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Determine Your NAICS and SIC Codes

The purpose behind the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) is specifically for governmental regulations and census reports.  It classifies industries on a production/process-oriented basis using 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6- digit levels of detail. Two-digit codes represent sectors, the broadest classifications. Six-digit codes represent individual industries in the U.S. The North American Industry Classification System was developed by representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and replaces each country’s separate classification system with one uniform system for classifying industries. In the United States, NAICS replaces the Standard Industrial Classification, a system that federal, state, and local governments, the business community, and the general public have used since the 1930s.

Click here http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ to search for your NAICS code by keyword.  Enter one keyword at a time.

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