Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
What this code covers
Use this group for the broader activity area of retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, including Retail sale of fruit and vegetables, Retail sale of meat and meat products, and Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
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.
- Retail sale of fruit and vegetables
- Retail sale of meat and meat products
- Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
- Retail sale of bread, cake and confectionery
- This group excludes food and beverage processing and manufacturing activities, see divisions 10 and 11.
- Compare with 10, 11, 47.1 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 group excludes food and beverage processing and manufacturing activities, see divisions 10 and 11.
- - Retail sale of fruit and vegetables
- - Retail sale of meat and meat products
- - Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
- - Retail sale of bread, cake and confectionery
- - Activities primarily classified as non-specialised retail sale
- - Activities primarily classified as retail sale of automotive fuel
- - Activities primarily classified as retail sale of information and communication equipment
- - Activities primarily classified as retail sale of other household equipment
What is NACE 47.2 used for?
Use NACE 47.2 for retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco when the main activity matches this scope: Use this group for the broader activity area of retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, including Retail sale of fruit and vegetables, Retail sale of meat and meat products, and Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
What are typical examples for 47.2?
Typical examples include Retail sale of fruit and vegetables, Retail sale of meat and meat products, and Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
When might 47.2 not be the right code?
Review another code when the activity is closer to This group excludes food and beverage processing and manufacturing activities, see divisions 10 and 11..
Which codes should I compare before choosing 47.2?
Compare 47.2 with 10 Manufacture of food products, 11 Manufacture of beverages, and 47.1 Non-specialised retail sale when the activity description is ambiguous.
Use this division for manufacture of food products when the main activity includes This division is organised by activities dealing with different kinds of products: meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, fats and oils, milk products, grain mill products, animal feed and other food products. Production can be carried out for own account, as well as for third parties, as in custom slaughtering. and Some activities are considered manufacturing even though there is retail sale of the products in the producers’ own shop (for example, those activities performed in bakeries, pastry shops and prepared meat shops which sell their own production). However, where the processing is minimal and does not lead to a real transformation, the unit is classified to section G.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for manufacture of beverages when the main activity includes Manufacture of beverages. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this group for non-specialised retail sale when the main activity includes Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco and Other non-specialised retail sale. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this group for the broader activity area of retail sale of automotive fuel, including Retail sale of automotive fuel. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
Use this group for the broader activity area of retail sale of information and communication equipment, including Retail sale of information and communication equipment. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
Use this group for retail sale of other household equipment when the main activity includes Retail sale of textiles and Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paints and glass. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for retail sale of fruit and vegetables when the main activity includes Retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, including cut fresh fruits and vegetables and Retail sale of dried and preserved fruits and vegetables. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for retail sale of meat and meat products when the main activity includes Retail sale of meat and meat products, including poultry and game and Retail sale of tripe, delicatessen (charcuterie), salted meat. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs when the main activity includes Retail sale of fish, seafood, seafood products and preparations thereof and Retail sale of algae and seaweed. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for retail sale of bread, cake and confectionery when the main activity includes Retail sale of bread and rolls baked on the premises from pre-baked products and Retail sale by automatic machines of ready-to-eat bread prepared by the machine itself. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this division for retail trade when the main activity includes The classification of retail sale activities is done based on traded goods and not according to the way of selling (in-store, online, via stalls and markets, and so on). Retail sale activities are divided into specialised retail sale activities (groups 47.2 to 47.8) and non-specialised retail sale activities (group 47.1). and Retail sale includes the retail sale of second-hand goods (class 47.79). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold.. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Rev. 2 code 47.2 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 47.2 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, 47.9 Intermediation service activities for retail sale.
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 47.8 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 47.1 Non-specialised retail sale, 47.2 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, 47.4 Retail sale of information and communication equipment, 47.5 Retail sale of other household equipment, 47.6 Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods, 47.7 Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles.
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 47.9 can map to more than one Rev. 2.1 class: 47.1 Non-specialised retail sale, 47.2 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, 47.4 Retail sale of information and communication equipment, 47.5 Retail sale of other household equipment, 47.6 Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods, 47.7 Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles, 47.9 Intermediation service activities for retail sale, 60.3 News agency and other content distribution 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.