This U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in buying or selling beer, ale, porter, and other fermented malt beverages, wine, distilled alcoholic beverages, and/or neutral spirits and ethyl alcohol on a commission, brokerage, or agency basis for others through a sales force rather than through electronic means such as the Internet.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Bringing together buyers and sellers of goods using the Internet or other electronic means and generally receiving a commission or fee for the service--are classified in Industry 425110, Business to Business Electronic Markets; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of beer, ale, porter, and other fermented malt beverages, wine, distilled alcoholic beverages, and/or neutral spirits and ethyl alcohol--are classified in Industry Group 4248, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers.