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Column Name: PRIMARY_NAICS_CODE
Description: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes(s) that best describes the primary activity conducted ata facility. NAICS codes are 6 digit numbers used by the Bureau of Census as part of a system to categorizeand track the types of business activities conducted in the United States. The individual digits within the NAICS code indicate different levels of granularity in identifying a business. Here is an example of the granularity the individual digits provide:
No. | Example | |
Digits | NAICS | Definition / Granularity |
- - - - - | - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Two | 31xxxx | Manufacturing |
Three | 311xxx | Food Manufacturing |
Four | 3115xx | Food Manufacturing, Diary Products |
Five | 31151x | Food Manufacturing, Diary Products, (Not Frozen) |
Six | 311511 | Food Manufacturing, Diary Products, (Not Frozen), Fluid Milk |
A facility may be comprised of one or more establishments. An establishment is an economic unit, generally at a single physical location, where businessis conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. Each establishment may have a unique NAICS code.
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Definition Source:TRI Data Dictionary