Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of new and used passenger automobiles, trucks, trailers, and other motor vehicles, including motorcycles, motor homes, and snowmobiles. Automotive distributors primarily engaged in selling at retail to individual consumers for personal use, and also selling a limited amount of new and used passenger automobiles and trucks at wholesale, are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5511.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5012 - Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles are:
- Ambulances-wholesale
- Automobile auction-wholesale
- Automobiles-wholesale
- Bodies, automotive-wholesale
- Buses-wholesale
- Campers (pickup couches) for mounting on trucks-wholesale
- Mopeds-wholesale
- Motor homes-wholesale
- Motor scooters-wholesale
- Motor vehicles, commercial-wholesale
- Motorcycles-wholesale
- Popup campers-wholesale
- Recreational vehicles-wholesale
- Snowmobiles-wholesale
- Taxicabs-wholesale
- Trailers for passenger automobiles-wholesale
- Truck tractors-wholesale
- Truck trailers-wholesale
- Trucks-wholesale
- Vans-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Automobile Wholesaling in the US (42311)
Revenue 2025
$924.5bn
Growth 2025
2.57%
Key Trends
Wholesalers and dealers conduct a good amount of business with auction platforms that are becoming smarter and going mobile
The pandemic fostered a downward shift, but profit was able to rebound due to declining wages
Per capita disposable income is expected to decline, thus reducing downstream demand and dampening growth
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5012 - Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles
US-SIC Code 5012 - Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles sits in the 2-digit Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles 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: F
Division Title: Wholesale Trade
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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501 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies
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502 Furniture and Home Furnishings
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503 Lumber and Other Construction Materials
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504 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies
- 5043 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
- 5044 Office Equipment
- 5045 Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
- 5046 Commercial Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 5047 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies
- 5048 Ophthalmic Goods
- 5049 Professional Equipment and Supplies, Not Elsewhere Classified
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505 Metals and Minerals, Except Petroleum
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506 Electrical Goods
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507 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment
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508 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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509 Miscellaneous Durable Goods
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511 Paper and Paper Products
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512 Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries
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513 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions
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514 Groceries and Related Products
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515 Farm-product Raw Materials
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516 Chemicals and Allied Products
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517 Petroleum and Petroleum Products
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518 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
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519 Miscellaneous Non-durable Goods
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 5012 - Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5012 - Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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501201 Cabs-tractor truck & etc (wholesale)
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501202 Ambulances & hearses (wholesale)
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501203 Amphibious vehicles (wholesale)
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501204 Automobile auctions (wholesale)
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501205 Automobile dealers-used cars-wholesale
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501206 Automobile-buyers
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501207 Buses-distributors
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501208 Automobile & truck brokers
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501209 Buses-new & used (wholesale)
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501210 Recreational vehicles-wholesale
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501211 Campers & pick-up coaches-distributors
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501212 Trailers-truck (wholesale)
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501213 Truck bodies & equipment (wholesale)
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501214 Truck-distributors
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501215 Trailers-automobile utility-wholesale
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501217 Trailers-boat-wholesale
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501219 Trailers-camping & travel-wholesale
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501220 Van conversions-wholesale
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501221 Marsh buggies (wholesale)
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501222 Taxicab brokers
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501223 Tractor equipment & parts-used (whol)
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501224 Trailers-truck-used (wholesale)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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50120000 Automobiles and other motor vehicles
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50120100 Automotive brokers
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50120101 Automobile auction
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50120102 Automobiles
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50120103 Trucks, noncommercial
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50120104 Vans, noncommercial
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50120200 Commercial vehicles
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50120201 Ambulances
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50120202 Busses
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50120203 Fire trucks
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50120204 Taxicabs
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50120205 Trailers for trucks, new and used
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50120206 Truck bodies
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50120207 Truck tractors
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50120208 Trucks, commercial
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50120209 Vans, commercial
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50120300 Recreational vehicles, motor homes, and trailers
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50120301 Campers (pickup coaches) for mounting on trucks
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50120302 Motor homes
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50120303 Motor vehicles, kit form
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50120304 Pop-up campers
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50120305 Recreation vehicles, all-terrain
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50120306 Snowmobiles
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50120307 Trailers for passenger vehicles
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50120400 Motorized cycles
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50120401 Mopeds
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50120402 Motor scooters
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50120403 Motorcycles
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