SIC 5963—Direct Selling Establishments

Where 5963 sits

1. G Retail Trade
2. 59 Miscellaneous Retail
3. 596 Nonstore Retailers
4. 5963 Direct Selling Establishments

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of merchandise by telephone; by house-to-house canvass; or from trucks or wagons or other temporary locations. Included in this industry are individuals who sell products by these methods and who are not employees of the organization which they represent, and establishments which are retail sales offices from which employees operate to sell merchandise from door-to-door.

What 5963 includes

6-digit codes

• 596300 — Direct Selling Establishments
• 596301 — Beverage Services, Direct Sales
• 596302 — Food Services, Direct Sales
• 596303 — Encyclopedias and Publications, Direct Sales
• 596304 — Home Related Products, Direct Sales
• 596399 — Direct Selling Establishments, NEC

8-digit codes

• 59630000 — Direct selling establishments
• 59630100 — Beverage services, direct sales
• 59630101 — Bottled water delivery
• 59630102 — Coffee, soda, beer, etc: house-to-house sales
• 59630103 — Milk delivery
• 59630200 — Food services, direct sales
• 59630201 — Bakery goods, house-to-house
• 59630202 — Dairy products, house-to-house
• 59630203 — Food service, coffee-cart
• 59630204 — Food service, mobile, except coffee-cart
• 59630205 — Ice cream wagon
• 59630206 — Lunch wagon
• 59630207 — Snacks, direct sales
• 59630300 — Encyclopedias and publications, direct sales
• 59630301 — Book sales, house-to-house
• 59630302 — Encyclopedias, house-to-house
• 59630303 — Magazine subscriptions, house-to-house
• 59630304 — Newspapers, home delivery, not by printers or publishers
• 59630400 — Home related products, direct sales
• 59630401 — Appliance sales, house-to-house
• 59630402 — Drapes and curtains, house-to-house
• 59630403 — Furnishings, including furniture, house-to-house
• 59630404 — Houseware sales, house-to-house
• 59630405 — Vacuum cleaner sales, house-to-house
• 59639900 — Direct selling establishments, nec
• 59639901 — Canvassers
• 59639902 — Clothing sales, house-to-house
• 59639903 — Cosmetic sales, house-to-house
• 59639904 — Direct sales, telemarketing
• 59639905 — Jewelry sales, house-to-house
• 59639906 — Lingerie sales, house-to-house
• 59639907 — Party-plan merchandising

Example activities

• bakery goods, purchased: house-to-house-retail
• canvassers (door-to-door), headquarters for retail sale of merchandise
• dairy products, house-to-house-retail
• direct selling organizations (headquarters of door-to-door
• house delivery of purchased milk-retail
• house-to-house selling of coffee, soda, beer, bottled water, or other
• huckters-retail
• ice cream wagons-retail
• lunch wagons, mobile-retail
• magazine subscription sales, except mail-order-retail
• magazines, house-to-house selling
• milk delivery and sale of purchased milk, without processing-retail
• newspapers, home delivery: except by newspaper printers or
• party-plan merchandising-retail

5963 in other systems