523210 Securities and Commodity Exchanges

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing physical or electronic marketplaces for the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of stocks, stock options, bonds, or commodity contracts.

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:

• Investment banking, securities dealing, securities brokering, commodity contracts dealing, or commodity contracts brokering are classified in Industry Group 5231, Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage.
• Operating commodity or securities exchange clearinghouses are classified in U.S. Industry 523999, Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities.

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

Activities listed under 523210

The Census index assigns these 7 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Commodity contracts exchanges
• Exchanges, commodity contracts
• Exchanges, securities
• Futures commodity contracts exchanges
• Securities exchanges
• Stock exchanges
• Stock or commodity options exchanges

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 523210

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 523210, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 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: 6611), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 66110Administration of financial marketsUK SIC

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