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Business Activity Code Lookup

Find the correct NAICS business activity code for your Form 5472 filing. Search by code number, business description, or industry category.

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The IRS requires a NAICS business activity code on Form 5472. Search below to find the right code for your business.

139 codes found. Click any code to copy.

CodeDescription
110000Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
111000Crop production
211110Oil and gas extraction
211120Crude petroleum extraction
211130Natural gas extraction
212000Mining (except oil and gas)
221000Utilities
230000Construction
236000Construction of buildings
310000Manufacturing
323100Printing and related support activities
339110Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing
423000Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
424000Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
441100Automobile dealers
442000Furniture and home furnishings stores
444100Building materials and supplies dealers
445100Grocery stores
445200Specialty food stores
446110Pharmacies and drug stores
446199All other health and personal care stores
448000Clothing and clothing accessories stores
451110Sporting goods stores
451211Book stores
452000General merchandise stores
453000Miscellaneous store retailers
453220Gift, novelty, and souvenir stores
453310Used merchandise stores
454110Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
480000Transportation
485000Transit and ground passenger transportation
493000Warehousing and storage
511110Newspaper publishers (except Internet)
511120Periodical publishers (except Internet)
511130Book publishers (except Internet)
511140Directory and mailing list publishers (except Internet)
511190Other publishers (except Internet)
512000Motion picture and sound recording industries
515100Radio and television broadcasting (except Internet)
517000Telecommunications (including paging, cellular, satellite, cable)
519100Other information services (including news syndicates and libraries)
519130Internet Publishing and Broadcast
518210Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
522100Depository credit intermediation (including commercial banking)
522200Nondepository credit intermediation (including credit card issuing)
522110Credit card issuing
522220Sales Financing
522291Consumer lending
522292Real estate credit
522298Other nondepository credit intermediation
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What is a Business Activity Code?

The business activity code (also called NAICS code) is a 6-digit number that classifies your business by industry type. The IRS uses this code on Form 5472 (Part I, Line 1e) and Form 1120 to categorize your business activity.

Common codes for foreign-owned LLCs include 541511 (Custom Computer Programming), 541610 (Management Consulting), and 454110 (Electronic Shopping/Mail-Order). Use our filing tool for integrated code lookup during form generation.

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