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2012 Edition

national industry 813920

Professional Organizations

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in promoting the professional interests of their members and the profession as a whole. These establishments may conduct research; develop statistics; sponsor quality and certification standards; lobby public officials; or publish newsletters, books, or periodicals, for distribution to their members.

The immediate parent of national industry 813920 is international industry 81392: Professional Organizations

Illustrative Examples

  • Bar associations Learned societies Dentists' associations Peer review boards Engineers' associations
  • Professional standards review boards Health professionals' associations Scientists' associations

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Promoting the business interests of their members:are classified in Industry 813910, Business Associations; and
  • Lobbying public officials (i.e., lobbyists):are classified in Industry 541820, Public Relations Agencies.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 813920 - Accountants' associations
  2. 813920 - Architects' associations
  3. 813920 - Bar associations
  4. 813920 - Consultants' associations
  5. 813920 - Dentists' associations
  6. 813920 - Dietitians' associations
  7. 813920 - Educators' associations
  8. 813920 - Engineers' associations
  9. 813920 - Health professionals' associations
  10. 813920 - Hospital administrators' associations
  11. 813920 - Learned societies
  12. 813920 - Medical associations
  13. 813920 - Nurses' associations
  14. 813920 - Occupational therapists' associations
  15. 813920 - Optometrists' associations
  16. 813920 - Peer review boards
  17. 813920 - Personnel management associations
  18. 813920 - Pharmacists' associations
  19. 813920 - Professional associations
  20. 813920 - Professional membership associations
  21. 813920 - Professional standards review boards
  22. 813920 - Psychologists' associations
  23. 813920 - Scientific associations
  24. 813920 - Social workers' associations
  25. 813920 - Standards review committees, professional

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 813920
2007 813920
2012 813920
2017 813920
2022 813920

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 8621 - Professional Membership Organizations

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 813920, Professional Organizations:

  1. association professional
  2. association professional non profit
  3. association professional or trade
  4. business and professional association
  5. business professional labor political and similar organization
  6. other service except public administration
  7. pennsylvania bar association
  8. professional and business association
  9. professional and trade assoc no bldg or prem office only nfp
  10. professional and trade association
  11. professional and trade association no building or premises owned or leased except a office
  12. professional and trade association no building or premises owned or leased except office
  13. professional and trade association no building or premises owned or leased except office nonprofit
  14. professional association no building or premises owned or leased except office
  15. professional association no building or premises owned or leased except office nonprofit
  16. professional membership organization
  17. professional non profit
  18. professional organization
  19. religious grantmaking civic professional and similar organization
  20. therapist inhalation physical etc

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