Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of wrapping and other coarse paper, paperboard, and converted paper and related disposable plastics products, such as bags, boxes, dishes, eating utensils, napkins, and shipping supplies.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper are:
- Bags, paper and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Cardboard and products-wholesale
- Closures, paper and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Containers, paper and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Corrugated and solid fiber boxes-wholesale
- Cups, paper and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Dishes, paper and disposable plastics-wholesale
- Eating utensils forks, knives, spoons-disposable plastics-wholesale
- Fiber cans and drums-wholesale
- Folding paperboard boxes-wholesale
- Napkins, paper-wholesale
- Paper and products, wrapping or coarse-wholesale
- Paper, except printing or writing and office supplies-wholesale
- Paperboard and products, except office supplies-wholesale
- Patterns, paper-wholesale
- Pressed and molded pulp goods-wholesale
- Pressure sensitive tape-wholesale
- Sanitary food containers paper, paperboard, and disposable
- Setup paperboard boxes-wholesale
- Shipping supplies, paper and disposable plastics (e g, cartons,
- Towels, paper-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Paper Bag & Disposable Plastic Product Wholesaling in the US (42413)
Revenue 2025
$123.5bn
Growth 2025
1.92%
Key Trends
Industry operators have increasingly acquired competitors to broaden product lines
In 2020, industry revenue rose, driven by the opening of some food-service establishments
Price competition from supercenters and warehouse clubs is expected to remain high
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper
US-SIC Code 5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper sits in the 2-digit Industrial and Personal Service Paper 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 5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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511301 Packing materials-shipping (wholesale)
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511302 Paper/plastic cups cntnrs/utnsls (whol)
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511303 Paper tubes & cores (wholesale)
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511304 Paper towels (wholesale)
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511305 Soda fountain supplies (wholesale)
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511306 Shipping room supplies (wholesale)
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511307 Boxes-specialty & fancy (wholesale)
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511308 Packaging materials-wholesale
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511309 Disposable products (wholesale)
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511310 Box-manufacturers equip & supls (whol)
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511311 Identification cards (wholesale)
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511312 Paper brokers & mill representatives
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511313 Bags-plastic-wholesale
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511314 Plastic containers (wholesale)
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511315 Cardboard (wholesale)
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511317 Bags-specialty-wholesale
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511318 Boxes-corrugated & fiber (wholesale)
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511320 Decals-wholesale
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511321 Decoration supplies-wholesale
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511323 Gift wrapping materials-wholesale
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511324 Toothpicks-wholesale
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511325 Wedding supplies-wholesale
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511326 Sanitary products supplies & svc (whol)
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511327 Paper-toilet (wholesale)
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511328 Paper products-retail
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511330 Stretch wrap film (wholesale)
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511331 Bags-industrial & commercial (wholesale)
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511333 Shipping service supplies (wholesale)
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511334 Mailing containers-wholesale
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511335 Packing & crating materials (wholesale)
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511336 Paperboard-solid fiber (wholesale)
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511398 Industrial & personal svc-paper (whol)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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51130000 Industrial and personal service paper
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51130100 Shipping supplies
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51130101 Paper tubes and cores
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51130200 Disposable plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils
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51130201 Cups, disposable plastic and paper
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51130202 Dishes, disposable plastic and paper
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51130203 Eating utensils, disposable plastic
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51130204 Napkins, paper
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51130205 Towels, paper
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51130300 Boxes and containers
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51130301 Bags, paper and disposable plastic
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51130302 Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastic
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51130303 Containers, paper and disposable plastic
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51130304 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
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51130305 Fiber cans and drums
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51130306 Folding paperboard boxes
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51130307 Sanitary food containers
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51130308 Setup paperboard boxes
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51139900 Industrial and personal service paper, nec
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51139901 Cardboard and products
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51139902 Closures, paper and disposable plastic
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51139903 Paper, wrapping or coarse, and products
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51139904 Paperboard and products
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51139905 Patterns, paper
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51139906 Pressed and molded pulp goods
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51139907 Pressure sensitive tape
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