Printing and service activities related to printing
What this code covers
Use this group for printing and service activities related to printing when the main activity includes Printing of newspapers and Other printing. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Official NACE Rev. 2.1 labels and explanatory notes are imported from the source dataset. Plain-language explanations are shown separately so readers can compare interpretation with the source text.
- This group includes the printing of products (for example, newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms and greeting cards), printing on T-shirts and other types of material, and associated support activities (for example, bookbinding, plate-making services, data imaging). Printing can be done using various techniques and on different materials.
- Activities primarily classified as reproduction of recorded media
- Compare with 18.2, 18.11, 18.12 when the main activity overlaps another code.
- Review the Rev. 2 to Rev. 2.1 mapping type before migrating old records.
- Check national equivalent caveats before using this code for local registration or filing workflows.
Use this guide as classification support, not legal, tax, filing, or regulatory advice.
- - This group includes the printing of products (for example, newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms and greeting cards), printing on T-shirts and other types of material, and associated support activities (for example, bookbinding, plate-making services, data imaging). Printing can be done using various techniques and on different materials.
- - Printing of newspapers
- - Other printing
- - Pre-press and pre-media services
- - Binding and related services
- - Activities primarily classified as reproduction of recorded media
What is NACE 18.1 used for?
Use NACE 18.1 for printing and service activities related to printing when the main activity matches this scope: Use this group for printing and service activities related to printing when the main activity includes Printing of newspapers and Other printing. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
What are typical examples for 18.1?
Typical examples include Printing of newspapers, Other printing, and Pre-press and pre-media services.
When might 18.1 not be the right code?
No separate exclusion examples are available for this record yet; compare nearby hierarchy records before final selection.
Which codes should I compare before choosing 18.1?
Compare 18.1 with 18.2 Reproduction of recorded media, 18.11 Printing of newspapers, and 18.12 Other printing when the activity description is ambiguous.
Use this group for the broader activity area of reproduction of recorded media, including Reproduction of recorded media. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
Use this class for printing of newspapers when the main activity includes Printing of other periodicals, appearing at least four times a week. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for other printing when the main activity includes Printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week and Printing of books and brochures, music and music manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising, postage stamps, taxation stamps, documents of title, cheques and other security papers, smart cards, albums, diaries, calendars and other commercial printed matter, beer mats, personalised stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic, screen printing, and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for pre-press and pre-media services when the main activity includes Composing, typesetting and phototypesetting, pre-press data input into a form suitable for use in various printing processes and representation in other visual media, including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up and Preparation of data files for multimedia (printing on paper, CD-ROM, the internet) applications. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for binding and related services when the main activity includes Trade binding, sample mounting and post-press services in support of printing activities (e.g. trade binding and finishing of books, brochures, magazines, catalogues), by e.g. folding, cutting and trimming, assembling, stitching, thread sewing, adhesive binding, cutting and cover laying, gluing, collating, basting, gold stamping; spiral binding and plastic wire binding and Binding and finishing of printed paper or printed cardboard, by folding, stamping, drilling, punching, perforating, embossing, sticking, gluing, laminating. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for printing and reproduction of recorded media when the main activity includes The ownership of the input material is irrelevant to the classification of printing and reproduction of recorded media activities. Division 18 covers explicitly the processing activities. and Processes used in printing include a variety of methods for transferring an image from a plate, screen or computer file to a medium (for example, paper, plastics, metal, textile articles, wood). The most prominent of these methods entails the transfer of the image from a plate or screen to the medium through lithographic, gravure, screen or flexographic printing. Often a computer file is used to directly drive the printing mechanism to create the image or electrostatic and other types of equipment (digital or non-impact printing).. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Rev. 2 code 18.1 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 13.3 Finishing of textiles, 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing.
Official close match imported from NACE Rev. 2.1.
Datasets, CRM segments, KYC rules, reporting logic, and historical joins may need review because the activity scope is not a simple unchanged carry-over.
Review the official explanatory notes for each target code and confirm whether the business activity still fits the suggested Rev. 2.1 class.
Rev. 2 code 74.2 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing, 74.2 Photographic activities.
Official close match imported from NACE Rev. 2.1.
Datasets, CRM segments, KYC rules, reporting logic, and historical joins may need review because the activity scope is not a simple unchanged carry-over.
Review the official explanatory notes for each target code and confirm whether the business activity still fits the suggested Rev. 2.1 class.
Rev. 2 code 82.1 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing, 82.1 Office administrative and support activities.
Official close match imported from NACE Rev. 2.1.
Datasets, CRM segments, KYC rules, reporting logic, and historical joins may need review because the activity scope is not a simple unchanged carry-over.
Review the official explanatory notes for each target code and confirm whether the business activity still fits the suggested Rev. 2.1 class.