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2012 Edition

national industry 518210

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing infrastructure for hosting or data processing services. These establishments may provide specialized hosting activities, such as web hosting, streaming services or application hosting; provide application service provisioning; or may provide general time- share mainframe facilities to clients. Data processing establishments provide complete processing and specialized reports from data supplied by clients or provide automated data processing and data entry services.

The immediate parent of national industry 518210 is international industry 51821: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Application hosting Optical scanning services
  • Application service providers Web hosting
  • Computer data storage services Video and audio streaming service Computer input preparation services Microfilm imaging services Computer time rental

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Providing text processing and related document preparation activities:are classified in Industry 561410, Document Preparation Services;
  • Providing on-site management and operation of a client's data-processing facilities:are classified in U.S. Industry 541513, Computer Facilities Management Services;
  • Providing wired broadband Internet access services using own operated telecommunications infrastructure, in combination with web hosting:are classified in Industry 517110, Wired Telecommunications Carriers;
  • Providing Internet access via client-supplied telecommunications connections in combination with web hosting:are classified in U.S. Industry 517919, All Other Telecommunications;
  • Operating web search portals:are classified in U.S. Industry 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals;
  • Providing access to computers and office equipment, as well as other office support services:are classified in Industry 56143, Business Service Centers;
  • Processing financial transactions, such as credit card transactions:are classified in Industry 522320, Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities; and
  • Providing payroll processing services:are classified in U.S. Industry 541214, Payroll Services.

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 518210
2007 518210
2012 518210
2017 518210
2022 518210

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services:

  1. application service provider
  2. computer and datum processing
  3. computer and datum processing service computer sale retailstore
  4. computer datum processing
  5. computer datum processing operation
  6. computer datum processing time sharing
  7. computer datum processing timesharing
  8. computer processing and datum preparation and processing service
  9. computer processing and datum processing
  10. computer related service not otherwise classified
  11. datum processing
  12. datum processing centre
  13. datum processing hosting and related service
  14. datum processing service hosting and related service
  15. duplication and replication service of negative prerecorded audio video or datum
  16. duplication and replication service of prerecorded audio video or datum
  17. electronic datum processing time sharing
  18. hosting service
  19. information
  20. microfilming

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