SICIndustry

SIC 5211Lumber and Other Building Materials

Industry · Standard Industrial Classification (1987)

Where 5211 sits

  1. G Retail Trade
  2. 52 Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers
  3. 521 Lumber and Other Building Materials Dealers
  4. 5211 Lumber and Other Building Materials

Description

Establishments engaged in selling primarily lumber, or lumber and a general line of building materials, to the general public. While these establishments may sell primarily to construction contractors, they are known as retail in the trade. The lumber which they sell may include rough and dressed lumber, flooring, molding, doors, sashes, frames, and other millwork. The building materials may include roofing, siding, shingles, wallboard, paint, brick, tile, cement, sand, gravel, and other building materials and supplies. Hardware is often an important line sold by retail lumber and building materials dealers.

What 5211 includes

6-digit codes

  • 521100 — Lumber and Other Building Materials
  • 521101 — Lumber Products
  • 521102 — Door and Window Products
  • 521103 — Insulation and Energy Conservation Products
  • 521104 — Prefabricated Buildings
  • 521105 — Masonry Materials and Supplies
  • 521199 — Lumber and Other Building Materials, NEC

8-digit codes

  • 52110000 — Lumber and other building materials
  • 52110100 — Lumber products
  • 52110101 — Flooring, wood
  • 52110102 — Millwork and lumber
  • 52110103 — Paneling
  • 52110104 — Planing mill products and lumber
  • 52110105 — Siding
  • 52110106 — Wallboard (composition) and paneling
  • 52110200 — Door and window products
  • 52110201 — Doors, storm: wood or metal
  • 52110202 — Doors, wood or metal, except storm
  • 52110203 — Garage doors, sale and installation
  • 52110204 — Jalousies
  • 52110205 — Sash, wood or metal
  • 52110206 — Screens, door and window
  • 52110207 — Windows, storm: wood or metal
  • 52110300 — Insulation and energy conservation products
  • 52110301 — Energy conservation products
  • 52110302 — Insulation material, building
  • 52110303 — Solar heating equipment
  • 52110400 — Prefabricated buildings
  • 52110401 — Greenhouse kits, prefabricated
  • 52110402 — Modular homes
  • 52110500 — Masonry materials and supplies
  • 52110501 — Brick
  • 52110502 — Cement
  • 52110503 — Concrete and cinder block
  • 52110504 — Lime and plaster
  • 52110505 — Paving stones
  • 52110506 — Sand and gravel
  • 52110507 — Tile, ceramic
  • 52119900 — Lumber and other building materials, nec
  • 52119901 — Bathroom fixtures, equipment and supplies
  • 52119902 — Cabinets, kitchen
  • 52119903 — Closets, interiors and accessories
  • 52119904 — Counter tops
  • 52119905 — Eavestroughing parts and supplies
  • 52119906 — Electrical construction materials
  • 52119907 — Fencing
  • 52119908 — Home centers
  • 52119909 — Roofing material
  • 52119910 — Structural clay products

Example activities

  • brick and tile dealers-retail
  • building materials dealers-retail
  • buildings, prefabricated-retail
  • cabinets, kitchen: to be installed-retail
  • concrete and cinder block dealers-retail
  • doors-retail
  • fencing dealers-retail
  • flooring, wood-retail
  • garage doors-retail
  • insulation material, building-retail
  • lime and plaster dealers-retail
  • lumber and building materials dealers-retail
  • lumber and planing mill product dealers-retail
  • millwork and lumber dealers-retail
  • paneling-retail
  • roofing material dealers-retail
  • sand and gravel dealers-retail
  • storm windows and sash, wood or metal-retail
  • structural clay products-retail
  • wallboard (composition) dealers-retail

Cross-references for 5211

  • Establishments which do not sell to the general public and those which are known in the trade as wholesale are classified in Wholesale Trade, Industry Group 503.

5211 in other systems

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