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NAICS code 238990: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in specialized trades (except foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors; building equipment contractors; building finishing contractors; and site preparation contractors). The specialty trade work performed includes new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs.

SBA small-business size limit
$19.0M

Is your company small for 238990?

The SBA limit is $19 million average annual receipts, with 1 exception.

What 238990 covers

Included

  • Billboard erection
  • Outdoor swimming pool construction
  • Paver, brick (e.g., driveway, patio, sidewalk), installation
  • Crane rental with operator
  • Paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking lot
  • Sandblasting building exteriors
  • Fence installation
  • Scaffold erecting and dismantling
  • Interlocking brick and block installation
  • Steeplejack work
  • Manufactured (mobile) home set up and tie-down work
  • Driveway paving or sealing

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Activities listed under 238990

  • Artificial turf installation
  • Asphalt coating and sealing, residential and commercial parking lot and driveway
  • Asphalting, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
  • Billboard erection
  • Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
  • Boat lift installation
  • Brick driveway contractors
  • Brick paver (e.g., driveways, patios, sidewalks) installation
  • Cable splicing (except electrical or fiber optic)
  • Chain link fence installation
  • Concrete patio construction
  • Concrete paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking area
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  • Concrete sawing and drilling (except demolition)
  • Construction elevator (i.e., temporary use during construction) erection and dismantling
  • Crane rental with operator
  • Culvert, concrete, residential and commercial paved area
  • Curb and gutter construction, residential and commercial driveway and parking area, concrete
  • Driveway paving or sealing
  • Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets)
  • Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets)
  • Flagpole installation
  • House moving (i.e., raising from one site, moving, and placing on a new foundation)
  • Interlocking brick and block installation
  • Mail box units, outdoor, multiple box-type, erection
  • Manufactured (mobile) home set up and tie-down work
  • Parking lot paving and sealing
  • Patio construction
  • Paver, brick (e.g., driveway, patio, sidewalk), installation
  • Paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking lot
  • Playground equipment installation
  • Pole (e.g., telephone) removal
  • Posthole digging
  • Radon gas alleviation contractors
  • Safety net system, erecting and dismantling at construction site
  • Sandblasting, building exterior
  • Scaffold erecting and dismantling
  • Shoring, construction
  • Sidewalk construction, residential and commercial
  • Sign (except on highways, streets, bridges and tunnels) erection
  • Sign, building, erection
  • Statue erection
  • Steeplejack work
  • Street, interlocking brick (i.e., not mortared), installation
  • Swimming pool screen enclosure construction
  • Swimming pool, outdoor, construction
  • Tank lining contractors
  • Turf, artificial, installation
  • Underpinning, construction

Questions

What is NAICS code 238990?

NAICS 238990 is “All Other Specialty Trade Contractors”. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in specialized trades (except foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors; building equipment contractors; building finishing contractors; and site preparation contractors).

What businesses use NAICS code 238990?

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Billboard erection; Outdoor swimming pool construction; Paver, brick (e.g., driveway, patio, sidewalk), installation; Crane rental with operator; Paving, residential and commercial driveway and parking lot; and Sandblasting building exteriors.

What is not included in NAICS 238990?

Businesses mainly foundation, structure, and building exterior work are classified in Industry Group 2381, Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors; installing, repairing, or maintaining building mechanical systems are classified in Industry Group 2382, Building Equipment Contractors; and finishing buildings are classified in Industry Group 2383, Building Finishing Contractors.

What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 238990?

$19 million average annual receipts (average of the last five fiscal years), including affiliates. Exceptions: Building and Property Specialty Trade Services: $19 million. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

What is the SIC code for NAICS 238990?

SIC codes 1771 (Concrete Work, part), 1799 (Special Trade Contractors, NEC, part) and 7353 (Heavy Construction Equipment Rental and Leasing, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

What is the IRS business code for NAICS 238990?

238990 (All other specialty trade contractors) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes.

How do I find government contracts for NAICS 238990?

Federal agencies put a NAICS code on each solicitation in SAM.gov, and some states and cities use NAICS codes too. Add 238990 to your SAM.gov registration and to your bid alerts; PublicBeam emails new bids for the codes you choose every morning.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS (public domain). PublicBeam is independent and not affiliated with the Census Bureau or any agency. Always check the NAICS code in the official notice before you bid.