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

NAICS 516120 — Television Broadcasting Stations

Television Broadcasting Stations

NAICS 516120 is the national industry code for television broadcasting stations establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of $47.0 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: $47.0 View full SBA standard

Exclusions & Cross-References

Activities classified under other official NAICS codes:

broadcasting television programs in a defined and limited format via operators of cable and satellite distribution systems (See 516211 Pay and specialty television (CAN))
delivering programs to subscribers by cable or satellite systems (See 517310 Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) (CAN))
producing television programs without broadcasting (See 512110 Motion picture and video production (US))

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

public broadcasting, television, over the airwaves transmission television broadcasting stations, over the airwaves transmission

Complete Index of Activities (5 recognized activities) ▼

integrated radio and television broadcasting system (primarily television), over the airwaves transmission

public broadcasting, television, over the airwaves transmission

studio operation, television, over the airwaves transmission

television broadcasting stations, over the airwaves transmission

television programming originating in their own studios, from an affiliated network or from external sources

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/