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2012 Edition

national industry 512230

Music Publishers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions in accordance with law and promoting and authorizing the use of these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print, or other media. Establishments in this industry represent the interests of the songwriter or other owners of musical compositions to produce revenues from the use of such works, generally through licensing agreements. These establishments may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of copyright owners. Publishers of music books and sheet music are included in this industry.

The immediate parent of national industry 512230 is international industry 51223: Music Publishers

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged as independent songwriters who act as their own publishers are classified in Industry 711510, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 512230 - Music book (i.e., bound sheet music) publishers
  2. 512230 - Music book (i.e., bound sheet music) publishers and printing combined
  3. 512230 - Music copyright authorizing use
  4. 512230 - Music copyright buying and licensing
  5. 512230 - Music publishers
  6. 512230 - Music, sheet, publishers and printing combined
  7. 512230 - Publishers, music
  8. 512230 - Sheet music publishers
  9. 512230 - Sheet music publishers and printing combined
  10. 512230 - Song publishers
  11. 512230 - Song publishers and printing combined

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 512230
2007 512230
2012 512230
2017 512230
2022 512230

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2731 - Books: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  2. 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing
  3. 8999 - Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 512230, Music Publishers:

  1. book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  2. book publishing no printing
  3. book publishing or publishing and printing
  4. commercial printing book binding electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  5. commercial printing publishing electrotyping typesetting photo engraving book binding silkscreening
  6. electrotyping book binding commercial printing photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  7. information
  8. miscellaneous publishing
  9. motion picture and sound recording industry
  10. music publisher
  11. music publisher naic
  12. newspaper magazine or book publishing
  13. newspaper magazine or book publishing no printing ca
  14. newspaper magazine or book publishing no printing or
  15. photo engraving book binding commercial printing electrotyping publishing silkscreening typesetting
  16. printing and publishing
  17. printing book or greeting card by publisher or contractor
  18. publisher sheet music including printing
  19. publishing book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving silkscreening typesetting
  20. service not otherwise classified
  21. silkscreening book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing typesetting
  22. sound recording industry
  23. sound recording industry not otherwise classified naic
  24. typesetting book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening

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