The NACE Handbook · Appendix
Glossary of classifications and statistical institutes
Printable glossary of every classification, EU body and national statistical institute referenced across the NACEBridge Handbook, with plain-language definitions and official sources.
A.1NACEBridge steward
- TΣKSOMΛ | MΛRKET INTΣLLIGENCE
- Market-intelligence practice of the TΣKSOMΛ group; curates the European classification datasets that feed NACEBridge.
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- TΣKSOMΛ Holding
- Short name for TΣKSOMΛ Holding, Lda. — the Portuguese group that stewards NACEBridge.
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- TΣKSOMΛ Holding, Lda.
- Portuguese parent company (Lisbon) that owns and stewards the NACEBridge open-data project.
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- TΣKSOMΛ Technologies
- Technology arm of TΣKSOMΛ Holding; builds, hosts and maintains the NACEBridge platform and its public APIs.
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A.2Classifications
- CPA
- Statistical Classification of Products by Activity — the EU classification of goods and services, derived from and aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ec.europa.eu
- ISIC
- International Standard Industrial Classification — the United Nations global backbone that NACE aligns to at the first two digits.
- Reference page Official source · unstats.un.org
- NACE
- Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community — the EU standard for describing what a business does.
- Reference page Official source · ec.europa.eu
- NACEBridge
- Open bridge between NACE and national activity classifications, maintained by TΣKSOMΛ.
- Reference page
- NAICS
- North American Industry Classification System — used by the US, Canada and Mexico; a common counterpart when comparing EU and North American data.
- Reference page Official source · census.gov
- PRODCOM
- EU industrial production statistics — a detailed product list linked to NACE manufacturing classes.
- Reference page Official source · ec.europa.eu
- SIC
- Standard Industrial Classification — the UK activity classification, historically aligned with NACE Rev. 2.
- Reference page Official source · resources.companieshouse.gov.uk
A.3EU institutions
- Commission
- European Commission — proposes EU legislation and, together with Eurostat, adopts the implementing acts that update NACE.
- Reference page Official source · commission.europa.eu
- Council
- Council of the European Union — represents member state governments and co-legislates EU statistical regulations.
- Reference page Official source · consilium.europa.eu
- EEA
- European Economic Area — extends the EU single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, which also apply NACE.
- Reference page Official source · efta.int
- EFTA
- European Free Trade Association — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; EFTA statistical offices align with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · efta.int
- EU
- European Union — the political and economic union whose member states use NACE as a shared statistical language.
- Reference page Official source · european-union.europa.eu
- European Parliament
- The EU's directly elected legislative body; co-legislates the regulations that make NACE binding.
- Reference page Official source · europarl.europa.eu
- Eurostat
- The statistical office of the European Union — publishes and maintains NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ec.europa.eu
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development — uses ISIC-aligned classifications for cross-country economic statistics.
- Reference page Official source · oecd.org
- UN
- United Nations Statistics Division — custodian of ISIC, the global reference classification NACE is derived from.
- Reference page Official source · unstats.un.org
A.4National statistical institutes
- CBS
- Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek — the Netherlands' national statistical institute; publishes SBI.
- Reference page Official source · cbs.nl
- CSB
- Centrālā statistikas pārvalde — Latvia's Central Statistical Bureau; publishes NACE 2.
- Reference page Official source · stat.gov.lv
- CSO
- Central Statistics Office — Ireland's national statistical office.
- Reference page Official source · cso.ie
- CyStat
- Cyprus Statistical Service — Cyprus' national statistical office.
- Reference page Official source · cystat.gov.cy
- CZSO
- Český statistický úřad — Czechia's national statistical office; publishes CZ-NACE.
- Reference page Official source · czso.cz
- Destatis
- Statistisches Bundesamt — Germany's federal statistical office; publishes WZ.
- Reference page Official source · destatis.de
- DESTATIS
- Statistisches Bundesamt — Germany's federal statistical office; publishes WZ.
- Reference page Official source · destatis.de
- DST
- Danmarks Statistik — Denmark's national statistical institute; publishes DB (Dansk Branchekode).
- Reference page Official source · dst.dk
- DZS
- Državni zavod za statistiku — Croatia's national statistical bureau; publishes NKD.
- Reference page Official source · dzs.gov.hr
- ELSTAT
- Hellenic Statistical Authority — Greece's national statistical institute; publishes STAKOD.
- Reference page Official source · statistics.gr
- GUS
- Główny Urząd Statystyczny — Poland's central statistical office; publishes PKD.
- Reference page Official source · stat.gov.pl
- INE
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística — Portugal's national statistical institute; publishes CAE.
- Reference page Official source · ine.pt
- INE-ES
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística — Spain's national statistical institute; publishes CNAE.
- Reference page Official source · ine.es
- INS
- Institutul Național de Statistică — Romania's national institute of statistics; publishes CAEN.
- Reference page Official source · insse.ro
- INSEE
- Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques — France's national statistical institute; publishes NAF.
- Reference page Official source · insee.fr
- ISTAT
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica — Italy's national statistical institute; publishes ATECO.
- Reference page Official source · istat.it
- KSH
- Központi Statisztikai Hivatal — Hungary's central statistical office; publishes TEÁOR.
- Reference page Official source · ksh.hu
- LSD
- Lietuvos statistikos departamentas — Lithuania's statistics office; publishes EVRK.
- Reference page Official source · stat.gov.lt
- NSI
- Национален статистически институт — Bulgaria's national statistical institute; publishes KID.
- Reference page Official source · nsi.bg
- NSO
- National Statistics Office — Malta's national statistical office.
- Reference page Official source · nso.gov.mt
- SCB
- Statistiska centralbyrån — Sweden's national statistical institute; publishes SNI.
- Reference page Official source · scb.se
- SSB
- Statistisk sentralbyrå — Norway's national statistical institute (EEA); publishes SN2007.
- Reference page Official source · ssb.no
- STAT
- Statistik Austria — Austria's national statistical institute; publishes ÖNACE.
- Reference page Official source · statistik.at
- STAT.FI
- Tilastokeskus — Finland's national statistical institute; publishes TOL.
- Reference page Official source · stat.fi
- STATBEL
- Statbel — Belgium's national statistical office; publishes NACE-BEL.
- Reference page Official source · statbel.fgov.be
- STATEC
- Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques du Luxembourg — publishes NACE-LUX.
- Reference page Official source · statistiques.public.lu
- Statistikaamet
- Statistics Estonia — Estonia's national statistical office; publishes EMTAK.
- Reference page Official source · stat.ee
- SURS
- Statistični urad Republike Slovenije — Slovenia's statistical office; publishes SKD.
- Reference page Official source · stat.si
- ŠÚSR
- Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky — Slovakia's statistical office; publishes SK NACE.
- Reference page Official source · slovak.statistics.sk
- Tilastokeskus
- Statistics Finland — Finland's national statistical institute; publishes TOL.
- Reference page Official source · stat.fi
A.5National classifications
- ATECO
- Classificazione delle attività economiche — the Italian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · istat.it
- CAE
- Classificação Portuguesa das Actividades Económicas — the Portuguese national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ine.pt
- CAEN
- Clasificarea Activităților din Economia Națională — the Romanian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · insse.ro
- CNAE
- Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas — the Spanish national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ine.es
- DB07
- Dansk Branchekode 2007 — the Danish national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · dst.dk
- EMTAK
- Eesti majanduse tegevusalade klassifikaator — the Estonian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · emtak.rik.ee
- EVRK
- Ekonominės veiklos rūšių klasifikatorius — the Lithuanian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · osp.stat.gov.lt
- KID
- КИД-2008 — the Bulgarian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · nsi.bg
- NACE-BEL
- NACE-BEL — the Belgian implementation of NACE with additional national detail.
- Reference page Official source · statbel.fgov.be
- NAF
- Nomenclature d'activités française — the French national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · insee.fr
- NKD
- Nacionalna klasifikacija djelatnosti — the Croatian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · dzs.gov.hr
- ÖNACE
- Österreichische NACE — the Austrian implementation of NACE.
- Reference page Official source · statistik.at
- PKD
- Polska Klasyfikacja Działalności — the Polish national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · stat.gov.pl
- SBI
- Standaard Bedrijfsindeling — the Dutch national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · cbs.nl
- SK NACE
- SK NACE — the Slovak implementation of NACE.
- Reference page Official source · slovak.statistics.sk
- SKD
- Standardna klasifikacija dejavnosti — the Slovenian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · stat.si
- SN2007
- Standard for næringsgruppering — the Norwegian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ssb.no
- SNI
- Svensk näringsgrensindelning — the Swedish national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · scb.se
- STAKOD
- STAKOD — the Greek national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · statistics.gr
- TEÁOR
- TEÁOR — the Hungarian national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · ksh.hu
- TOL
- Toimialaluokitus — the Finnish national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · stat.fi
- WZ
- Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige — the German national activity classification, aligned with NACE.
- Reference page Official source · destatis.de