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North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002365

A standard used by federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the business economy of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It categorizes businesses based on their primary activity, assigning a six-digit code. This system replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system in 1997.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002365
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectWorkers Compensation
AbbreviationNAICS
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002365",
  "term": "North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A standard used by federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the business economy of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It categorizes businesses based on their primary activity, assigning a six-digit code. This system replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system in 1997.",
  "abbreviation": "NAICS",
  "subject": "Workers Compensation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/north-american-industry-classification-system-naics/"
}

Record 2,371 of 3,748 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.