2022 NAICS industry in sector 52 Finance and Insurance
52229 Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation
NAICS 52229 is the US industry code for other nondepository credit intermediation. It covers establishments primarily engaged in making cash loans or extending credit through credit instruments (except credit cards and sales finance agreements).
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in making cash loans or extending credit through credit instruments (except credit cards and sales finance agreements).
Examples Census gives
- Consumer finance companies (i.e., unsecured cash loans)
- Mortgage companies
- International trade financing
- Secondary market financing
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing credit sales by issuing credit cards are classified in Industry 52221, Credit Card Issuing.
- Providing leases for equipment and other assets without sales financing are classified in Subsector 532, Rental and Leasing Services.
- Accepting deposits and lending funds from these deposits are classified in Industry Group 5221, Depository Credit Intermediation.
- Arranging loans for others on a commission or fee basis are classified in Industry 52231, Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers.
- Servicing loans or providing check cashing services are classified in Industry 52239, Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation.
- Guaranteeing international trade loans are classified in Industry 52412, Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers.
Codes in 52229
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