NAICS 54121
What is the NAICS code 54121?
The NAICS code 54121 is applied to those industries related to Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services, such as auditing of accounting records, designing accounting systems, preparing financial statements, developing budgets, preparing tax returns, processing payrolls, bookkeeping, and billing.
Illustrative examples:
- Accountants' offices
- Payroll processing services
- Bookkeeping services
- Tax return preparation services
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 54121 in the North American Industry Classification System.
This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:
- 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 541 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 5412 - Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services
- 54121 - Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 54121
NAFTA
This NAICS code is used in the trilateral agreement of the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Related codes
The NAICS industry 54121 has the following cross-references:
- Processing financial transactions (except central bank) are classified in Industry 52232, Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities.
- Providing data processing services (except payroll processing services and financial transaction processing services) at their own facility for others are classified in Industry 51821, Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services industry (NAICS Code 54121).
- Accountants' (i.e., CPAs) offices, certified public
- Accountants' (i.e., CPAs) private practices, certified public
- Accounting (i.e., CPAs) services, certified public
- Auditing accountants' (i.e., CPAs) offices
- Auditing accountants' (i.e., CPAs) private practices
- Auditing services (i.e., CPA services), accounts
- Auditors' (i.e., CPAs) offices, accounts
- Auditors' (i.e., CPAs) private practices, accounts
- Certified accountants' offices
- Certified public accountants' (CPAs) offices
- CPAs' (certified public accountants) offices
- Public accountants' (CPAs) offices, certified
- Public accountants' (CPAs) private practices, certified
