Group · NACE Rev. 2.1 / TEÁOR'25
46.1 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis
Description
This group includes intermediation service activities, in other words, the facilitation of transactions between sellers and buyers for the ordering of goods for a fee or commission without taking ownership of the goods intermediated, including:
This class includes
- activities of commission agents, commodity brokers and other wholesalers trading on the account of others without owning the intermediated goods at any time
- activities of bringing sellers and buyers together
- activities of undertaking commercial transactions on the account of a principal, including on the internet
This class also includes
- activities of central purchasing units if they are only intermediaries and do not own the goods
- activities of wholesale auctioneering houses for third-party goods, including internet wholesale auctions
This class excludes
- wholesale on own account, see 46.2 to 46.9
- activities of commission agents who assume ownership of the goods, even if they are acting in the name of a third party, see 46.2 to 46.9
- intermediation service activities for retail sale, see 47.9
- intermediation service activities for real estate activities, see 68.31
- operation of websites providing searches for goods that link customers to sellers, see the corresponding classes for intermediation service activities
- activities of advertising, market research and public relations, see division 73
Contains
- 46.11 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
- 46.12 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
- 46.13 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of timber and building materials
- 46.14 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- 46.15 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of furniture, household goods, hardware and ironmongery
- 46.16 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
- 46.17 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
- 46.18 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of other particular products
- 46.19 Activities of agents involved in non-specialised wholesale