North American Industry Classification System

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Website:

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

Maintained by:

U.S. Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), Statistics Canada, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica

Structure:

Hierarchical

Last updated:

2007

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.