2022 NAICS national industry in sector 51 Information
519210 Libraries and Archives
NAICS 519210 is the US industry code for libraries and archives. It covers establishments primarily engaged in providing library or archive services.
- Code
- 519210 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Libraries and Archives
- Part of
- Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $21 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 91011, 91012 (details)
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 industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing library or archive services. These establishments are engaged in maintaining collections of documents (e.g., books, journals, newspapers, and music) and facilitating the use of such documents (recorded information regardless of its physical form and characteristics) as required to meet the informational, research, educational, or recreational needs of their user. These establishments may also acquire, research, store, preserve, and generally make accessible to the public historical documents, photographs, maps, audio material, audiovisual material, and other archival material of historical interest. All or portions of these collections may be accessible electronically.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing stock film and video footage (via motion picture and video tape libraries) to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries are classified in U.S. Industry 512199, Other Motion Picture and Video Industries.
- Providing stock music to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries are classified in Industry 512290, Other Sound Recording Industries.
- Providing stock photos to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries are classified in Industry 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services.
- Acquiring distribution rights and distributing motion pictures and videos to motion picture theaters, television networks and stations, other media broadcast and streaming outlets, and exhibitors are classified in Industry 512120, Motion Picture and Video Distribution.
Activities listed under 519210
The Census index assigns these 10 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Archives
- Bookmobiles
- Centers for documentation (i.e., archives)
- Circulating libraries
- Film archives
- Lending libraries
- Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution)
- Motion picture film libraries, archives
- Music archives
- Reference libraries
SBA size standard for 519210
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 519210, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $21 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: 9101), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.