NAICS 2022 nationalIndustry ** USA Verified: Census NAICS 2022 · 2026-01-01

NAICS 513140 — Directory and Mailing List Publishers

Directory and Mailing List Publishers

NAICS 513140 is the national industry code for directory and mailing list publishers establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of 1,000 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: 1,000 View full SBA standard

Official Inclusions

providing electronic versions of directories and mailing lists directly to customers by the establishment or third party vendors
publishing directories and mailing lists in one or more formats such as print, electronic form or online

Exclusions & Cross-References

Activities classified under other official NAICS codes:

designing, developing and publishing computer software products (See 51321 Software publishers)
duplicating electronic media, such as CD-ROMs and DVDs (See 334610 Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media (MEX))
printing, but not publishing, business directories, telephone books and similar products (See 32311 Printing)
providing online access to databases developed by others (See 519290 Web search portals and all other information services)
publishing encyclopedias (See 513130 Book publishers (US))

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

address and mailing list compilers directories, publishing electronic database (machine readable) publishing telephone directories, publishing

Complete Index of Activities (19 recognized activities) ▼

address and mailing list compilers

address list, publishers or publishing

address list, publishing and printing combined

business directory, publishing and printing combined

catalogue of collections, publishing

catalogue of collections, publishing and printing combined

compiling mailing lists

directories, publishing

directories, publishing and printing combined

directory (e.g., business, telephone), publishing or publisher

directory publishing exclusively on Internet (e.g., telephone, business)

electronic database (machine readable) publishing

Internet domain registration services

providing electronic versions of directories and mailing lists directly to customers by the establishment or third party vendors

publishing directories and mailing lists in one or more formats such as print, electronic form or online

shipping register, publishing

shipping register, publishing and printing combined

telephone directories, publishing

telephone directories, publishing and printing combined

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/