What is industry classification? Industry Canada offers a useful overview:
"...classification has been developed as a method of grouping businesses that produce the same or similar product and/or services and uses a hierarchical structure, getting more specific at lower levels."
Examples:
NAICS code | Industry |
445 | Food and Beverage Stores |
4452 | Specialty Food Stores |
445220 | Fish and Seafood Markets |
Many of the Library's specialized market research, financial, and government statistics databases allow you to search by industry code as a means of finding information about your industry.
An industry code search can help to find these kinds of information:
Some specialized business databases offer searching by industry code. These include:
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