PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
What this code covers
Use this section for pROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Legal and accounting activities and Activities of head offices and management consultancy. 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 specialised professional, scientific and technical activities. These activities require a high degree of training and make specialised knowledge and skills available to users.
- 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
- 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.
Use this guide as classification support, not legal, tax, filing, or regulatory advice.
- - This section includes specialised professional, scientific and technical activities. These activities require a high degree of training and make specialised knowledge and skills available to users.
- - Legal and accounting activities
- - Activities of head offices and management consultancy
- - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
- - Scientific research and development
- - 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 N used for?
Use NACE N for professional, scientific and technical activities when the main activity matches this scope: Use this section for pROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Legal and accounting activities and Activities of head offices and management consultancy. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
What are typical examples for N?
Typical examples include Legal and accounting activities, Activities of head offices and management consultancy, and Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis.
When might N 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 N?
Compare N 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 legal and accounting activities when the main activity includes The activities of this division may also be provided online. and It also includes the preparation of legal documents (for example, articles of incorporation, partnership agreements or similar documents in connection with company formation, patents and copyrights, preparation of deeds, wills, trusts, and so on) as well as other activities of public notaries, civil law notaries, bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for activities of head offices and management consultancy when the main activity includes The overseeing and managing of other units of the same enterprise or group of enterprises, i.e. the activities of head offices. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis when the main activity includes Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy and Technical testing and analysis. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for scientific research and development when the main activity includes (1) basic research: experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without particular application or use in view; and (2) applied research: original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective; and. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Rev. 2 code M can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: C MANUFACTURING, N PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES, O ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE 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.