NAICS 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

NAICS Code: 236220

Code Title: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Code Sector: 23 - Construction

NAICS 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Description

This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of commercial and institutional buildings and related structures, such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming facilities. This industry includes establishments responsible for the on-site assembly of modular or prefabricated commercial and institutional buildings. Included in this industry are commercial and institutional building general contractors, commercial and institutional building for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building design-build firms, and commercial and institutional building project construction management firms.


Illustrative Examples

Airport building construction Office building construction Arena construction Parking garage construction Barrack construction Prison construction Farm building construction Radio and television broadcast studio construction Fire station construction Religious building (e.g., church, synagogue, mosque, temple) construction Grain elevator construction Restaurant construction Hospital construction School building construction Hotel construction Shopping mall construction Indoor swimming facility construction Warehouse construction (e.g., commercial, industrial, manufacturing, private)

Cross References

Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Constructing structures that are integral parts of utility systems (e.g., storage tanks, pumping stations) or are used to produce products for these systems (e.g., power plants, refineries)--are classified in Industry Group 2371, Utility System Construction, based on type of construction project;
  • Performing specialized construction work on commercial and institutional buildings, generally on a subcontract basis--are classified in Subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors;
  • Constructing buildings on their own account for rent or lease--are classified in Industry Group 5311, Lessors of Real Estate.

Alternate Titles

  • Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial warehouse
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, commercial warehouse
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, hotel and motel
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, industrial warehouse
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, commercial and institutional building
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, commercial warehouse
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, hotel and motel
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, industrial warehouse
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, hotel and motel
  • Addition, alteration and renovation, industrial warehouse
  • Administration building construction
  • Airport building construction
  • Airport terminal construction
  • Amusement facility construction
  • Animal shelter and clinic construction
  • Arena construction
  • Armory construction
  • Athletic court, indoor, construction
  • Auditorium construction
  • Bank building construction
  • Barber shop construction
  • Barrack construction
  • Beauty salon construction
  • Broadcasting station construction
  • Bunkhouse construction
  • Bus shelter construction
  • Bus terminal construction
  • Casino construction
  • Cinema construction
  • Civic center construction
  • Clinic construction
  • Cold storage plant construction
  • Commercial building construction
  • Commercial building construction for-sale builders
  • Commercial building construction general contractors
  • Construction management, commercial and institutional building
  • Dormitory construction
  • Drycleaning plant construction
  • Educational building construction
  • Farm building construction
  • Fire and flood restoration of commercial and institutional buildings
  • Fire station construction
  • For-sale builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), commercial and institutional building
  • Garage and service station, commercial, construction
  • Grain bin construction
  • Grain elevator construction
  • Handyman construction service, commercial and institutional building
  • Hangar construction
  • Hatchery construction
  • Health and athletic club construction
  • Hospital construction
  • Hotel construction
  • Ice rink, indoor, construction
  • Indoor swimming pool construction
  • Institutional building construction
  • Institutional building construction for-sale builders
  • Institutional building construction general contractors
  • Jail construction
  • Laboratory construction
  • Library construction
  • Logging camp construction
  • Mausoleum (i.e., building) construction
  • Monument (i.e., building) construction
  • Motel construction
  • Museum construction
  • Office building construction
  • Parking garage construction
  • Penitentiary construction
  • Post office construction
  • Prefabricated commercial building erection
  • Prefabricated institutional building erection
  • Prison construction
  • Public warehouse construction
  • Radio and television broadcast studio construction
  • Radio station construction
  • Railway station construction
  • Recreational facility building construction
  • Religious building (e.g., church, synagogue, mosque, temple) construction
  • Restaurant construction
  • Salon construction
  • School building construction
  • Service station construction
  • Shopping center construction
  • Shopping mall construction
  • Silo construction
  • Speculative builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), commercial and institutional building
  • Stadium and arena construction
  • Storage elevator construction
  • Store construction
  • Swimming facility, indoor, construction
  • Television station construction
  • Tennis court, indoor, construction
  • Theater construction
  • Truck terminal construction
  • Warehouse construction (e.g., commercial, industrial, manufacturing, private)
  • Warehouse, commercial and institutional, construction
  • Warehouse, industrial, construction

NAICS 236220 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 4100 - Construction of buildings
  • ISIC 4290 - Construction of other civil engineering projects