Industry classification object

This reference describes the industry_classification object, which represents the industry classification of a business.

Middesk leverages a variety of techniques to determine if a business falls into a particular industry. Middesk scores a business against each category and returns the top industry classifications for each entity. Middesk returns up to 5 classifications per classification_system that meet the threshold requirement. Classifications appear in descending order by confidence score.

Sample response

1 {
2   "object": "industry_classification",
3   "id": "11515c70-5359-4ff5-a810-2063b3a26783",
4   "status": "completed",
5   "categories": [
6     {
7       "classification_system": "NAICS",
8       "name": "Other Accounting Services",
9       "sector": "PROFESSIONAL_SCIENTIFIC_TECHNICAL_SERVICES",
10       "category": "OTHER_ACCOUNTING_SERVICES",
11       "score": 0.84254183902144128,
12       "high_risk": false,
13       "naics_codes": [
14         "541219"
15       ],
16       "sic_codes": [
17         "7291",
18         "8721"
19       ],
20       "mcc_codes": [],
21       "prohibited_labels": []
22     },
23     {
24       "classification_system": "NAICS",
25       "name": "Software Publishers",
26       "sector": "INFORMATION",
27       "category": "SOFTWARE_PUBLISHERS",
28       "score": 0.71428778733424187,
29       "high_risk": false,
30       "naics_codes": [
31         "513210"
32       ],
33       "sic_codes": [
34         "7372"
35       ],
36       "mcc_codes": [],
37       "prohibited_labels": []
38     },
39     {
40       "classification_system": "Prohibited",
41       "name": "Other Non-Prohibited",
42       "sector": null,
43       "category": "OTHER_NON_PROHIBITED",
44       "score": 0.65029388771531674,
45       "high_risk": false,
46       "naics_codes": [],
47       "sic_codes": [],
48       "mcc_codes": [],
49       "prohibited_labels": [
50         "OTHER_NON_PROHIBITED"
51       ]
52     }
53   ],
54   "created_at": "2023-03-07T23:08:11.893Z",
55   "completed_at": "2023-03-07T23:08:12.305Z",
56   "website": {
57     "url": "https://www.middesk.com",
58     "status": "online",
59     "parked": false
60   }
61 },
62 "subscription": null,
63 "tax_exempt_organization": null,
64 "fmcsa_registrations": [],
65 "actions": [],
66 "submitted": {
67   "object": "submitted_attributes",
68   "name": "Middesk",
69   "addresses": null,
70   "orders": null,
71   "people": [],
72   "phone_numbers": null,
73   "tags": null,
74   "external_id": null,
75   "tin": null,
76   "website": {
77     "url": "https://www.middesk.com"
78   },
79   "assignee_id": null,
80   "formation": null,
81   "names": null
82 }

Industry classification attributes

Property	Type	Description
`object`	`string`	A definition of the type of object returned
`id`	`string`
`status`	`string`	The current status of the classification
`categories`	`category`[]	List and details of all known classifications
`website`	`object`	The URL and status of the submitted website. This appears only if you submit a website.
`created_at`	`timestamp`
`completed_at`	`timestamp`

Category attributes

An industry_classification may have multiple categories. The category object contains the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
`classification_system`	`string`	The relevant classification system. Valid values are NAICS, MCC, and Prohibited. 501c3 is a valid but deprecated classification system.
`name`	`string`	The name of the industry category.
`sector`	`string`	The sector that the business operates in. The sector is defined per category, and some categories may not have a sector.
`category`	`string`	The industry category that the business operates in.
`score`	`float`	A score indicating the likelihood that a business operates within this category.
`high_risk`	`boolean`	A flag indicating if the industry is considered high risk.
`naics_codes`	`string`[]	A list of NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes for the industry category. This array may be populated if the `classification_system` is NAICS.
`sic_codes`	`string`[]	A list of SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes for the industry category. This array may be populated if the `classification_system` is NAICS.
`mcc_codes`	`string`[]	A list of MCCs (Merchant Category Codes) for the industry category. This array may be populated if the `classification_system` is MCC.
`prohibited_labels`	`string`[]	A list of prohibited industry labels that may be populated if the `classification_system` is Prohibited.

Each industry classification can be classified under multiple categories.

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