2022 Edition

national industry 513120

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, including exclusively on the Internet.

The immediate parent of national industry 513120 is international industry 51312: Periodical Publishers

Illustrative Examples

  • Comic book publishers
  • Magazine publishers
  • Scholarly journal publishers
  • Newsletter publishers
  • Trade journal publishers

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in printing periodicals without publishing are classified in Industry 32311, Printing;
  • Establishments, such as trade associations, schools and universities, financial institutions, 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;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in publishing directories and mailing lists are classified in Industry 513140, Directory and Mailing List Publishers;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in streaming periodical content without publishing are classified in Industry 516210, Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers; and
  • Establishments of independent representatives primarily engaged in selling advertising space are classified in Industry 541840, Media Representatives.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 513120 - Advertising periodical publishers
  2. 513120 - Advertising periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  3. 513120 - Advertising periodical publishers and printing combined
  4. 513120 - Advertising periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  5. 513120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers
  6. 513120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  7. 513120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  8. 513120 - Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  9. 513120 - Comic book publishers
  10. 513120 - Comic book publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  11. 513120 - Comic book publishers and printing combined
  12. 513120 - Comic book publishers, exclusively on Internet
  13. 513120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers
  14. 513120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  15. 513120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  16. 513120 - Financial magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  17. 513120 - Internet comic book publishing
  18. 513120 - Internet magazine publishing
  19. 513120 - Internet newsletter publishing
  20. 513120 - Internet periodical publishers
  21. 513120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers
  22. 513120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  23. 513120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  24. 513120 - Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  25. 513120 - Magazine publishers
  26. 513120 - Magazine publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  27. 513120 - Magazine publishers and printing combined
  28. 513120 - Magazine publishers, exclusively on Internet
  29. 513120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers
  30. 513120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  31. 513120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers and printing combined
  32. 513120 - Medical journal and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  33. 513120 - Newsletter publishers
  34. 513120 - Newsletter publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  35. 513120 - Newsletter publishers and printing combined
  36. 513120 - Newsletter publishers, exclusively on Internet
  37. 513120 - Periodical publishers
  38. 513120 - Periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  39. 513120 - Periodical publishers and printing combined
  40. 513120 - Periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  41. 513120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers
  42. 513120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  43. 513120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  44. 513120 - Professional magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  45. 513120 - Publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing), magazine
  46. 513120 - Publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing), periodical
  47. 513120 - Publishers, magazine
  48. 513120 - Publishers, magazine, combined with printing
  49. 513120 - Publishers, periodical
  50. 513120 - Publishers, periodical, combined with printing
  51. 513120 - Radio guide publishers
  52. 513120 - Radio guide publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  53. 513120 - Radio guide publishers and printing combined
  54. 513120 - Radio guide publishers, exclusively on Internet
  55. 513120 - Radio schedule publishers
  56. 513120 - Radio schedule publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  57. 513120 - Radio schedule publishers and printing combined
  58. 513120 - Radio schedule publishers, exclusively on Internet
  59. 513120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers
  60. 513120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  61. 513120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  62. 513120 - Religious magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  63. 513120 - Scholarly journal publishers
  64. 513120 - Scholarly journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  65. 513120 - Scholarly journal publishers and printing combined
  66. 513120 - Scholarly journal publishers, exclusively on Internet
  67. 513120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers
  68. 513120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  69. 513120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  70. 513120 - Scholastic magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  71. 513120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers
  72. 513120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  73. 513120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers and printing combined
  74. 513120 - Scientific journal and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  75. 513120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers
  76. 513120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  77. 513120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  78. 513120 - Technical magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet
  79. 513120 - Television guide publishers
  80. 513120 - Television guide publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  81. 513120 - Television guide publishers and printing combined
  82. 513120 - Television guide publishers, exclusively on Internet
  83. 513120 - Trade journal publishers
  84. 513120 - Trade journal publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  85. 513120 - Trade journal publishers and printing combined
  86. 513120 - Trade journal publishers, exclusively on Internet
  87. 513120 - Trade magazine and periodical publishers
  88. 513120 - Trade magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
  89. 513120 - Trade magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
  90. 513120 - Trade magazine and periodical publishers, exclusively on Internet

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 516110 518112
2007 511120 519130
2012 511120 519130
2017 511120 519130
2022 513120

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

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

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 513120, Periodical Publishers:

  1. book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  2. book publishing no printing
  3. commercial printing book binding electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  4. commercial printing publishing electrotyping typesetting photo engraving book binding silkscreening
  5. electrotyping book binding commercial printing photo engraving publishing silkscreening typesetting
  6. information
  7. internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portal
  8. internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portal naic
  9. magazine and newspaper publishing printing
  10. news agent or distributor
  11. news agent or distributor of magazine or other periodical
  12. news agent or distributor of magazine or other periodical not retail dealer
  13. news agent or distributor of magazine or other periodical not retail dealer and salesperson
  14. newspaper and magazine publishing printing
  15. newspaper magazine or book publishing
  16. newspaper magazine or book publishing no printing ca
  17. newspaper magazine or book publishing no printing or
  18. newspaper periodical book and directory publisher
  19. other information service
  20. periodical distributor
  21. periodical publisher
  22. periodical publishing no printing
  23. periodical publishing or publishing and printing
  24. photo engraving book binding commercial printing electrotyping publishing silkscreening typesetting
  25. printing and publishing
  26. printing publishing newspaper and magazine
  27. publisher book and magazine nfp
  28. publisher book or magazine
  29. publisher database
  30. publisher magazine
  31. publisher magazine nonprofit
  32. publisher other no printing operation
  33. publishing book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving silkscreening typesetting
  34. publishing including printing
  35. publishing industry except internet
  36. publishing printing newspaper and magazine
  37. silkscreening book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing typesetting
  38. typesetting book binding commercial printing electrotyping photo engraving publishing silkscreening

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