NACE 56.11: Restaurant activities

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 56.10. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 5610.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 56.11 is "Restaurant activities". It sits in section I (ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES), then division 56 (Food and beverage service activities), then group 56.1 (Restaurants and mobile food service activities). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 56.10 (Restaurants and mobile food service activities).

What the class includes

This class includes the provision of predominantly food services to customers (for example, in traditional restaurants, self-service or takeaway restaurants), with or without seating, in permanent or temporary facilities. This class includes activities of: - restaurants - cafeterias - fast-food restaurants - take-out eating places

What it excludes

This class excludes: - retail sale of food through vending machines, see 47.2 - operation of railway dining cars as an integrated operation of railway companies, see 49.11 - mobile food service activities, see 56.12 - event catering activities, see 56.21 - concession operation of eating facilities, see 56.22 - activities of food service contractors (e.g. for transport companies), see 56.22 - activities of tea rooms, see 56.30

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
56.10	Restaurants and mobile food service activities	1

The label in 24 languages

bgДейност на ресторанти
csPoskytování stravování v restauracích
daDrift af restauranter
deRestaurants, Gaststätten, Imbissstuben, Cafés, Eissalons u. Ä.
elΔραστηριότητες εστιατορίων
enRestaurant activities
esRestaurantes
etRestoranitegevus
fiRavintolatoiminta
frActivités de restaurant
gaGníomhaíochtaí bialanna
hrDjelatnosti restorana
huÉttermi vendéglátás
itAttività di ristoranti
ltRestoranų veikla
lvRestorānu pakalpojumi
mtAttivitajiet ta’ ristoranti
nlActiviteiten van restaurants
plRestauracje
ptAtividades de restauração
roActivități de restaurant
skReštauračné činnosti
slDejavnost restavracij
svRestaurangverksamhet

Neighbouring classes

56.12 Mobile food service activities

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.