Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of office machines and related equipment, including photocopy and microfilm equipment and safes and vaults. These establishments frequently also sell office supplies. However, establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling most office supplies are classified in Industry Group 511. Establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling office furniture are classified in Industry 5021, and those wholesaling computers and peripheral equipment are classified in Industry 5045.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5044 - Office Equipment are:
- Accounting machines-wholesale
- Adding machines-wholesale
- Addressing machines-wholesale
- Bank automatic teller machines-wholesale
- Blueprinting equipment-wholesale
- Brownprinting equipment-wholesale
- Calculating machines-wholesale
- Cash registers-wholesale
- Duplicating machines-wholesale
- Mailing machines-wholesale
- Microfilming equipment-wholesale
- Mimeograph equipment-wholesale
- Photocopy machines-wholesale
- Typewriters-wholesale
- Vaults and safes-wholesale
- Whiteprinting equipment-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Copier & Office Equipment Wholesaling in the US (42342)
Revenue 2025
$35.9bn
Growth 2025
-9.80%
Key Trends
Demand has been siphoned away from industry wholesalers as more companies have turned to digital products
Volatile corporate profit over the past five years has also reduced demand
Newly created jobs and a larger workforce will likely stimulate industry demand
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5044 - Office Equipment
US-SIC Code 5044 - Office Equipment sits in the 2-digit Office Equipment 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 5044 - Office Equipment
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5044 - Office Equipment. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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504401 Accounting & bookkeeping systems (whol)
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504402 Calculating & adding machs/supls (whol)
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504403 Copying & duplicating machines & supls
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504404 Check protection sign/endrsng mach (whl)
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504405 Computing devices (wholesale)
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504406 Counting machines (wholesale)
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504407 Coin/bill cntng sorting/wrap-mach (whol)
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504408 Accounting/bookkeeping mach/supls (whol)
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504409 Addressing machines & supplies (whol)
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504410 Blueprinting equipment & supplies (whol)
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504411 Bank equipment & supplies (wholesale)
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504412 Cash registers & supplies (wholesale)
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504413 Chalkboards (wholesale)
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504414 Dictating machines & supplies (whol)
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504415 Mailing machines & equipment (wholesale)
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504416 Duplicating machines & supplies (whol)
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504417 Stenographic machines & supplies (whol)
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504418 Safes & vaults (wholesale)
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504419 Safes & vaults-used (wholesale)
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504421 Bar code scanning equip & supls (whol)
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504422 Credit card-terminal systems (wholesale)
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504423 Facsimile comm equip systs/supls (whol)
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504424 Microfilming service equip & supls-whol
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504425 Time recorders-wholesale
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504426 Typewriters-wholesale
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504427 Cash registers & supls-repairing (whol)
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504428 Credit card/credit plns eqpt/supl (whol)
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504429 Micrographics service equip/supls (whol)
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504430 Automation systems & equipment-wholesale
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504431 Decollating machines (wholesale)
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504432 Post office equipment (wholesale)
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504433 Postage stamp dispensing machines (whol)
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504434 Microfilm storage (wholesale)
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504435 Training devices (wholesale)
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504498 Office equipment (wholesale)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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50440000 Office equipment
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50440100 Calculating machines
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50440101 Accounting machines, excluding machine program readable type
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50440102 Adding machines
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50440103 Cash registers
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50440104 Calculators, electronic
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50440200 Copying equipment
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50440201 Blueprinting equipment
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50440202 Brownprinting equipment
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50440203 Duplicating machines
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50440204 Microfilm equipment
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50440205 Micrographic equipment
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50440206 Mimeograph machines
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50440207 Photocopy machines
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50440208 Whiteprinting equipment
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50440300 Typewriter and dictation equipment
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50440301 Dictating machines
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50440302 Typewriters
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50440400 Addressing and mailing machines
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50440401 Addressing machines
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50440402 Mailing machines
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50449900 Office equipment, nec
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50449901 Bank automatic teller machines
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50449902 Check writing, signing, and endorsing machines
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50449903 Vaults and safes
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