Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sporting and athletic goods, not elsewhere classified, such as fishing tackle; golf and tennis goods; baseball, football, basketball, and boxing equipment; roller skates and ice skates; gymnasium and playground equipment; billiard and pool tables; and bowling alleys and equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing athletic apparel are classified in Major Group 23; those manufacturing athletic footwear are classified in Industries 3021 and 3149; those manufacturing small arms ammunition are classified in Industry 3482; and those manufacturing small arms are classified in Industry 3484.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 3949 - Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified are:
- Ammunition belts, sporting type: of all materials
- Archery equipment
- Arrows, archery
- Athletic and sporting goods: except clothing, footwear, small arms,
- Badminton equipment
- Bait, fishing: artificial
- Balls: baseball, basketball, football golf, tennis, pool, and bowling
- Baseball equipment and supplies, except uniforms and footwear
- Bases, baseball
- Basketballs and basketball equipment and supplies, except uniforms
- Baskets, fish and bait
- Bats, game: e.g., baseball, softball, cricket
- Billiard and pool balls, cues, cue tips and tables
- Billiard chalk
- Bobsleds
- Boomerangs
- Bowling alleys and accessories
- Bowling pin machines, automatic
- Bowling pins
- Bows, archery
- Boxing equipment
- Bridges, billiard and pool
- Buckets, fish and bait
- Cartridge belts, sporting type
- Cases, gun and rod (sporting equipment)
- Creels, fish
- Cricket equipment
- Croquet sets
- Decoys, duck and other game birds
- Dumbbells
- Exercise cycles
- Exercising machines
- Fencing equipment (sporting goods)
- Fishing tackle (except lines, nets, and seines)
- Flies, artificial: for fishing
- Floats for fish lines
- Footballs and football equipment and supplies, except uniforms and
- Game calls
- Gloves, sport and athletic: e.g., boxing, baseball, racketball, handball
- Golf carts, hand
- Golfing equipment: e.g., caddy cars and bags, clubs, tees, balls
- Guards: e.g., football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse
- Gymnasium and playground equipment
- Helmets, athletic
- Hockey equipment, except uniforms and footwear
- Indian clubs
- Jogging machines
- Lacrosse equipment
- Mallets, sports: e.g., polo, croquet
- Masks, sports: e.g., baseball, fencing, hockey
- Nets: e.g., badminton, basketball, tennis-not made in weaving mills
- Pads, athletic: e.g., football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse
- Pigeons, clay (targets)
- Pin-setters for bowling, automatic
- Playground equipment
- Polo equipment, except apparel and footwear
- Pool balls, pockets, tables, and equipment
- Protectors, sports: e.g., baseball, basketball, hockey
- Rackets and frames, sports: e.g., tennis, badminton, squash,
- Rowing machines
- Sailboards
- Scoops, crab and fish
- Scuba diving equipment, except clothing
- Shafts, golf club
- Sinkers (fishing tackle)
- Skateboards
- Skates and parts, ice and roller
- Skin diving equipment, except clothing
- Skis and skiing equipment, except apparel
- Snowshoes
- Soccer equipment, except apparel
- Spearguns
- Spears, fishing
- Sporting goods: except clothing, footwear, small arms, and
- Squash equipment, except apparel
- Stand boards
- Sticks, sports: e.g., hockey, lacrosse
- Striking (punching) bags
- Strings, tennis racket
- Surfboards
- Swimming pools, plastics
- Tables: billiard pool, bagatelle, and ping pong
- Target shooting equipment, except small arms and ammunition
- Targets, archery and rifle shooting
- Targets, clay
- Tennis goods: e.g., balls, frames, rackets
- Toboggans
- Track and field athletic equipment, except apparel and footwear
- Trap racks (clay targets)
- Treadmills
- Wading pools, plastics coated fabric
- Windsurfing boards and equipment
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Athletic & Sporting Goods Manufacturing in the US (33992a)
Revenue 2025
$10bn
Growth 2025
-0.44%
Key Trends
Consumers will become more health-conscious, stimulating demand for athletic equipment
Favorable trade dynamic boosted importation of raw goods by industry manufacturers
Reopening of the economy following COVID-19 will boost industry demand
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 3949 - Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
US-SIC Code 3949 - Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: D
Division Title: Manufacturing
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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201 Meat Products
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202 Dairy Products
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203 Canned, Frozen, and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Specialties
- 2032 Canned Specialties
- 2033 Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Preserves, Jams, and Jellies
- 2034 Dried and Dehydrated Fruits, Vegetables, and Soup Mixes
- 2035 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables, Vegetable Sauces and Seasonings, and Salad Dressings
- 2037 Frozen Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Vegetables
- 2038 Frozen Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified
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204 Grain Mill Products
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205 Bakery Products
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206 Sugar and Confectionery Products
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207 Fats and Oils
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208 Beverages
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209 Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred
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211 Cigarettes
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212 Cigars
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213 Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff
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214 Tobacco Stemming and Redrying
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221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
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222 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
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223 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (including Dyeing and Finishing)
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224 Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills, Cotton, Wool, Silk, and Manmade Fiber
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225 Knitting Mills
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226 Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, Except Wool Fabrics
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227 Carpets and Rugs
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228 Yarn and Thread Mills
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229 Miscellaneous Textile Goods
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231 Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats, and Overcoats
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232 Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, and Allied Garments
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233 Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Outerwear
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234 Women's, Misses', Children's, and Infants'
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235 Hats, Caps, and Millinery
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236 Girls', Children's, and Infants' Outerwear
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237 Fur Goods
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238 Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories
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239 Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
- 2391 Curtains and Draperies
- 2392 House Furnishing, Except Curtains and Draperies
- 2393 Textile Bags
- 2394 Canvas and Related Products
- 2395 Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade
- 2396 Automotive Trimmings, Apparel Findings, and Related Products
- 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
- 2399 Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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241 Logging
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242 Sawmills and Planing Mills
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243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and Structural Wood
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244 Wood Containers
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245 Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes
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249 Miscellaneous Wood Products
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251 Household Furniture
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252 Office Furniture
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253 Public Building and Related Furniture
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254 Partitions, Shelving, Lockers, and Office and Store Fixtures
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259 Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures
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261 Pulp Mills
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262 Paper Mills
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263 Paperboard Mills
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265 Paperboard Containers and Boxes
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267 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes
- 2671 Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated
- 2672 Coated and Laminated Paper, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 2673 Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags
- 2674 Uncoated Paper and Multiwall Bags
- 2675 Die-Cut Paper and Paperboard and Cardboard
- 2676 Sanitary Paper Products
- 2677 Envelopes
- 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related Products
- 2679 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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271 Newspapers - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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272 Periodicals - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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273 Books
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274 Miscellaneous Publishing
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275 Commercial Printing
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276 Manifold Business Forms
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277 Greeting Cards
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278 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, and Bookbinding
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279 Service Industries for the Printing Trade
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281 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
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282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic
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283 Drugs
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284 Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations; Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations
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285 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
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286 Industrial Organic Chemicals
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287 Agricultural Chemicals
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289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products
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291 Petroleum Refining
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295 Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials
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299 Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum and Coal
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301 Tires and Inner Tubes
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302 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
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305 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices and Rubber
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306 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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308 Miscellaneous Plastics Products
- 3081 Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet
- 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes
- 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes
- 3084 Plastics Pipe
- 3085 Plastics Bottles
- 3086 Plastics Foam Products
- 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
- 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
- 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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311 Leather Tanning and Finishing
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313 Boot and Shoe Cut Stock and Findings
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314 Footwear, Except Rubber
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315 Leather Gloves and Mittens
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316 Luggage
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317 Handbags and Other Personal Leather Goods
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319 Leather Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
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321 Flat Glass
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322 Glass and Glassware, Pressed Or Blown
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323 Glass Products, Made of Purchased Glass
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324 Cement, Hydraulic
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325 Structural Clay Products
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326 Pottery and Related Products
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327 Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
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328 Cut Stone and Stone Products
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329 Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous
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331 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and Finishing Mills
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332 Iron and Steel Foundries
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333 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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334 Secondary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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335 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous
- 3351 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Copper
- 3353 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil
- 3354 Aluminum Extruded Products
- 3355 Aluminum Rolling and Drawing, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3356 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
- 3357 Drawing and Insulating of Nonferrous Wire
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336 Nonferrous Foundries (castings)
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339 Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products
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341 Metal Cans and Shipping Containers
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342 Cutlery, Handtools, and General Hardware
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343 Heating Equipment, Except Electric And Warm Air; And Plumbing Fixtures
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344 Fabricated Structural Metal Products
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345 Screw Machine Products, and Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, and Washers
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346 Metal Forgings and Stampings
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347 Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services
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348 Ordnance and Accessories, Except Vehicles and Guided Missiles
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349 Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
- 3491 Industrial Valves
- 3492 Fluid Power Valves and Hose Fittings
- 3493 Steel Springs, Except Wire
- 3494 Valves and Pipe Fittings, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3495 Wire Springs
- 3496 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products
- 3497 Metal Foil and Leaf
- 3498 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fittings
- 3499 Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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351 Engines and Turbines
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352 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
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353 Construction, Mining, and Materials Handling
- 3531 Construction Machinery and Equipment
- 3532 Mining Machinery and Equipment, Except Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3533 Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3534 Elevators and Moving Stairways
- 3535 Conveyors and Conveying Equipment
- 3536 Overhead Traveling Cranes, Hoists, and Monorail Systems
- 3537 Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, and Stackers
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354 Metalworking Machinery and Equipment
- 3541 Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types
- 3542 Machine Tools, Metal Forming Types
- 3543 Industrial Patterns
- 3544 Special Dies and Tools, Die Sets, Jigs and Fixtures, and Industrial Molds
- 3545 Cutting Tools, Machine Tool Accessories, and Machinists' Precision Measuring Devices
- 3546 Power-Driven Handtools
- 3547 Rolling Mill Machinery and Equipment
- 3548 Electric and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment
- 3549 Metalworking Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified
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355 Special Industry Machinery, Except Metalworking
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356 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment
- 3561 Pumps and Pumping Equipment
- 3562 Ball and Roller Bearings
- 3563 Air and Gas Compressors
- 3564 Industrial and Commercial Fans and Blowers and Air Purification Equipment
- 3565 Packaging Machinery
- 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High-Speed Drives, and Gears
- 3567 Industrial Process Furnaces and Ovens
- 3568 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3569 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Not Elsewhere
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357 Computer and Office Equipment
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358 Refrigeration and Service Industry Machinery
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359 Miscellaneous Industrial and Commercial
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361 Electric Transmission and Distribution Equipment
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362 Electrical Industrial Apparatus
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363 Household Appliances
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364 Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment
- 3641 Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes
- 3643 Current-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3644 Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3645 Residential Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3646 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3647 Vehicular Lighting Equipment
- 3648 Lighting Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
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365 Household Audio And Video Equipment, And Audio Recordings
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366 Communications Equipment
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367 Electronic Components and Accessories
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369 Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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371 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment
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372 Aircraft and Parts
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373 Ship and Boat Building and Repairing
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374 Railroad Equipment
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375 Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Parts
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376 Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles and Parts
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379 Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment
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381 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems, Instruments, and Equipment
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382 Laboratory Apparatus and Analytical, Optical, Measuring, and Controlling Instruments
- 3821 Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture
- 3822 Automatic Controls for Regulating Residential and Commercial Environments and Appliances
- 3823 Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control of Process Variables; and Related Products
- 3824 Totalizing Fluid Meters and Counting Devices
- 3825 Instruments for Measuring and Testing of Electricity and Electrical Signals
- 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- 3827 Optical Instruments and Lenses
- 3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
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384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies
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385 Ophthalmic Goods
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386 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
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387 Watches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices, and Parts
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391 Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware
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393 Musical Instruments
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394 Dolls, Toys, Games and Sporting and Athletic
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395 Pens, Pencils, and Other Artists Materials
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396 Costume Jewelry, Costume Novelties, Buttons, And Miscellaneous Notions, Except Precious Metal
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399 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 3949 - Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3949 - Sporting and Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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394901 Bowling ball-manufacturers
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394902 Divers equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394903 Fishermens supplies-manufacturers
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394904 Fishing bait-manufacturers
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394905 Playground equipment-manufacturers
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394906 Race track equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394907 Surfboards-manufacturers
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394908 Swimming pool equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394909 Trampoline equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394910 Archery equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394911 Boardsailing-manufacturers
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394912 Camping equipment-manufacturers
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394913 Fish farming equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394914 Fishing tackle-manufacturers
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394915 Golf equipment & supplies-manufacturers
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394916 Gymnasium equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394917 Health equipment & supls-manufacturers
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394918 Skin & scuba diving equipment-mfrs
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394919 Skating equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394920 Skiing equipment-manufacturers
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394921 Tennis equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394922 Snowshoes-manufacturers
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394923 Sporting goods-manufacturers
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394925 Swimming pool-manufacturers
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394926 Rifle & pistol ranges equip/supls (mfrs)
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394927 Fishing tackle mfrs-supls (mfrs)
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394928 Tennis racket stringing machines (mfrs)
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394929 Racquetball equipment & supplies-mfrs
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394930 Dog sleds-manufacturers & sales
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394931 Billiard tables-manufacturers
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394932 Jet drives-marine (manufacturers)
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394933 Skateboards & equipment-manufacturers
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394934 Water skiing equipment & supplies-mfrs
8 Digit SIC Codes
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39490000 Sporting and athletic goods, nec
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39490100 Golf equipment
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39490101 Bags, golf
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39490102 Carts, caddy
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39490103 Driving ranges, golf, electronic
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39490104 Golf carts, hand
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39490105 Shafts, golf club
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39490200 Fishing equipment
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39490201 Bait, artificial: fishing
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39490202 Baskets (creels), fish and bait
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39490203 Buckets, fish and bait
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39490204 Fishing tackle, general
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39490205 Flies, fishing: artificial
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39490206 Hooks, fishing
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39490207 Lures, fishing: artificial
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39490208 Reels, fishing
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39490209 Rods and rod parts, fishing
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39490210 Scoops, crab and fish
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39490211 Spears and spearguns, fishing
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39490300 Exercise equipment
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39490301 Dumbbells and other weightlifting equipment
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39490302 Exercising cycles
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39490303 Rowing machines
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39490304 Striking (punching) bags
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39490305 Treadmills
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39490400 Winter sports equipment
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39490401 Bobsleds
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39490402 Ice skates, parts and accessories
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39490403 Snow skiing equipment and supplies, except skis
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39490404 Snow skis
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39490405 Snowshoes
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39490406 Toboggans
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39490500 Hunting equipment
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39490501 Ammunition belts, sporting type
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39490502 Archery equipment, general
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39490503 Arrows, archery
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39490504 Bows, archery
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39490505 Cartridge belts, sporting type
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39490506 Cases, gun and rod (sporting equipment)
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39490507 Crossbows
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39490508 Decoys, duck and other game birds
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39490509 Game calls
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39490510 Pigeons, clay (targets)
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39490511 Shooting equipment and supplies, general
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39490512 Target shooting equipment
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39490513 Targets, archery and rifle shooting
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39490514 Trap racks (clay targets)
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39490600 Water sports equipment
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39490601 Skin diving equipment, scuba type
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39490602 Surfboards
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39490603 Swimming pools, plastic
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39490604 Wading pools, plastic coated fabric
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39490605 Water skiing equipment and supplies, except skis
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39490606 Water skis
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39490607 Windsurfing boards (sailboards) and equipment
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39490608 Swimming pools, except plastic
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39490700 Protective sporting equipment
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39490701 Fencing equipment (sporting goods)
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39490702 Guards: football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
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39490703 Helmets, athletic
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39490704 Masks: hockey, baseball, football, etc.
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39490705 Pads: football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
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39490706 Protectors: baseball, basketball, hockey, etc.
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39490800 Darts and table sports equipment and supplies
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39490801 Bagatelle tables
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39490802 Billiard and pool equipment and supplies, general
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39490803 Billiard chalk
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39490804 Bridges, billiard and pool
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39490805 Dartboards and accessories
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39490806 Ping-pong equipment and supplies, except tables
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39490807 Ping-pong tables
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39490900 Racket sports equipment
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39490901 Badminton equipment and supplies
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39490902 Nets: badminton, volleyball, tennis, etc.
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39490903 Rackets and frames: tennis, badminton, squash, lacrosse, etc
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39490904 Squash equipment and supplies
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39490905 Strings, tennis racket
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39490906 Tennis equipment and supplies
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39491000 Bowling equipment and supplies
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39491001 Bowling alleys and accessories
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39491002 Bowling pin machines, automatic
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39491003 Bowling pins
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39491004 Bowling balls
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39491100 Baseball, softball, and cricket sports equipment
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39491101 Baseball equipment and supplies, general
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39491102 Bases, baseball
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39491103 Cricket equipment, general
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39491104 Mitts and gloves, baseball
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39491105 Softball equipment and supplies
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39491200 Croquet and polo equipment and supplies
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39491201 Croquet sets
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39491202 Mallets: polo, croquet, etc.
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39491203 Polo equipment and supplies, general
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39491300 Team sports equipment
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39491301 Basketball equipment and supplies, general
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39491302 Football equipment and supplies, general
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39491303 Hockey equipment and supplies, general
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39491304 Lacrosse equipment and supplies, general
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39491305 Soccer equipment and supplies
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39499900 Sporting and athletic goods, nec
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39499901 Bags, rosin
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39499902 Balls: baseball, football, basketball, etc.
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39499903 Boomerangs
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39499904 Boxing equipment and supplies, general
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39499905 Camping equipment and supplies
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39499906 Gloves, sport and athletic: boxing, handball, etc.
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39499907 Gymnasium equipment
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39499908 Indian clubs
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39499909 Playground equipment
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39499910 Shuffleboards and shuffleboard equipment
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39499911 Skateboards
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39499912 Skates and parts, roller
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39499913 Sticks: hockey, lacrosse, etc.
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39499914 Track and field athletic equipment
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39499915 Trampolines and equipment
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39499916 Batons
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