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Appendix

North American Industry Classification (NAICS)* two-digit and NAICS four-digit codes excluded from the SME population in the survey
NAICS Code Description

* The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is a two-digit through six-digit hierarchical classification code system offering five levels of detail. The first two digits designate the economics sector, the third the subsector, the fourth the industry group, the fifth the NAICS industry and the sixth the national industry.

22 Utilities
52 Finance and Insurance
55 Management of Companies and Enterprises
61 Educational Services
91 Public Administration
5321 Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
5324 Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
6214 Out-Patient Care Centres
6215 Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
6219 Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
6221 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
6222 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals
6223 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
6242 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services