ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES
What this code covers
Use this section for aDMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Rental and leasing activities and Employment activities. 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 a variety of activities that support general business operations. These activities differ from those in section N since their primary purpose is not the transfer of specialised knowledge.
- 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 a variety of activities that support general business operations. These activities differ from those in section N since their primary purpose is not the transfer of specialised knowledge.
- - Rental and leasing activities
- - Employment activities
- - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities
- - Investigation and security activities
- - 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 O used for?
Use NACE O for administrative and support service activities when the main activity matches this scope: Use this section for aDMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES when the main activity includes Rental and leasing activities and Employment activities. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
What are typical examples for O?
Typical examples include Rental and leasing activities, Employment activities, and Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities.
When might O 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 O?
Compare O 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 rental and leasing activities when the main activity includes Rental and leasing of motor vehicles and Rental and leasing of personal and household goods. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for employment activities when the main activity includes Personnel search and placement activities and Activities of theatrical casting agencies. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities when the main activity includes Activities of tourist guides and for tourism promotion and Intermediation services for travel. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for investigation and security activities when the main activity includes Investigation services in private, commercial, corporate, insurance and criminal law for the exercise of rights in court and Guard and patrol services. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Rev. 2 code F can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: F CONSTRUCTION, M REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES, O ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES, S ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION.
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 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.
Rev. 2 code N can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: C MANUFACTURING, F CONSTRUCTION, G WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE, I ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES, K TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES, O ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES, Q EDUCATION, R HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES, S ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION, T OTHER 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.