NAICS 523999 Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities

NAICS Code: 523999

Code Title: Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities

Code Sector: 52 - Finance and Insurance

NAICS 523999 Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents and/or brokers (except securities brokerages and commodity contracts brokerages) in buying or selling financial contracts and those providing financial investment services (except securities and commodity exchanges; portfolio management; investment advice; and trust, fiduciary, and custody services) on a fee or commission basis.


Illustrative Examples

Exchange clearinghouses, commodities or securities Stock quotation services Gas lease brokers' offices

Cross References

Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Investment banking, securities dealing, securities brokering, commodity contracts dealing, or commodity contracts brokering--are classified in Industry Group 5231, Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage;
  • Acting as principals (except investment bankers, securities dealers, and commodity contracts dealers) in buying or selling financial contracts--are classified in Industry 523910, Miscellaneous Intermediation;
  • Furnishing physical or electronic marketplaces for the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of securities and commodities--are classified in Industry 523210, Securities and Commodity Exchanges;
  • Managing the portfolio assets (i.e., funds) of others--are classified in Industry 523920, Portfolio Management;
  • Providing customized investment advice--are classified in Industry 523930, Investment Advice;
  • Providing trust, fiduciary, and custody services to others--are classified in U.S. Industry 523991, Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities;
  • Financial transactions processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities--are classified in Industry 522320, Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities.

Alternate Titles

  • Clearinghouses, commodity exchange or securities exchange
  • Deposit brokers
  • Exchange clearinghouses, commodities or securities
  • Gas lease brokers' offices
  • Oil lease brokers' offices
  • Protective committees, security holders
  • Quotation services, securities
  • Quotation services, stock
  • Securities holders' protective services
  • Securities transfer agencies
  • Stock quotation services
  • Stock transfer agencies
  • Transfer agencies, securities

NAICS 523999 Crosswalk

Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) --

Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Code Revision 4.0 --

  • ISIC 6612 - Security and commodity contracts brokerage
  • ISIC 6619 - Other monetary intermediation