Official classification context
Industry overview This refers to the establishments, as the head offices primarily engaged in controlling establishments of wholesale trade, general merchandise, engaged in the operations except the work- site operations for managing and controlling operations across the whole organization to promote the management of the own company, personnel affairs/personnel training, general affairs, financial affairs/accounting, legal affairs, intellectual property management, planning, public information/advertising, investigation/research and development, production/project management, real estate management, information system management, management of equipments and materials, service/material procurement.
Major group context This Major group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the purchase -and-wholesale of various goods. They are the establishments that purchase and wholesale the goods which fall under multiple Major groups in the Major groups of 51 - Wholesale trade (Textile and apparel), 52 - Wholesale trade (Food and beverages), 53 - Wholesale trade (Building materials, minerals and metals, etc.), 54 - Wholesale trade (Machinery and equipment), and 55 – Other wholesale trade (except however the industry item 5598- Agents and brokers) and which fall under three and more Industry items, and it is difficult by their nature to determine the primary business of the establishments. Group Class Number Number