Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of stationery and office supplies, including computer and photocopy supplies, envelopes, typewriter paper, file cards and folders, pens, pencils, social stationery, and greeting cards.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5112 - Stationery and Office Supplies are:
- Albums (photo) and scrapbooks-wholesale
- Blankbooks-wholesale
- Business forms-wholesale
- Carbon paper-wholesale
- Commercial stationers (not printers)-wholesale
- Computer paper-wholesale
- Envelopes-wholesale
- File cards-wholesale
- File folders-wholesale
- Greeting cards-wholesale
- Inked ribbons-wholesale
- Looseleaf binders-wholesale
- Manifold business forms-wholesale
- Marking devices-wholesale
- Mimeograph paper-wholesale
- Office supplies-wholesale
- Pencils-wholesale
- Pens, writing-wholesale
- Photocopying supplies-wholesale
- Ribbons, inked-wholesale
- Sales and receipt books-wholesale
- Scrapbooks-wholesale
- Stationery and stationery supplies-wholesale
- Tabulation cards-wholesale
- Writing ink-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Office Stationery Wholesaling in the US (42412)
Revenue 2025
$28.8bn
Growth 2025
-8.91%
Key Trends
Operators will continue to contend with falling demand, leading to further consolidation
The COVID-19 pandemic reduced office-based work and accelerated the decline in demand for office stationery
Demand for basic paper products, notebooks, stationery and other miscellaneous office products is not anticipated to improve
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5112 - Stationery and Office Supplies
US-SIC Code 5112 - Stationery and Office Supplies sits in the 2-digit Stationery and Office Supplies 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 5112 - Stationery and Office Supplies
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5112 - Stationery and Office Supplies. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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511201 Inks-writing & marking (wholesale)
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511202 Greeting cards-wholesale
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511203 Office supplies-commercial (wholesale)
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511204 Legal forms (wholesale)
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511205 Office supplies-wholesale
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511206 Corporation supplies (wholesale)
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511207 Business forms & systems (wholesale)
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511208 Pens & pencils-wholesale
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511209 Data processing supplies (wholesale)
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511210 Price marking equipment & supls (whol)
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511211 Stationery-commercial (wholesale)
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511212 Seals-notary & corp (wholesale)
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511213 School supplies (wholesale)
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511214 Stationery-wholesale
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511215 Bulletin & directory boards (whol)
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511216 Envelopes-wholesale
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511217 Carbon paper (wholesale)
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511218 Post cards-wholesale
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511219 Maps-publishers & distrs
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511220 Crayons-wholesale
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511221 Labels-paper-wholesale
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511223 Rubber stamps-wholesale
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511224 Sample cards & books-wholesale
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511225 Typewriters-supplies & attachments-whol
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511226 Albums (photo)-wholesale
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511227 Chalk-wholesale
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511228 Tapes-adhesive-dispensers (wholesale)
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511229 Mapping services (wholesale)
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511230 Music writers supplies (wholesale)
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511231 Pens & pencils-supplies & parts (whol)
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511232 Pricing systems (wholesale)
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511233 Invitations & announcements-wholesale
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511235 Labels-plastic metal foil & etc-whol
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511237 Slide rules (wholesale)
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511238 Binders-loose leaf-whol & mfrs
8 Digit SIC Codes
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51120000 Stationery and office supplies
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51120100 Writing instruments and supplies
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51120101 Marking devices
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51120102 Pens and/or pencils
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51120103 Writing ink
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51120200 Social stationery and greeting cards
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51120201 Greeting cards
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51120202 Stationery
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51120300 Albums, scrapbooks and binders
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51120301 Albums (photo) and scrapbooks
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51120302 Looseleaf binders
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51120400 Computer and photocopying supplies
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51120401 Computer paper
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51120402 Data processing supplies
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51120403 Mimeograph paper
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51120404 Photocopying supplies
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51120405 Laser printer supplies
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51120500 Office filing supplies
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51120501 File cards
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51120502 File folders
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51129900 Stationery and office supplies, nec
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51129901 Blank books
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51129902 Business forms
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51129903 Carbon paper
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51129904 Envelopes
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51129905 Inked ribbons
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51129906 Manifold business forms
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51129907 Office supplies, nec
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51129908 Sales and receipt books
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51129909 Stationers, commercial
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51129910 Tabulation cards
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