NAICS 2022 nationalIndustry USA Verified: Census NAICS 2022 · 2026-01-01
323120
NAICS 323120 — Support Activities for Printing
Support Activities for Printing
NAICS 323120 is the national industry code for support activities for printing establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of 550 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.
SBA: 550
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Official Illustrative Examples
Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:
book gilding, bronzing, edging, deckling, embossing and gold stamping, for the trade bookbinding, without printing colour separation services, for the printing trade engraving printing plates, for the printing trades photoengraving plate preparation services platemaking, for the printing trades postpress services (e.g., bevelling, binding, bronzing, edging, foil stamping), on printed products prepress printing services (e.g., colour separation, imagesetting, photocomposition, typesetting) screens for printing, preparation services typesetting (i.e., computer-controlled, hand, machine), for the printing trade
Complete Index of Activities (34 recognized activities) ▼
binderies (i.e., bookbinding shops)
book gilding, bronzing, edging, deckling, embossing and gold stamping, for the trade
bookbinding including book repairing
bookbinding, without printing
colour separation services, for the printing trade
deckling printed products (e.g., books, playing cards), for the trade
electronic prepress services for the printing trade
electrotype plate preparation services
embossing plate preparation services
engraving printing plates, for the printing trades
flexographic plate preparation services
gold stamping books, for the trade
gravure plates and cylinders preparation services
imagesetting services, pre-press
letterpress plate preparation services
lithographic plate preparation services
miscellaneous activities related to printing, such as punching and drilling, folding, embossing
offset plate preparation services
pamphlets and magazines, binding without printing
photocomposition services, for the printing trades
photoengraving plate preparation services
phototypesetting services
platemaking, for the printing trades
postpress services (e.g., bevelling, binding, bronzing, edging, foil stamping), on printed products
prepress printing services (e.g., colour separation, imagesetting, photocomposition, typesetting)
pre-press services to printers
printing plate preparation services
printing postpress services (e.g., bevelling, binding, bronzing, edging, foil stamping)
rebinding books, magazines, or pamphlets
rotogravure printing plates and cylinders preparation services
screens for printing, preparation services
swatches and samples, mounting for the trade
trade binding services
typesetting (i.e., computer-controlled, hand, machine), for the printing trade
Official data
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Official name | North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022 |
| Issuing authority | U.S. Census Bureau with OMB, Statistics Canada, and INEGI |
| Tax authority | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) |
| Purpose | Statistical business classification and federal contracting (SAM.gov, SBA standards) |
| Used in | SAM.gov registration, SBA size determinations, IRS tax classification, SEC EDGAR (via SIC crosswalk) |
| Active since | 2022 (current edition) |
| Hierarchy level | Sector (2-digit) |
| Source | https://www.census.gov/naics/ |
NAICS hierarchy path
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Cross-references & crosswalks
SBA size standard description
Support Activities for Printing
Changes to receipts-based standard: [object Object]
Trade codes using this NAICS
These Schedule B export codes explicitly reference NAICS 323120 in the Census trade classification files.