This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of paints, varnishes, and similar coatings; pigments; wallpaper; and supplies, such as paintbrushes and rollers.

Including:

• Automotive paints merchant wholesalers
• Calcimines merchant wholesalers
• Enamels merchant wholesalers
• Lacquers merchant wholesalers
• Paint removers merchant wholesalers
• Paint rollers merchant wholesalers
• Paint thinners merchant wholesalers
• Paintbrushes merchant wholesalers
• Painter's supplies (except artists', turpentine) merchant wholesalers
• Paints (except artists') merchant wholesalers
• Pigments, paint, merchant wholesalers
• Shellac merchant wholesalers
• Spray painting equipment (except industrial-type) merchant wholesalers
• Stains merchant wholesalers
• Varnishes merchant wholesalers
• Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers
• Wallpaper merchant wholesalers
• Wood paste merchant wholesalers