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

NAICS 533110 — Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)

NAICS 533110 is the national industry code for lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) 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:

leasing equipment and goods (See 532 Rental and leasing services)
leasing real property (See 5311 Lessors of real estate)
reproduction and/or distribution of copyrighted works such as newspapers, periodicals, books, databases, software and multimedia products, film and videos, and musical works (See 51 Information and cultural industries, or 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation)

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

brand-name owners franchises, selling or licensing intellectual property holders (except copyright) inventors, self-employed oil royalty holders patent buying and licensing patent holders trademark lessors

Complete Index of Activities (15 recognized activities) ▼

brand-name owners

franchises, selling or licensing

intellectual property holders (except copyright)

inventors, self-employed

mineral rights, selling and leasing

non-financial intangible assets leasing

oil royalty holders

patent buying and licensing

patent holders

patent leasing

patent owners

trademark copyright licensing

trademark holders

trademark lessors

trademark owners

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/