NAICS – North American Industry Classification System
https://www.census.gov/naics/
NAICS industry codes define establishments based on the activities in which they are primarily engaged.
Access: Government website freely available.
We will use the NAICS code for:
- Doing research
- Some federal and state agencies require businesses to have a NAICS code for administrative, contracting, and tax purposes
- Some state governments offer tax incentives to businesses from specific NAICS industries
- Some contracting authorities also require NAICS codes to determine eligibility to bid on contracts
- NAICS Codes (can be accessed from home): https://www.census.gov/naics/
- You can also receive other demographic information from the Census: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/
- For a detailed walkthrough of how to find your NAICS code, check out this video