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 company is linked to at least one of the main sectors, whereas EWC bodies and agreements are linked to one or more subsectors as defined in the table below. Therefore the search function offers a larger set of sectors for EWC bodies and agreements.
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 |
Subsectors
| NACE | Description |
| Building & Woodwork | Building & Woodwork |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Cement |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Ceramics |
| Chemicals | Chemicals and Plastics |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Energy |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Glass |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Mining |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Oil |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Paper and Pulp |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Pharmaceuticals |
| Chemicals | Chemicals Rubber |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Agriculture |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Brewers |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Chocolate/confectionary |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Dairy |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, other |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Frozen |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Tourism, Hotels |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Meat |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Packed vegetables |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Tourism, Restaurants |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Soft drinks |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Sugar |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Tourism, Contract cleaning |
| Food, Agriculture, Tourism | Food, Wines and Spirits |
| Metal | Metal Aerospace |
| Metal | Metal Automotive |
| Metal | Metal Lifts |
| Metal | Metal Defence |
| Metal | Metal Mechanical engineering |
| Metal | Metal Medical equipment |
| Metal | Metal ICT |
| Metal | Metal Non-ferrous metals |
| Metal | Metal Shipbuilding |
| Metal | Metal Steel |
| Metal | Metal White goods |
| Other | Other or not specified |
| Public Services | Public Services |
| Services | Services Finance, Banking |
| Services | Services Call Centres |
| Services | Services Commerce |
| Services | Services Finance, Insurance |
| Services | Services Media and entertainment |
| Services | Services Graphical, Packaging |
| Services | Property Services, Cleaning |
| Services | Postal services and logistics |
| Services | Services Graphical, Printing |
| Services | Services Graphical, Publishing |
| Services | Property Services, Security |
| Services | Services ICTS, IBITS |
| Services | Services ICTS, Telecom |
| Services | Services Temporary Agencies |
| Services | Services Tourism |
| Textile | Textile |
| Transport | Tpt Aviation & Airport Services |
| Transport | Tpt Global delivery |
| Transport | Tpt Logistics |
| Transport | Tpt Ports |
| Transport | Tpt Urban Transport |
