2022 NAICS industry in sector 23 Construction
23611 Residential Building Construction
NAICS 23611 is the US industry code for residential building construction. It covers establishments primarily responsible for the construction or remodeling and renovation of single-family and multifamily residential buildings.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction or remodeling and renovation of single-family and multifamily residential buildings. Included in this industry are residential housing general contractors (i.e., new construction, remodeling, or renovating existing residential structures), for-sale builders and remodelers of residential structures, residential project construction management firms, and residential design-build firms.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Performing specialized construction work on houses and other residential buildings, generally on a subcontract basis are classified in Subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors.
- Performing manufactured (mobile) home set up and tie-down work are classified in Industry 23899, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
- Manufacturing prefabricated residential buildings and assembling/erecting them at the customers' site are classified in Sector 31-33, Manufacturing, based on the primary material (wood, plastic, or metal).
- Constructing and leasing residential buildings on their own account are classified in Industry 53111, Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings.
Codes in 23611
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