NAICS for "construction"
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236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of commercial and institutional buildings and related structures, such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming facilities. This industry includes establishments responsible for the on-site assembly of modular or prefabricated …Examples: Garage and service station, commercial, construction, Grain bin construction, Grain elevator -
237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in heavy and civil engineering construction projects (excluding highway, street, bridge, and distribution line construction). The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to heavy and civil …Examples: Spillway, floodwater, construction, Sports field construction, Streetcar line construction, Subway -
236210 - Industrial Building Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of industrial buildings (except warehouses). The construction of selected additional structures, whose production processes are similar to those for industrial buildings (e.g., incinerators, cement plants, blast furnaces, and similar nonbuilding …Examples: Acid plant construction, Aluminum plant construction, Ammonium plant construction, Assembly plant -
237130 - Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of power lines and towers, power plants, and radio, television, and telecommunications transmitting/receiving towers. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to …Examples: Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction, Cellular phone tower -
237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of water and sewer lines, mains, pumping stations, treatment plants, and storage tanks. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to water, sewer line, and related …Examples: Aqueduct construction, Artesian well construction, Construction management, water and sewage -
237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of highways (including elevated), streets, roads, airport runways, public sidewalks, or bridges. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and …Examples: Abutment construction, Airport runway construction, Bridge approach construction, Bridge -
237120 - Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of oil and gas lines, mains, refineries, and storage tanks. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to oil and gas pipeline and related structures construction. …Examples: Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction, Construction management, -
238910 - Site Preparation Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as excavating and grading, demolition of buildings and other structures, and septic system installation. Earthmoving and land clearing for all types of sites (e.g., building, nonbuilding, mining) is included in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in construction equipment rental with …Examples: Whole building deconstruction, Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator, Backfilling, -
236115 - New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the entire construction of new single-family housing, such as single-family detached houses and town houses or row houses where each housing unit (1) is separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall and (2) has no housing units constructed above or below. This industry includes general contractors …Examples: Cabin construction general contractors, Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors, -
236116 - New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the construction of new multifamily residential housing units (e.g., high-rise, garden, town house apartments, and condominiums where each unit is not separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall). Multifamily design-build firms and multifamily housing construction management firms acting as general …Examples: Apartment building construction general contractors, Condominium, multifamily, construction general
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238990 - All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in specialized trades (except foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors; building equipment contractors; building finishing contractors; and site preparation contractors). The specialty trade work performed includes new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Concrete patio construction, Construction elevator (i.e., temporary use during construction) -
333120 - Construction Machinery Manufacturing
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing construction machinery, surface mining machinery, and logging equipment. …Examples: Asphalt roofing construction machinery manufacturing, Bits, rock drill, construction and surface -
236117 - New Housing For-Sale Builders
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in building new homes on land that is owned or controlled by the builder rather than the homebuyer or investor. The land is included with the sale of the home. Establishments in this industry build single-family and/or multifamily homes. These establishments are often referred to as merchant builders, but are also known as …Examples: Housing construction, for-sale builder, Housing construction, merchant builder, Low income housing -
236118 - Residential Remodelers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the remodeling construction (including additions, alterations, reconstruction, maintenance, and repairs) of houses and other residential buildings, single-family and multifamily. Included in this industry are remodeling general contractors, for-sale remodelers, remodeling design-build firms, and remodeling project construction …Examples: Addition, alteration and renovation (i.e., construction), multifamily building, Addition, alteration and -
212321 - Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) operating commercial grade (i.e., construction) sand and gravel pits; (2) dredging for commercial grade sand and gravel; and (3) washing, screening, or otherwise preparing commercial grade sand and gravel. …Examples: Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing), Construction sand or -
238350 - Finish Carpentry Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in finish carpentry work. The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Cabinet work performed at the construction site, Cabinetry work performed at the construction site, Deck -
213113 - Support Activities for Coal Mining
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities for coal mining (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities) on a contract or fee basis. Exploration for coal is included in this industry. Exploration services include traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making …Examples: ...Anthracite mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, -
423810 - Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in construction, mining (except oil well), and logging activities. …Examples: Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers, Crushing, pulverizing, and screening machinery, -
213112 - Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for oil and gas operations (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Services included are exploration; excavating slush pits and cellars, well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and …Examples: Contract services (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation -
423320 - Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of stone, cement, lime, construction sand, and gravel; brick; asphalt and concrete mixtures; and/or concrete, stone, and structural clay products. …Examples: Ceramic construction materials (except refractory and ceramic roofing tile) merchant wholesalers, Clay
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532412 - Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing heavy equipment without operators that may be used for construction, mining, or forestry, such as bulldozers, earthmoving equipment, well drilling machinery and equipment, or cranes. …Examples: Construction form rental, Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator, Heavy -
238110 - Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in pouring and finishing concrete foundations and structural elements. This industry also includes establishments performing grout and shotcrete work. The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Chimney, concrete, construction, Retaining wall (except anchored earth), poured concrete, construction -
238120 - Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) erecting and assembling structural parts made from steel or precast concrete (e.g., steel beams, structural steel components, and similar products of precast concrete) and/or (2) assembling and installing other steel construction products (e.g., steel rods, bars, rebar, mesh, and cages) to reinforce poured-in-place concrete. The …Examples: Placing and tying reinforcing rod at a construction site -
624229 - Other Community Housing ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing one or more of the following community housing services: (1) transitional housing to low-income individuals and families; (2) volunteer construction or repair of low-cost housing, in partnership with the homeowner who may assist in the construction or repair work; and (3) the repair of homes for elderly or disabled …Examples: Home construction organizations, work (sweat) equity, Work (sweat) equity home construction organizations
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213114 - Support Activities for Metal Mining
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), on a contract or fee basis, for the mining and quarrying of metallic minerals and for the extraction of metal ores. Exploration for these minerals is included in this industry. Exploration …Examples: ...Metal mining support services on a contract basis (e.g., shaft sinking, tunneling, blasting) (except geophysical -
213115 - Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for the mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuel) and for the extraction of nonmetallic minerals (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Exploration for these minerals is included in this …Examples: ...preparation and related construction activities), Nonmetallic minerals mining support services on a contract -
423390 - Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) and/or prefabricated buildings and (2) establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of construction materials (except lumber, plywood, millwork, wood panels, brick, stone, roofing, siding, electrical and wiring supplies, and …Examples: Mastics, construction, merchant wholesalers -
423520 - Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of coal, coke, metal ores, and/or nonmetallic minerals (except precious and semiprecious stones and minerals used in construction, such as sand and gravel). …Examples: Minerals (except construction materials, petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Nonmetallic minerals (except precious -
541330 - Engineering Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and systems. The assignments undertaken by these establishments may involve any of the following activities: provision of advice, preparation of feasibility studies, preparation of …Examples: Construction engineering services -
811310 - Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the repair and maintenance of commercial and industrial machinery and equipment. Establishments in this industry either sharpen/install commercial and industrial machinery blades and saws or provide welding (e.g., automotive, general) repair services; or repair agricultural and other heavy and industrial machinery and equipment (e.g., …Examples: Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services, Tractor, farm or construction
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238140 - Masonry Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in masonry work, stone setting, bricklaying, and other stone work. The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Retaining wall, masonry (i.e., block, brick, stone), construction -
238190 - Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in building foundation and structure trades work (except poured concrete, structural steel, precast concrete, framing, masonry, glass and glazing, roofing, and siding). The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Falsework construction -
327999 - All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonmetallic mineral products (except pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixtures; clay building materials and refractories; glass and glass products; cement; ready-mix concrete; concrete products; lime; gypsum products; abrasive products; cut stone and stone products; ground and treated minerals and earth; and mineral …Examples: Asphalt concrete crushing and grinding (except at construction site), Concrete crushing and grinding (except at -
423610 - Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of electrical construction materials; wiring supplies; electric light fixtures; light bulbs; and/or electrical power equipment for the generation, transmission, distribution, or control of electric energy. …Examples: Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers -
541310 - Architectural Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in planning and designing residential, institutional, leisure, commercial, and industrial buildings and structures by applying knowledge of design, construction procedures, zoning regulations, building codes, and building materials. …Examples: Architectural construction specifications consulting services -
561320 - Temporary Help ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of the client. The individuals provided are employees of the temporary help services establishment. However, these establishments do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites. …Examples: Construction labor supply services, Personnel (e.g., industrial, office, health care, legal,
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561730 - Landscaping Services
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns, or gardens and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e., installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar …Examples: Landscape contractors (except construction) -
238390 - Other Building Finishing Contractors
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in building finishing trade work (except drywall, plaster, and insulation work; painting and wall covering work; flooring work; tile and terrazzo work; and finish carpentry work). The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs. …Examples: Bathtub refinishing, on-site, Bleacher installation, Building fixture and fitting (except mechanical equipment) -
321114 - Wood Preservation
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) treating wood sawed, planed, or shaped in other establishments with creosote or other preservatives, such as alkaline copper quat, copper azole, and sodium borates, to prevent decay and to protect against fire and insects and/or (2) sawing round wood poles, pilings, and posts and treating them with preservatives. …Examples: Pilings, foundation and marine construction, treating -
322120 - Paper MillsThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paper from pulp. These establishments may manufacture or purchase pulp. In addition, the establishments may convert the paper they make. The activity of making paper classifies an establishment into this industry regardless of the output. …Examples: Construction paper, school and art, made in paper mills
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322230 - Stationery Product Manufacturing
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in converting paper or paperboard into products used for writing, filing, art work, and similar applications. …Examples: Construction paper, school and art, made from purchased paper -
325520 - Adhesive Manufacturing
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing adhesives, glues, and caulking compounds. …Examples: Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing -
333248 - All Other Industrial Machinery ManufacturingThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery (except agricultural and farm-type; construction and mining machinery; food manufacturing-type machinery; semiconductor making machinery; and sawmill, woodworking, and paper making machinery). …Examples: Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing, Anodizing equipment manufacturing, Beaming machinery for yarn
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333991 - Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing power-driven (e.g., battery, corded, pneumatic) handtools, such as drills, screwguns, circular saws, chain saws, staplers, and nailers. …Examples: Drills, handheld power-driven (except heavy construction and mining-type), manufacturing -
336611 - Ship Building and Repairing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating shipyards. Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production …Examples: Barge building, Cargo ship building, Container ship building, Dredge building, Drilling and production platforms, -
336999 - All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing transportation equipment (except motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, boats, ships, railroad rolling stock, aerospace products, motorcycles, bicycles, armored vehicles, and tanks). …Examples: Off-highway tracked vehicles (except construction, armored military) manufacturing -
423690 - Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of electronic parts and equipment (except electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies, and construction materials; electrical and electronic appliances; and television sets and radios). …Examples: Amplifiers, audio (except household-type), merchant wholesalers, Antennas merchant wholesalers, Audiotapes, blank, -
423850 - Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized equipment and supplies of the type used by service establishments (except specialized equipment and supplies used in offices, stores, hotels, restaurants, schools, health and medical facilities, photographic facilities, and specialized equipment used in transportation and construction …Examples: Law enforcement equipment (except safety) merchant wholesalers, Locksmith equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, -
423990 - Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of durable goods (except motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies; furniture and home furnishings; lumber and other construction materials; professional and commercial equipment and supplies; metals and minerals (except petroleum); electrical goods; hardware, and plumbing and heating …Examples: Ammunition (except sporting) merchant wholesalers, Audio and video tapes and disks, prerecorded, merchant wholesalers, -
424690 - Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes). …Examples: Mastics (except construction) merchant wholesalers
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522292 - Real Estate CreditThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in lending funds with real estate as collateral. …Examples: Construction lending
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532490 - Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and LeasingThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing nonconsumer-type machinery and equipment (except heavy construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators; and office machinery and equipment). Establishments in this industry rent or lease products, such as manufacturing equipment; metalworking, telecommunications, motion …Examples: Agricultural machinery and equipment rental or leasing, Audio visual equipment rental or leasing, Carpentry equipment
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541370 - Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing surveying and mapping services of the surface of the earth, including the sea floor. These services may include surveying and mapping of areas above or below the surface of the earth, such as the creation of view easements or segregating rights in parcels of land by creating underground utility easements. …Examples: Construction surveying services -
541420 - Industrial Design ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in creating and developing designs and specifications that optimize the use, value, and appearance of products. These services can include the determination of the materials, construction, mechanisms, shape, color, and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal, and …Examples: Automobile industrial design services, Furniture design services, Handtool industrial design services, Industrial
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541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the provision of professional, scientific, or technical services (except legal services; accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and related services; architectural, engineering, and related services; specialized design services; computer systems design and related services; management, scientific, and technical consulting services; …Examples: Construction estimation services
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611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and granting degrees at baccalaureate or graduate levels. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the …Examples: Academies, college or university, Academies, military service (college), Bible colleges offering baccalaureate degrees, -
813910 - Business Associations
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in promoting the business interests of their members. These establishments may conduct research on new products and services; develop market statistics; sponsor quality and certification standards; lobby public officials; or publish newsletters, books, or periodicals for distribution to their members. …Examples: Construction associations -
926150 - Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors
This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the regulation, licensing, and inspection of commercial sectors, such as retail trade, professional occupations, manufacturing, mining, construction, and services. Included in this industry are government establishments maintaining physical standards, regulating hazardous conditions not elsewhere classified, and enforcing …Examples: Alcoholic beverage control boards, Banking regulatory agencies, Building inspections, government, Conciliation and