SIC 5082 Construction and Mining (Except Petroleum) Machinery and Equipment

SIC 5082

This industry is comprised of establishments involved primarily in the wholesale distribution of construction, mining, and logging machinery and equipment. Industry products include cranes, dredges, and draglines (except ships), excavating machinery, front-end loaders, quarrying machinery and equipment, road construction and maintenance machinery, scaffolding, power shovels, and drilling equipment. Establishments engaged in marketing machinery and equipment for oil wells, however, are included in SIC 5084: Industrial Machinery and Equipment.

NAICS CODE(S)

421810

Construction and Mining (except Petroleum) Machinery and Equipment Wholesalers

In 2006, this industry consisted of an estimated 9,828 establishments that employed 109,705 workers. Industry sales were valued at more than $36.4 billion in 2006. The U.S. states with the highest sales volume included Texas, Illinois, California, and Florida, which together accounted for nearly 30 percent of the industry's output that year.

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