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2017 Edition

national industry 511120

Periodical Publishers

Overview

This industry comprises establishments known either as magazine publishers or periodical publishers. These establishments carry out the operations necessary for producing and distributing magazines and other periodicals, such as gathering, writing, and editing articles, and selling and preparing advertisements. These establishments may publish magazines and other periodicals in print or electronic form.

The immediate parent of national industry 511120 is international industry 51112: Periodical Publishers

Illustrative Examples

  • Comic book publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  • Radio and television guide publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  • Magazine publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  • Scholarly journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  • Newsletter publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  • Trade journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments publishing periodicals exclusively on the Internet are classified in Industry 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in printing periodicals without publishing are classified in Industry 32311, Printing;
  • Establishments, such as trade associations, schools and universities, and social welfare organizations, that publish magazines and periodicals for distribution to their membership, but that are not commonly known as periodical publishers, are classified according to their primary activity designation;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in publishing directories and mailing lists are classified in Industry 511140, Directory and Mailing List Publishers; and
  • Establishments of independent representatives primarily engaged in selling advertising space are classified in Industry 541840, Media Representatives.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 511120 - Advertising periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  2. 511120 - Advertising periodical publishers and printing combined
  3. 511120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  4. 511120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  5. 511120 - Comic book publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  6. 511120 - Comic book publishers and printing combined (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  7. 511120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  8. 511120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  9. 511120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  10. 511120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  11. 511120 - Magazine publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  12. 511120 - Magazine publishers and printing combined
  13. 511120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  14. 511120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers and printing combined
  15. 511120 - Newsletter publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  16. 511120 - Newsletter publishers and printing combined (except Internet)
  17. 511120 - Periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  18. 511120 - Periodical publishers and printing combined
  19. 511120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  20. 511120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  21. 511120 - Publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing), magazine
  22. 511120 - Publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing), periodical
  23. 511120 - Publishers, magazine, combined with printing
  24. 511120 - Publishers, periodical, combined with printing
  25. 511120 - Radio guide publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  26. 511120 - Radio guide publishers and printing combined
  27. 511120 - Radio schedule publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  28. 511120 - Radio schedule publishers and printing combined
  29. 511120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  30. 511120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  31. 511120 - Scholarly journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  32. 511120 - Scholarly journal publishers and printing combined
  33. 511120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  34. 511120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  35. 511120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  36. 511120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers and printing combined
  37. 511120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  38. 511120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  39. 511120 - Television guide publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  40. 511120 - Television guide publishers and printing combined
  41. 511120 - Trade journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  42. 511120 - Trade journal publishers and printing combined
  43. 511120 - Trade magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  44. 511120 - Trade magazine and periodical 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 511120
2007 511120
2012 511120
2017 511120
2022 513120

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2721 - Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing

Insurance Industry Mappings

Mappings are not available for this combination of NAICS code and edition.

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