2022 NAICS national industry in sector 23 Construction
236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
NAICS 236116 is the US industry code for new multifamily housing construction (except for-sale builders). This U.S.
- Code
- 236116 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
- Part of
- Residential Building Construction
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $45 million
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the construction of new multifamily residential housing units (e.g., high-rise, garden, town house apartments, and condominiums where each unit is not separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall). Multifamily design-build firms and multifamily housing construction management firms acting as general contractors are included in this industry.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Building multifamily buildings on their own account for sale as speculative builders or merchant builders are classified in U.S. Industry 236117, New Housing For-Sale Builders.
- Remodeling or repairing existing multifamily housing and other residential buildings are classified in U.S. Industry 236118, Residential Remodelers.
- Performing specialized construction work on multifamily housing and other residential buildings, generally on a subcontract basis are classified in Subsector 238, 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 531110, Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 236116
The Census index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Apartment building construction general contractors
- Condominium, multifamily, construction general contractors
- Construction management, multifamily building
- Cooperative apartment, construction general contractors
- Custom builders (except for-sale), multifamily buildings
- Duplex (i.e., one unit above the other), construction general contractors
- Garden apartment construction general contractors
- High-rise apartment construction general contractors
- Home builders (except for-sale), multifamily
- Housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
- Low income housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
- Low-rise apartment construction general contractors
- Multifamily building construction general contractors
- Panelized multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
- Precut multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
- Prefabricated residential building erection, multifamily
- Residential construction, multifamily, general contractors
SBA size standard for 236116
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 236116, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $45 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.