NAICS 519290 — Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services

NAICS 519290 is the national industry code for web search portals and all other information services 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 telephone based information recordings or searching and retrieving information on a contract basis

Exclusions & Cross-References

Activities classified under other official NAICS codes:

developing databases for the purpose of credit reporting (See 56145 Credit bureaus)
formatting content, provided by a customer, for streaming and providing infrastructure support on behalf of the content owner, generally on a contract or fee basis (See 518210 Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services)
operating archives (See 519212 Archives (CAN))
operating libraries (See 519211 Libraries (CAN))
operating news syndicates (See 51621 Media streaming distribution services, and other media networks and content providers)
providing Internet access (See 517 Telecommunications)
publishing and distributing own-account content created or owned, including gaming site publishers (See 513212 Video game publishers (CAN))
retailing new and used goods using the Internet (See 44-45 Retail trade)
traditional or combined broadcasting (See 516 Broadcasting and content providers)

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

Internet search portal and websites, operating news and press clipping service stock photo agencies or libraries web search portals, operating

Complete Index of Activities (9 recognized activities) ▼

customized research, information on a contract or fee basis

Internet search portal and websites, operating

Internet search portals, operating

Internet search web sites

news and press clipping service

providing telephone based information recordings or searching and retrieving information on a contract basis

stock photo agencies or libraries

telephone-based recorded information services

web search portals, operating

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/