NACE 64.21: Activities of holding companies

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 64.20. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 6420.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 64.21 is "Activities of holding companies". It sits in section L (FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES), then division 64 (Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding), then group 64.2 (Activities of holding companies and financing conduits). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 64.20 (Activities of holding companies).

What the class includes

This class includes the activities of holding companies, in other words, units that hold the assets (owning controlling levels of equity) of one or more subsidiaries and whose only purpose is owning subsidiaries. The holding companies in this class do not provide any other service to the enterprises in which the equity is held, in other words, they do not administer or manage other units.

What it excludes

This class excludes: - activities of shareholding companies, not owning controlling levels of equity, see 64.32 - dealing in financial markets on own account, see 64.99 - activities of asset management on a fee or contract basis, see 66.30 - provision of managerial services (e.g. strategic planning, decision-making and administrative services of a head office), see 70.10 - active management of companies and enterprises, strategic planning and decision-making of the company, see 70.10

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
64.20	Activities of holding companies	1

The label in 24 languages

bgДейност на холдингови дружества
csČinnosti holdingových společností
daHoldingselskabers aktiviteter
deBeteiligungsgesellschaften
elΔραστηριότητες εταιρειών χαρτοφυλακίου
enActivities of holding companies
esActividades de sociedades de cartera
etValdusfirmade tegevus
fiHoldingyhtiöiden toiminta
frActivités de société holding
gaGníomhaíochtaí cuideachtaí sealbhaíochta
hrDjelatnosti holding-društava
huVagyonkezelés (holding)
itAttività delle società di partecipazione (holding)
ltKontroliuojančiųjų bendrovių veikla
lvPārvaldītājsabiedrību darbība
mtAttivitajiet tal-kumpaniji azzjonarji
nlActiviteiten van holdings
plDziałalność spółek holdingowych
ptAtividades das sociedades gestoras de participações sociais
roActivități ale holding-urilor
skČinnosti holdingových spoločností
slDejavnost holdingov
svHoldingverksamhet

Neighbouring classes

64.22 Activities of financing conduits

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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.