GET/v1/naicssearch

Search NAICS codes by keyword

Ranked candidate codes for a keyword or phrase, matched against the 20,398-entry official Census index plus titles and descriptions. Returns every plausible code (up to 25) without applying classification rules.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/naicssearch",
  query: {
    "query": "example"
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

queryrequired

string

Keyword or phrase describing an industry or activity. Limited to 300 characters.

year

string

NAICS revision. Currently 2022 only; NAICS 2027 is not published by the Census Bureau until January 2027. (Allowed: 2022) (Default: 2022)

level

number

Restrict results to codes of this digit length.

limit

number

Maximum results, up to 25. (Default: 5)