532420 Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing office machinery and equipment, such as computers, office furniture, duplicating machines (i.e., copiers), or facsimile machines.

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:

• Renting or leasing residential furniture are classified in U.S. Industry 532289, All Other Consumer Goods Rental.
• Leasing office machinery and equipment in combination with providing loans to buyers of such equipment are classified in Sector 52, Finance and Insurance.

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

Activities listed under 532420

The Census index assigns these 11 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Cash register rental or leasing
• Computer peripheral equipment rental or leasing
• Computer rental or leasing
• Copier rental or leasing
• Duplicating machine (e.g., copier) rental or leasing
• Facsimile machine rental or leasing
• Fax machine rental or leasing
• Furniture, office, rental or leasing
• Mailing equipment rental or leasing
• Office furniture rental or leasing
• Office machinery and equipment rental or leasing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 532420

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 532420, 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: 7730), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipmentUK SIC
• 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipmentUK SIC
• 77330Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)UK SIC
• 77341Renting and leasing of passenger water transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77342Renting and leasing of freight water transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77351Renting and leasing of air passenger transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77352Renting and leasing of freight air transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.UK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 532490Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing