ANZSIC class
4231
4231 Hardware and Building Supplies Retailing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in retailing hardware or building supplies.
- Division
- G Retail Trade
- Parent group
- 423 Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing
- Edition
- 2006 Revision 2.0
- Status
- Active
What this code includes
This class consists of units mainly engaged in retailing hardware or building supplies.
Activities and examples
- Carpenters’ tool retailing
- Cement retailing
- Ceramic floor tile retailing
- Garden tool retailing
- Hardware retailing
- Lacquer retailing
- Lawn mower retailing
- Lock retailing
- Mineral turpentine retailing
- Nail retailing
- Paint retailing
- Plumbers’ fittings retailing
- Plumbers’ tools retailing
- Timber retailing
- Tool retailing
- Wallpaper retailing
- Woodworking tool retailing
Exclusions and references
- wholesaling builders’ hardware or supplies (except plumbing supplies) - see ANZSIC 3339 (Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling)
- wholesaling timber - see ANZSIC 3331 (Timber Wholesaling)
Classification hierarchy
- ANZSIC
- G Retail Trade
- 42 Other Store-Based Retailing
- 423 Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing
- 4231 Hardware and Building Supplies Retailing
Correspondence mappings
Related ATO BIC codes
Other classes in this group
In this section
- 4231Hardware and Building Supplies Retailing
- 4232Garden Supplies Retailing
Previous codeNone
Next code4232 Garden Supplies RetailingOfficial source
- Official source
- ABS detailed classification page
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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