926150 Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors

Official definition

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the regulation, licensing, and inspection of commercial sectors, such as retail trade, professional occupations, manufacturing, mining, construction, and services. Included in this industry are government establishments maintaining physical standards, regulating hazardous conditions not elsewhere classified, and enforcing alcoholic beverage control regulations.

Examples Census gives

• Alcoholic beverage control boards, public administration
• Labor management negotiations boards, government
• Banking regulatory agencies, public administration
• Licensing and permit issuance for business operations, government
• Building inspections, government
• Licensing and permit issuance for professional occupations, government
• Insurance commissions, government
• Securities regulation commissions, public administration

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 regulating, administering, and inspecting transportation services and facilities are classified in Industry 926120, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in regulating, administering, and inspecting communications, electric, gas, and other utilities are classified in Industry 926130, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating liquor stores are classified in Industry 445320, Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers.
• Establishments primarily engaged in operating as branches or banks of the Federal Reserve are classified in Industry 521110, Monetary Authorities-Central Bank.

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

Activities listed under 926150

The Census index assigns these 21 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alcoholic beverage control boards
• Banking regulatory agencies
• Building inspections, government
• Conciliation and mediation services, government
• Health professions licensure agencies
• Hospital licensure agencies
• Inspection for labor standards
• Insurance commissions, government
• Labor management negotiations boards, government
• Licensing and permit issuance for business operations, government
• Licensing and permit issuance for professional occupations, government
• Mediation and conciliation services, government
• Minimum wage program administration
• Occupational safety and health administration
• Occupational safety and health standards agencies
• Pet licensing
• Price control agencies
• Rent control agencies
• Securities regulation commissions
• Standards, setting and management, agencies, government
• Wage control 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: 8413), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 84130Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businessesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 926110Administration of General Economic Programs
• 926120Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs
• 926130Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities
• 926140Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities