NACE 91.12: Archive activities

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 91.01. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 9101.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 91.12 is "Archive activities". It sits in section S (ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION), then division 91 (Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities), then group 91.1 (Library and archive activities). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 91.01 (Library and archives activities).

What the class includes

Archive activities include the activities carried out by archival services of all types, with a view to building, storing, classifying, physical or digital archive collections and communicating them to the general public or to a particular category of users. This class includes: - activities of public archives providing a service to the general public or to a special clientele (e.g. students, scientists, staff members) as well as the operation of government archives - activities related to the acquisition or collection of archives - activities related to the identification, stocktaking, description and classification of archives - activities related to the safety and maintenance of archive items (monitoring of the sanitary status and of climatic conditions, safety and security, rehabilitation) - activities related to the communication of archives to the public on site or remotely - digitisation of archival documents for digital archive collections

What it excludes

This class excludes: - retail sale of manuscripts, see 47.69 - storage of data files, see 63.10 - digitisation of files (linked to further processing of data), see 63.10 - digitisation of files (without any other related activity), see 82.10 - conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 91.30

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
91.01	Library and archives activities	1

The label in 24 languages

bgДейност на архиви
csČinnosti archivů
daArkivaktiviteter
deArchive
elΔραστηριότητες αρχειοφυλακείων
enArchive activities
esActividades de archivos
etArhiivide tegevus
fiArkistojen toiminta
frActivités des centres d’archives
gaGníomhaíochtaí cartlainne
hrDjelatnosti arhiva
huLevéltári tevékenység
itAttività di archivi
ltArchyvų veikla
lvArhīvu darbība
mtAttivitajiet ta’ arkivji
nlActiviteiten van archieven
plDziałalność archiwów
ptAtividades de arquivos
roActivități ale arhivelor
skČinnosti archívov
slDejavnost arhivov
svArkivverksamhet

Neighbouring classes

91.11 Library 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.