans, dry edible, merchant wholesalers
  • Beverage bases merchant wholesalers
  • Beverage concentrates merchant wholesalers
  • Bottled water (except water treating) merchant wholesalers
  • Bread, packaged (except frozen), merchant wholesalers
  • Breakfast cereals merchant wholesalers
  • Brewers' yeast merchant wholesalers
  • Butter substitutes merchant wholesalers
  • Cane sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers
  • Canned foods (e.g., fish, meat, seafood, soups) merchant wholesalers
  • Carbonated beverages merchant wholesalers
  • Cereal products merchant wholesalers

The index lists 80 entries for this code in all.

Read the full definition, including what's excluded, on census.gov.

SBA size standard for 424490

To count as a small business for a contract assigned NAICS 424490, your business must have 250 employees or fewer. Employees are averaged over the last 24 months.

From SBA's table of size standards, effective Mar 17, 2023. Confirm it with SBA's size standards tool before you certify your size.

Who buys other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers

Agencies that awarded the most under NAICS 424490 over the last three fiscal years, per USAspending.gov:

AgencyObligated
Defense Logistics Agency$34.1 million
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4.9 million
Department of the Air Force$504,750
Forest Service$214,820
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$99,000
Smithsonian Institution$35,372
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$27,115
Federal Emergency Management Agency$3,115

Your competition

1,073 businesses with active SAM.gov registrations are rated small under NAICS 424490, most of them in Florida (132), California (132), Texas (131), New York (61) and Georgia (50). Look any of them up with the free CAGE code and UEI lookup.

Small businesses winning 424490 contracts

Firms with 424490 as their primary code and the most federal contract dollars over the last three fiscal years:

Federal spending under 424490 by year

Fiscal yearContract obligations
FY2024$13 million
FY2025$16.4 million
FY2026$10.2 million
FY2027 (so far)$164,812

Source: USAspending.gov, all contract awards with this NAICS code. Fiscal years start October 1.

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Frequently asked questions

What is NAICS code 424490?

424490 is the 2022 NAICS code for Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers. The Census Bureau's index lists work such as baby foods, canned, merchant wholesalers, bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers, beans, dry edible, merchant wholesalers under it. Federal contracting uses the 2022 codes.

What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 424490?

250 employees or fewer. A business at or under that is small for contracts assigned this code. The current SBA table took effect Mar 17, 2023.

Are there government contracts for other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers?

None are open on SAM.gov right now, but new notices post daily. You can set up a free alert for this code.

How do I add NAICS code 424490 to my SAM.gov registration?

Update your entity registration on SAM.gov and add the code on the Goods and Services page, in the Assertions section. You can list several NAICS codes and mark one as your primary. Changes are free.

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