517810 All Other Telecommunications

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized telecommunications services, such as satellite tracking, communications telemetry, and radar station operation. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in providing satellite terminal stations and associated facilities connected with one or more terrestrial systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to, and receiving telecommunications from, satellite systems. Establishments providing Internet services or Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services via client-supplied telecommunications connections are also included in this industry. Establishments in this industry do not operate as telecommunications carriers.

Examples Census gives

• Dial-up Internet service providers
• Internet service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications connections (e.g., dial-up ISPs)
• Satellite tracking stations
• VoIP service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications connections

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Providing wired broadband Internet services, direct-to-home satellite television distribution services, or wired VoIP services via own operated telecommunications infrastructure are classified in U.S. Industry 517111, Wired Telecommunications Carriers.
• Providing expert advice in the field of information technology or in integrating communication and computer systems are classified in Industry 54151, Computer Systems Design and Related Services.
• Providing satellite telecommunications services are classified in Industry 517410, Satellite Telecommunications.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 517810

The Census index assigns these 9 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Dial-up Internet service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications connections
• Earth stations (except satellite telecommunication carriers)
• Internet service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications (e.g., dial-up ISPs)
• Online access service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications (e.g., dial-up ISPs)
• Radar station operations
• Satellite telemetry operations on a contract or fee basis
• Satellite tracking stations
• Telemetry and tracking system operations on a contract or fee basis
• VoIP service providers, using client-supplied telecommunications connections

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 517810

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 517810, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $40 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 6190), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 61900Other telecommunications activitiesUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.