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

NAICS 532490 — Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing

Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing

NAICS 532490 is the national industry code for other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of $40.0 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: $40.0 View full SBA standard

Exclusions & Cross-References

Activities classified under other official NAICS codes:

leasing and providing loans to buyers of goods and equipment, or to vendors and dealers to finance their inventories (See 522220 Sales financing (US))
medical equipment for home use, rental (See 532280 All other consumer goods rental (CAN))
renting home furniture (See 532280 All other consumer goods rental (CAN))
renting or leasing agricultural machinery and equipment, with operator (See 115 Support activities for agriculture and forestry)
renting or leasing heavy equipment without operator (See 532410 Construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing (CAN))
renting or leasing office machinery and equipment (See 532420 Office machinery and equipment rental and leasing)

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

agricultural machinery and equipment rental industrial machinery and equipment, rental and leasing materials handling machinery and equipment, rental medical equipment rental and leasing, commercial and industrial metalworking machinery and equipment rental motion picture equipment rental painting equipment rental theatrical equipment (except costumes), rental

Complete Index of Activities (45 recognized activities) ▼

agricultural machinery and equipment rental

coin-operated machine leasing

communications equipment rental and leasing

compressors, air and gas, rental

construction signs rental

diesel generators, rental

farm equipment rental or leasing

garbage dumpster, rental and leasing

industrial machinery and equipment, rental and leasing

industrial truck rental and leasing

lease and rent air compressor units

leasing of industrial machinery and equipment

lottery terminal equipment, leasing and maintenance

materials handling machinery and equipment, rental

medical equipment rental and leasing, commercial and industrial

metalworking machinery and equipment rental

motion picture equipment rental

offshore tool rental

painting equipment rental

plumbing equipment rental

projection equipment rental

public address system rental

rent commercial sound equipment

rental agency, theatrical equipment (except costumes)

rental and sales of public address systems

rental of coin-operated machines

rental of industrial machinery and equipment

rental of listening kioks used in music store

rental of mobile radio systems

rental of public address equipment (p.a.)

rental of theatrical scenery

renting amusement equipment (except coin-operated)

restaurant equipment, rental and leasing

sawmill machinery rental service

sound and lighting equipment rental

studio property rental for motion picture film production

temporary road signs, rental

textile machinery rental or leasing

theatrical equipment (except costumes), rental

therapeutic equipment rental, non-consumer

vending machines, rental only

vibrating beds or chairs, rental

vibrating devices (e.g., safety apparatus, technical aids, massagers), rental

welding equipment, rental

woodworking machinery and equipment rental

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/