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NAICS 517410 — Satellite Telecommunications

Satellite Telecommunications

NAICS 517410 is the national industry code for satellite telecommunications establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of $44.0 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: $44.0 View full SBA standard

Official Inclusions

providing services to individual customers that are beyond the reach of terrestrial networks (e.g., high speed Internet)
serving a business clientele (telecommunication carriers, private business networks, broadcasters)

Exclusions & Cross-References

Activities classified under other official NAICS codes:

broadcasting radio or television programs exclusively on Internet (See 519290 Web search portals and all other information services)
delivering television and radio programs to subscribers by a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite system (See 517310 Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) (CAN))
distributing radio programs on a subscription basis by satellite (See 516110 Radio broadcasting stations)

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

satellite service resellers satellite telephone services very small aperture terminal (VSAT) services

Complete Index of Activities (9 recognized activities) ▼

fixed-to-mobile satellite services

providing services to individual customers that are beyond the reach of terrestrial networks (e.g., high speed Internet)

resellers, satellite telecommunications

satellite communication service

satellite service resellers

satellite telephone services

serving a business clientele (telecommunication carriers, private business networks, broadcasters)

telephone communications carriers, satellite

very small aperture terminal (VSAT) services

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/