Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Risk Level Moderate 2.8/5 overall
Industry Type Trade, Logistics & Flow
Strategies 44 frameworks applied
ISIC 4651 Analysed: 2026-02-27
Structural Position · Chain Node
This industry occupies a standard mid-chain position, receiving inputs upstream and supplying downstream. All standard...
Depends on 3 infrastructure hubs: Other monetary intermediation · Non-life insurance · Warehousing and storage
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Where It Sits in the Economy

Upstream inputs, downstream outputs, and supply chain membership based on global input-output flows.

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Mid-Chain Processor

This industry transforms upstream inputs and supplies multiple downstream buyers. Competitive position is shaped by the ability to capture margin between input costs and customer pricing power.

Upstream Supply Risk 3 / 5.0 High

About This Industry

Sub-Sectors

  • 4651: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Industry Type

FLO industries face trade network complexity and data classification friction as their defining risks. Market Dynamics (MD) is elevated (3.13 mean) because intermediation businesses face constant disintermediation...

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Industry Classification
ISIC Rev. 4 4651 Class UN International Standard Industrial Classification
National Classification Equivalents
NACE Rev. 2 46.51
NAICS 2022 423430 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers

Structural Position

Cross-sector analytical lenses applied to this industry's 81-attribute GTIAS scorecard, and which structurally similar industries share its risk DNA despite operating in entirely different sectors.

This industry does not trigger any of the five structural lenses under current GTIAS scoring.

Cross-Sector Structural Twins

Industries from entirely different sectors with near-identical GTIAS risk fingerprints — strategies that work in one often transfer directly to the other.

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