2022 NAICS national industry in sector 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
532490 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
NAICS 532490 is the US industry code for other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing nonconsumer-type machinery and equipment (except heavy construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators; and office machinery and equipment).
- Code
- 532490 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Part of
- Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $40 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 77310, 77320, 77330, 77341 and 4 more (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 renting or leasing nonconsumer-type machinery and equipment (except heavy construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators; and office machinery and equipment). Establishments in this industry rent or lease products, such as manufacturing equipment; metalworking, telecommunications, motion picture, theatrical machinery and equipment, or service industry machinery; institutional (i.e., public building) furniture, such as furniture for schools, theaters, or buildings; or agricultural equipment without operators.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Renting or leasing heavy construction, off-highway transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators are classified in Industry 53241, Construction, Transportation, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing.
- Renting or leasing office machinery and equipment are classified in Industry 532420, Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing.
- Renting or leasing agricultural machinery and equipment with operators are classified in Subsector 115, Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry.
- Renting or leasing dump trucks without operator are classified in Industry 532120, Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing.
- Renting home furniture or medical equipment for home use are classified in Industry 53228, Other Consumer Goods Rental.
- Leasing nonconsumer machinery and equipment in combination with providing loans to buyers of such equipment are classified in Sector 52, Finance and Insurance.
Activities listed under 532490
The Census index assigns these 41 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Agricultural machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Audio visual equipment rental or leasing
- Carpentry equipment rental or leasing
- Carpet and rug cleaning equipment rental or leasing
- Compressor, air and gas, rental or leasing
- Farm equipment rental or leasing
- Farm tractor rental or leasing
- Floor sanding machine rental or leasing
- Floor waxing equipment rental or leasing
- Furniture, institutional (i.e. public building), rental or leasing
- Garden tractor rental or leasing
- Generator rental or leasing
- Industrial truck rental or leasing
- Lawnmower rental or leasing
- Manufacturing machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Material handling machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Medical equipment (except home health furniture and equipment) rental or leasing
- Metalworking machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Mobile office building rental or leasing, off-site
- Modular building rental or leasing, off-site
- Motion picture equipment rental or leasing
- Pallet rental or leasing
- Plumbing equipment rental or leasing
- Power washer rental or leasing
- Public address system rental or leasing
- Renting coin- or card-operated amusement devices (except concession operators)
- Sawmill machinery rental or leasing
- Scaffolding rental or leasing
- Scenery, theatrical, rental or leasing
- Skid rental or leasing
- Sound and lighting equipment rental or leasing
- Telecommunications equipment rental or leasing
- Textile machinery rental or leasing
- Theatrical equipment (except costumes) rental or leasing
- Tractor, farm, rental or leasing
- Tractor, garden, rental or leasing
- Traffic control equipment (e.g., barricades, cones, traffic signs) rental or leasing
- Truck, industrial, rental or leasing
- TV broadcasting and studio equipment rental or leasing
- Vending machine rental
- Woodworking machinery and equipment rental or leasing
SBA size standard for 532490
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 532490, 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.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.