811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in repairing and maintaining one or more of the following: (1) consumer electronic equipment; (2) computers; (3) office machines; (4) communication equipment; and (5) other electronic and precision equipment and instruments, without retailing these products as new. Establishments in this industry repair items, such as microscopes, radar and sonar equipment, televisions, stereos, video recorders, computers, fax machines, photocopying machines, two-way radios, cellular telephones, and other communications equipment, scientific instruments, and medical equipment.

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:

• Selling, installing, and monitoring home security systems are classified in U.S. Industry 561621, Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths).
• Installing alarm systems (e.g., fire, burglar), without selling or monitoring services are classified in Industry 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors.
• Retailing new computers, computer peripherals, televisions, and other consumer electronics and also providing repair services are classified in Industry 449210, Electronics and Appliance Retailers.
• Selling wireless communication service plans and cellular telephones, as agents for wireless telecommunications carriers and resellers, and also providing repair services are classified in U.S. Industry 517122, Agents for Wireless Telecommunications Services.
• Rewinding armatures and rebuilding electric motors on a factory basis are classified in U.S. Industry 335312, Motor and Generator Manufacturing.
• Factory rebuilding or overhauling of electronic and precision equipment are classified in the Manufacturing sector by type of equipment.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Phone or computer repair shop

Activities listed under 811210

The Census index assigns these 37 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Broadcast equipment repair and maintenance services
• Camera repair shops without retailing new cameras
• Cellular telephone repair and maintenance services without retailing new cellular telephones
• Communication equipment repair and maintenance services
• Computer peripheral equipment repair and maintenance, without retailing new computer peripheral equipment
• Computer repair and maintenance services, without retailing new computers
• Consumer electronics repair and maintenance services without retailing new consumer electronics
• Dental equipment repair and maintenance services
• Diagnostic imaging equipment repair and maintenance services
• Electrical measuring instrument repair and maintenance services
• Facsimile machine repair and maintenance services
• Fax machine repair and maintenance services
• Laboratory instrument repair and maintenance services
• Laptop repair and maintenance services, without retailing new laptops
• Measuring instrument repair and maintenance services
• Medical and surgical equipment repair and maintenance services
• Meteorological instrument repair and maintenance services
• Navigational instruments (e.g., radar, sonar) repair and maintenance services
• Office machine repair and maintenance services
• Optical instrument repair and maintenance services (e.g., microscopes, telescopes)
• Photocopying machine repair and maintenance services without retailing new photocopying machines
• Photographic equipment repair shops without retailing new photographic equipment
• Precision equipment calibration
• Public address system repair and maintenance services
• Radar and sonar equipment repair and maintenance services
• Radio repair and maintenance services without retailing new radios
• Radio repair, automotive, without retailing new
• Stereo equipment repair shops without retailing new stereo equipment
• Surgical instrument repair and maintenance services
• Surveying instrument repair and maintenance services
• Tablet repair and maintenance services, without retailing new tablets
• Telephone equipment repair and maintenance services without retailing new telephone equipment
• Television repair services without retailing new televisions
• Two-way radio repair and maintenance services
• Typewriter repair and maintenance services
• Video cassette recorder (VCR) repair services without retailing new video cassette recorders
• Weighing equipment (e.g., balance, scales) repair and maintenance services

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 811210

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 811210, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 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: 3313, 9512, 9521, 3312, 9511), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 33120Repair of machineryUK SIC
• 33130Repair of electronic and optical equipmentUK SIC
• 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipmentUK SIC
• 95120Repair of communication equipmentUK SIC
• 95210Repair of consumer electronicsUK SIC

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