Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of computers, computer peripheral equipment, and computer software. These establishments frequently also may sell related supplies, but establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling supplies are classified according to the individual product (for example, computer paper in Industry 5112). Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of modems and other electronic communications equipment are classified in Industry 5065. Establishment primarily engaged in selling computers and computer peripheral equipment and software for other than business or professional use are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5734.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5045 - Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software are:
- Computer terminals-wholesale
- Computers-wholesale
- Disk drives-wholesale
- Keying equipment-wholesale
- Peripheral equipment computer-wholesale
- Printers computer-wholesale
- Software computer-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Computer & Packaged Software Wholesaling in the US (42343)
Revenue 2025
$401.9bn
Growth 2025
-2.78%
Key Trends
Demand increased in 2020 amid stay-at-home orders during the pandemic
Over the past five years, the industry has benefited from increased business demand
Desktop computer sales will continue to fall as consumers opt for other computing devices
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5045 - Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
US-SIC Code 5045 - Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software sits in the 2-digit Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software 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 5045 - Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5045 - Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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504501 Laser printers (wholesale)
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504502 Computers-supplies & parts-wholesale
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504503 Computers-wholesale
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504504 Information retrieval systs/equip (whol)
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504505 Word processing equipment & supls (whol)
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504506 Data communications equip/systems (whol)
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504507 Data processing equipment (wholesale)
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504509 Computer software-wholesale
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504510 Computers-supply-remanufacturing (whol)
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504511 Scanning equipment (wholesale)
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504512 Computers-software duplication
8 Digit SIC Codes
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50450000 Computers, peripherals, and software
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50450100 Computer peripheral equipment
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50450101 Disk drives
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50450102 Keying equipment
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50450103 Printers, computer
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50450104 Terminals, computer
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50459900 Computers, peripherals, and software, nec
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50459901 Accounting machines using machine readable programs
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50459902 Anti-static equipment and devices
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50459903 Computer software
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50459904 Computers and accessories, personal and home entertainment
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50459905 Computers, nec
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50459906 Mainframe computers
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50459907 Word processing equipment
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