Sectors of activity and NACE codes

The sector abbreviations used in this database have been created in view of classifying companies by the area of interest of the different European Industry Federations that co-ordinate EWC activities.

Each sector corresponds to a number of NACE codes.

Sector abbreviations	NACE codes distributed over the sector of activity groups
Metal	28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Chemicals	10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 37
Services	22, 50, 51, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 92, 93
Food, hotel catering	1, 5, 15, 16, 55
Building and wood	2, 20, 36, 40, 41, 45
Textile	17, 18, 19
Transport	60, 61, 62
Public services	75, 80, 85
Other	91, 95, 99

NACE codes form a common basis for statistical classification of economic activities within the European Union. NACE stands for "Nomenclature générale des Activités économiques dans les Communautés européennes". More information can be found on the Eurostat page.

NACE	Description
01	Agriculture, hunting & related activities
02	Forestry, logging & related service activities
05	Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries & fish farms; service activities incidental to fishing
10	Mining of coal & lignite; extraction of peat
11	Extraction of crude petroleum & natural gas; service activities incidental to oil & gas extraction
12	Mining of uranium & thorium ores
13	Mining of metal ores
14	Other mining and quarrying
15	Manufacture of food products & beverages
16	Manufacture of tobacco products
17	Manufacture of textiles
18	Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur
19	Tanning & dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness & footwear
20	Manufacture of wood & products of wood & cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw
21	Manufacture of pulp, paper & paper products
22	Publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media
23	Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products & nuclear fuel
24	Manufacture of chemicals & chemical products
25	Manufacture of rubber & plastic products
26	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
27	Manufacture of basic metals
28	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery & equipment
29	Manufacture of machinery & equipment not elsewhere classified
30	Manufacture of office machinery & computers
31	Manufacture of electrical machinery & apparatus not elsewhere classified
32	Manufacture of radio, television & communication equipment & apparatus
33	Manufacture of medical, precision & optical instruments, watches & clocks
34	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers & semi-trailers
35	Manufacture of other transport equipment
36	Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing not elsewhere classified
37	Recycling
40	Electricity, gas, steam & hot water supply
41	Collection, purification & distribution of water
45	Construction
50	Sale, maintenance & repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel
51	Wholesale trade & commission trade, except of motor vehicles & motorcycles
52	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles & motorcycles; repair of personal & household goods
55	Hotels & restaurants
60	Land transport; transport via pipelines
61	Water transport
62	Air transport
63	Supporting & auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agents
64	Post & telecommunications
65	Financial intermediation, except insurance & pension funding
66	Insurance & pension funding, except compulsory social security
67	Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation
70	Real estate activities
71	Renting of machinery & equipment without operator and of personal & household goods
72	Computer & related activities
73	Research & development
74	Other business activities
75	Public administration & defence; compulsory social security
80	Education
85	Health & social work
90	Sewage & refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities
91	Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified
92	Recreational, cultural & sporting activities
93	Other service activities
95	Private households with employed persons
99	Extra-territorial organisations & bodies