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  "name": "Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers",
  "description": "This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of products of the primary metals industries.  Service centers maintain inventory and may perform functions, such as sawing, shearing, bending, leveling, cleaning, or edging, on a custom basis as part of sales transactions.",
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      "description": "Census County Business Patterns 2023"
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