This U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing lumber, often with related lines of building materials. Retail lumber yards may produce some of the lumber and millwork they sell.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Merchant wholesale distribution of lumber without stock--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 4233101, Lumber without Yard Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of lumber with stock (yard)--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 4233102, Lumber with Yard Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Retailing lumber via electronic home shopping, mail-order, or direct sale--are classified in Subsector 454, Nonstore Retailers.