921190 Other General Government Support

Official definition

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in providing general support for government. Such support services include personnel services, election boards, and other general government support establishments that are not classified elsewhere in public administration.

Examples Census gives

• Civil rights commissions
• Personnel offices, government
• Civil service commissions
• Supply agencies, government
• General services departments, government

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:

• Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as offices of chief executives and their advisory committees and commissions are classified in Industry 921110, Executive Offices.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as legislative bodies and their advisory committees and commissions are classified in Industry 921120, Legislative Bodies.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in providing administration of public finance, tax collection, and monetary policy programs are classified in Industry 921130, Public Finance Activities.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in serving as combined executive and legislative offices are classified in Industry 921140, Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined.
• Establishments primarily engaged in serving as American Indian or Alaska Native tribal leadership are classified in Industry 921150, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments.

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

Activities listed under 921190

The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Auditor's offices, government
• Civil rights commissions
• Civil service commissions
• Election boards
• General accounting offices, government
• General public administration
• General services departments, government
• Human rights commissions, government
• Indian affairs programs, government
• Personnel offices, government
• Public property management services, government
• Purchasing and supply agencies, government
• Supply agencies, government

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

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: 8411), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 84110General public administration activitiesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 921110Executive Offices
• 921120Legislative Bodies
• 921130Public Finance Activities
• 921140Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined
• 921150American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments