SIC 5023 Home Furnishings

SIC 5023

This industry classification contains establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of home furnishings and housewares. Products of the industry include antiques, china, glassware and earthenware, lamps (including electric), curtains and draperies, linens and towels, carpets, linoleum, and all other types of hard and soft surface floor coverings.

Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of electrical household goods are classified in SIC 5064: Electrical Appliances, Television and Radio Sets. Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of precious metal flatware are classified in SIC 5094: Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones, and Precious Metals.

NAICS CODE(S)

442210

Floor Covering Stores

421220

Home Furnishing Wholesalers

The home furnishing wholesale industry is divided into four categories of establishment: sellers of china, glassware, and crockery; sellers of linens, domestics, draperies, and curtains; sellers of floor coverings; and sellers of other types of home furnishings. Home furnishings and floor coverings equally shared about one-third each of the overall market, and decorative home furnishings and supplies represented 10 percent.

Firms involved in selling home furnishings numbered more than 8,500 in 2003, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and employed more than 91,000 people. China, glassware, and crockery firms numbered 1,332, employing more than 16,000; firms selling linens, domestics, draperies, and curtains numbered 1,876 and employed more than 20,000; floor coverings firms numbered 2,591, employing more than 30,000; and firms involved with other home furnishings numbered 2,750, employing nearly 25,000.

Furniture and home furnishing wholesale distributors reported revenues of $64.3 billion during the period from December 2004 through November...