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