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.

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A.1NACEBridge steward

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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
CZ-NACE
CZ-NACE — the Czech implementation of NACE.
Reference page Official source · czso.cz
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