FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES
What this code covers
Use this section for fINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66).. 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 is a top-level section with no parent code.
- This section includes financial service activities, insurance activities and financial auxiliary activities, regardless of the technologies used to conduct these activities or support services.
- Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66).
- This section also includes activities of holding assets, such as the activities of holding companies and financing conduits and the activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities (division 64), as well as the activities of reinsurance and pension funds (division 65).
- This section excludes support activities to financial services that are not financial in nature (for example, IT services supporting banking activities).
- Compare with A, B, C 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.
- If the main revenue activity appears in an exclusion, compare the alternative code before deciding.
Use this guide as classification support, not legal, tax, filing, or regulatory advice.
- - This section includes financial service activities, insurance activities and financial auxiliary activities, regardless of the technologies used to conduct these activities or support services.
- - Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66).
- - This section also includes activities of holding assets, such as the activities of holding companies and financing conduits and the activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities (division 64), as well as the activities of reinsurance and pension funds (division 65).
- - This section excludes support activities to financial services that are not financial in nature (for example, IT services supporting banking activities).
- - Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66).
- - Activities primarily classified as aGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING
- - Activities primarily classified as mINING AND QUARRYING
- - Activities primarily classified as mANUFACTURING
- - Activities primarily classified as eLECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY
What is NACE L used for?
Use NACE L for financial and insurance activities when the main activity matches this scope: Use this section for fINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66).. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
What are typical examples for L?
Typical examples include Three principal types of activities are classified in this section: raising, obtaining and providing funding (division 64); pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities (division 65); and providing specialised services facilitating or supporting financial or insurance service activities (division 66)..
When might L not be the right code?
Review another code when the activity is closer to This section excludes support activities to financial services that are not financial in nature (for example, IT services supporting banking activities)..
Which codes should I compare before choosing L?
Compare L with A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING, B MINING AND QUARRYING, and C MANUFACTURING when the activity description is ambiguous.
Use this section for aGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING when the main activity includes Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities and Forestry and logging. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this section for mINING AND QUARRYING when the main activity includes Mining and quarrying include the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas). Extraction can be achieved by different methods (for example, underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining). and Mining activities are classified into divisions, groups and classes on the basis of the principal mineral produced. Divisions 05 and 06 are concerned with mining and quarrying of fossil fuels (coal, lignite, petroleum, gas); divisions 07 and 08 concern metal ores, various minerals and quarry products.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this section for mANUFACTURING when the main activity includes The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for use or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for further manufacturing. For example, the output of alumina refining is the input used in the primary production of aluminium; primary aluminium is the input to aluminium wire drawing; aluminium wire is the input for the manufacture of fabricated wire products. and Manufacture of specialised components and parts of, and accessories and attachments to machinery and equipment is, as a general rule, classified in the same class as the manufacture of the machinery and equipment for which the parts and accessories are intended. Manufacture of unspecialised components and parts of machinery and equipment (for example, engines, pistons, electric motors, electrical assemblies, valves, gears, roller bearings, is classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing, without regard to the machinery and equipment in which these items may be included.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this section for eLECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY when the main activity includes This section therefore includes the operation of electricity and gas utilities. and The section also includes heating and cooling (for example, steam and air conditioning supply) through a permanent network.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding when the main activity includes Monetary intermediation and Activities of holding companies and financing conduits. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security when the main activity includes Insurance and Reinsurance. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities when the main activity includes These services can be provided via/in different media/ways, including over the internet.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Rev. 2 code K maps to L FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES, but the relationship is scope-aligned rather than a simple unchanged code.
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.