NAICS Code 926130 – Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities

Below, we will present a description of the types of establishments to which NAICS code 926130 applies, as well as their corresponding classification. We will explore in detail the scope and nature of the entities that fall under this category, providing a clear understanding of their role within the economic system.

Description NAICS Code 926130 – Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, regulation, licensing, and inspection of utilities, such as communications, electric power (including fossil, nuclear, solar, water, and wind), gas and water supply, and sewerage.

NAICS code 926130 includes:

  • Communications commissions
  • Communications licensing commissions and agencies
  • Energy development and conservation programs, government
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Irrigation districts, nonoperating
  • Licensing and inspecting of utilities
  • Mosquito eradication districts
  • Nuclear energy inspection and regulation offices
  • Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating
  • Public utility (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating
  • Regulation of utilities
  • Sanitation districts, nonoperating
  • Wind generated electrical power regulation

NAICS Code 926130 does not include the following references:

  • Operating utilities–are classified in Subsector 221, Utilities; and
  • Acting as lessors of public land for telecommunications structures (e.g., cellular phone towers)–are classified in Industry 531190, Lessors of Other Real Estate Property.

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