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EF/ TRI Logo Column Name: NAICS_CODES


Description: The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code or codes that best describes the activities conducted at the facility or establishment. A possibility of 6 NAICS codes may be stored within this field. All NAICS codes reported on the Form R or Form A are sorted from lowest to highest, concatenated into one text string and stored in this field. The order of the NAICS codes in the text string may NOT be in the same as the order they were entered on the form. For example: On the form, the NAICS codes may appear in this order 1) 325193 2) 325998 3) 325199 4) 325113. However, the value of this data element would be 3251133251932325199325998.

If you are searching for a form with a specific PRIMARY NAICS code, do not use this data element in your search criteria. It will not indicate the Primary NAICS code. Instead use the PRIMARY_NAICS_CODE data element.

If your are searching for a form that had a NAICS reported as either the primary OR a secondary NAICS code, then use this data element in your search. If other words, if it doesn't matter whether the NAICS code you are searching for, is a primary or secondary NAICS code, use this data element in your search.

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