Official NAICS record
54171
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in conducting research and experimental development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, such as agriculture, electronics, environmental, biology, botany, biotechnology, computers, chemistry, food, fisheries, forests, geology, health, mathematics, medicine, nanotechnology, oceanography, pharmacy, physics, veterinary, and other allied subjects. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Why it matches
- Matches the official 2022 NAICS title and hierarchy
- Uses the Census Bureau definition as the grounding source
- Maps to the naics industry level of the classification
Source and version
Edition2022 NAICSPublisherU.S. Census BureauVersionnaics-2022-9ccc85f7be7d786a-n1Official source2022 NAICS manual