SCIANMexico2023
Sistema de Clasificación Industrial de América del Norte
Mexico's industry classification, maintained by INEGI — the Mexican instance of NAICS, harmonized with the US and Canada at the upper levels and extended with national detail at the 6-digit class.
How a SCIAN code is built
Each digit narrows the activity from the broadest sector down to a specific national industry. Here's how 111110 decomposes:
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Structure at a glance
Browse sectors
11Agriculture, animal husbandry and exploitation, forestry, fishing and hunting21Mining22Generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electricity, supply of water and natural gas by pipeline to the end consumer23Construction31-33Manufacturing industries43Wholesale trade46Retail trade48-49Transport, mail and storage51Information in mass media52Financial and insurance services53Real estate and rental services for movable and intangible assets54Professional, scientific and technical services55Managementt and administration of business or corporate groups56Business support services and waste managementt, and remediation services61Educational services62Health and social assistance services71Cultural and sporting leisure services, and other recreational services72Temporary accommodation and food and beverage preparation services81Other services except government activities93Legislative, governmental, judicial, and international and extraterritorial organization activities
History
INEGI maintains SCIAN as the Mexican member of the trilateral NAICS family (with the US and Canada). SCIAN 2023 is the current edition, mapped to NAICS 2022; revised roughly every five years.
Usage & importance
Used by INEGI for the economic census and national statistics, and across Mexican government and business registration.
Revision timeline
1997
SCIAN 1997
First edition (with NAICS)
2013
SCIAN 2013
Revision
2018
SCIAN 2018
Revision
2023
SCIAN 2023
Current edition (NAICS 2022)
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