NAICS 51229

Other Sound Recording Industries

Key Figures

Establishments
733
Census CBP · 2023
Employment
2,605
Census CBP · 2023
Market size
$889.3M
Census Economic Census · 2022

Figures are published for NAICS 51229 directly.

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Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing sound recording services (except record production, distribution, music publishing, and sound recording in a studio). Establishments in this industry provide services, such as the audio recording of meetings and conferences.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 512290, the only detailed industry in this group.

Which code does this activity belong in?

Other Sound Recording Industries covers establishments providing sound recording services outside the traditional music industry context, such as audio recording of meetings and conferences. The boundary separates this code from Sound Recording Studios, which focus on professional music production work. Code 51229 also excludes music publishing activities classified in Music Publishers, and the manufacture and distribution of records classified in Record Production and Distribution.

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Written for NAICS 512290, the only detailed industry in this group.

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