Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds, and other farm supplies, except grains. Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of pet food are classified in Industry 5149, and those distributing pet supplies are classified in Industry 5199.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5191 - Farm Supplies are:
- Agricultural chemicals-wholesale
- Agricultural limestone-wholesale
- Alfalfa-wholesale
- Animal feeds, except pet-wholesale
- Beekeeping supplies-wholesale
- Farm supplies-wholesale
- Feed additives, animal-wholesale
- Feed, except unmixed grain-wholesale
- Fertilizer and fertilizer materials-wholesale
- Flower and field bulbs-wholesale
- Harness equipment-wholesale
- Harness made to individual order-wholesale
- Hay-wholesale
- Insecticides-wholesale
- Lime, agricultural-wholesale
- Mineral supplements, animal-wholesale
- Pesticides-wholesale
- Phosphate rock, ground-wholesale
- Seeds: field, garden, and flower-wholesale
- Straw-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Farm Supplies Wholesaling in the US (42491)
Revenue 2025
$225.9bn
Growth 2025
0.00%
Key Trends
Industry profit has declined as input prices have remained volatile
The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a broad macroeconomic contraction
Low commodity prices during the beginning of the period are expected to keep fertilizer prices in check over the next five years
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5191 - Farm Supplies
US-SIC Code 5191 - Farm Supplies sits in the 2-digit Farm 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 5191 - Farm Supplies
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5191 - Farm Supplies. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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519101 Pest control supplies & equipment (whol)
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519102 Farm supplies (wholesale)
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519103 Phosphates-wholesale
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519104 Agricultural chemicals (wholesale)
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519105 Seeds & bulbs-wholesale
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519106 Alfalfa & alfalfa products (wholesale)
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519107 Beekeepers supplies (wholesale)
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519108 Animal health products (wholesale)
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519109 Feed concentrates & supplements (whol)
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519110 Feed grinding (wholesale)
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519111 Feed-wholesale
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519112 Feed-dealers (wholesale)
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519113 Greenhouse equipment & supplies (whol)
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519114 Fertilizers (wholesale)
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519115 Hay & alfalfa (wholesale)
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519116 Kennels equipment & supplies (wholesale)
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519117 Insecticides-wholesale
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519118 Fertilizer plant equipment (wholesale)
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519119 Livestock equipment & supplies (whol)
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519120 Soil conditioners (wholesale)
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519121 Feed ingredients (wholesale)
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519122 Horse furnishings-wholesale
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519124 Saddlery & harness-wholesale
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519126 Animal foods-zoo & circus & etc (whol)
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519127 Animal supplies-zoo circus etc (whol)
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519128 Insecticide bases (wholesale)
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519129 Straw goods (wholesale)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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51910000 Farm supplies
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51910100 Fertilizers and agricultural chemicals
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51910101 Chemicals, agricultural
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51910102 Fertilizer and fertilizer materials
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51910103 Herbicides
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51910104 Insecticides
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51910105 Lime, agricultural
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51910106 Limestone, agricultural
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51910107 Pesticides
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51910108 Phosphate rock, ground
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51910200 Animal feeds
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51910201 Alfalfa
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51910202 Feed
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51910203 Hay
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51910204 Straw
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51910300 Seeds and bulbs
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51910301 Flower and field bulbs
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51910302 Grass seed
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51910303 Seeds: field, garden, and flower
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51910400 Equestrian equipment
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51910401 Harness equipment
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51910402 Harness, made to individual order
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51910403 Saddlery
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51919900 Farm supplies, nec
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51919901 Beekeeping supplies (non-durable)
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51919902 Garden supplies
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51919903 Greenhouse equipment and supplies
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51919904 Soil, potting and planting
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