Reference:INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODES

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INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODES

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

"The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is replacing the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America." --from the NAICS site.

Print equivalent would be:

North American industry classification system : United States, Ref Desk HF1041.5 .N674 1997 and online. (Use this book for conversion from SIC to NAICS. also see Dun & Bradstreet/Gale Group Industry Handbook (Ref HG4907 .D86 2000) and http://www.loglink.com/sic.asp and http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm) for correspondence (conversion) tables. Also see http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/sic.asp for SIC lookup.

Also see NAICS Desk Reference (3rd Floor Stacks HF 1041.5 .N35)

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/sic.html and http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html

The last revision of the SIC codes by the U.S. Government took place in 1987. Since the creation of the NAICS system these codes have begun to replace the SIC codes.

Print equivalent would be:

Standard industrial classification manual, 1987 (Ref HF1042 .S73 1987)

International Standard Industrial Classification System (ISIC): http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/class/index.htm. Also see http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/class/isic.htm

All the companies under a particular standard industrial code (NAICS or SIC) can be found in Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (S&P online database) or in Ward's Business Directory (Ref Desk), as well as in Mergent Online and other business databases.

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6/06