2022 NAICS national industry in sector 92 Public Administration
923120 Administration of Public Health Programs
NAICS 923120 is the US industry code for administration of public health programs. It covers government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of public health programs and services, including environmental health activities, mental health, categorical health programs, health statistics, and immunization services.
- Code
- 923120 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Administration of Public Health Programs
- Part of
- Administration of Human Resource Programs
- SBA small business limit
- No SBA size standard is listed for this code.
- Closest UK SIC
- 84110, 84120 (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 government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of public health programs and services, including environmental health activities, mental health, categorical health programs, health statistics, and immunization services. Government establishments primarily engaged in conducting public health-related inspections are included in this industry.
Examples Census gives
- Communicable disease program administration, public administration
- Mental health program administration, public administration
- Coroners' offices, public administration
- Public health program administration, nonoperating, public administration
- Health program administration, public administration
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Operating hospitals (i.e., government or military) are classified in Subsector 622, Hospitals.
- Providing health care in a clinical setting (i.e., military or government clinics) are classified in Subsector 621, Ambulatory Health Care Services.
- Inspecting food, plants, animals, and other agriculture products are classified in Industry 926140, Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities.
Activities listed under 923120
The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Cancer detection program administration
- Communicable disease program administration
- Community health programs administration
- Coroners' offices
- Environmental health program administration
- Food service health inspections
- Health planning and development agencies, government
- Health program administration
- Health statistics centers, government
- Immunization program administration
- Maternity and child health program administration
- Mental health program administration
- Public health program administration, nonoperating
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, 8412), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 84110General public administration activitiesUK SIC
- 84120Regulation of health care, education, cultural and other social services, not incl. social securityUK 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.