How was division 96, personal services, restructured?

Division 96, other personal service activities, was completely restructured in NACE Rev. 2.1. Paragraph 200 states that the previous classes were promoted to groups, creating new groups 96.1 to 96.4 and 96.9, with various classes therein. The restructuring raises the level of the old classes, so that each former class becomes a group holding classes of its own. The restructuring does not determine a code for a specific reader.

What are the new groups?

Paragraph 200 lists the new groups in order. Group 96.1 is washing and cleaning of textile and fur products. Group 96.2 is hairdressing, beauty treatment, day spa and similar activities. Group 96.3 is funeral and related activities. Group 96.4 is intermediation service activities for personal services. Group 96.9 is other personal service activities. The titles are taken from paragraph 200 as the manual prints them. The promotion of the old classes to groups means that the division now has an extra level of detail: work that previously sat at class level now sits at group level, with classes below it, and statistics can show the detail inside each group separately.

The intermediation group, 96.4, is also listed in paragraph 135 among the new intermediation classes, with class 96.40, intermediation service activities for personal services. The group and the class share the title pattern of the other intermediation groups, and the class must be read in the intermediation context as well as in the personal services context. The residual group, 96.9, holds the other personal service activities that do not belong in the four specific groups, and its note states the contents in full. Section 4 does not name the classes inside the groups, and this guide does not invent class titles or numbers. The detailed structure lists the classes, and the notes state their contents.

Why does promoting classes to groups matter?

Promoting a class to a group changes the hierarchy without necessarily changing the content. The work that sat in the old class now sits in a group of the same title, and the classes inside the group divide the work in more detail. The change therefore increases the resolution of the statistics, in the same way as the group splits elsewhere in the classification, but it does so by adding a level rather than by dividing a level. A reader comparing old class figures with new group figures must therefore be careful: the numbers may match at the level of the promoted title, but the class level detail below the group is new, and the correspondence table records how the old classes relate to the new groups and classes.

The promotion also affects the reading of the division title. Division 96 keeps the title other personal service activities, and group 96.9 carries the same words as its title. The repetition is not an error. The division title describes the whole division, and the group title describes the residual group inside it. The same pattern appears elsewhere in the classification, where a residual group carries the division title in shortened form. A reader who confuses the division with the residual group will overstate the residual scope, and will place specific group work in the residual group. The notes for the groups, read together, prevent that error.

How is the restructuring shown?

| New group | Title in the manual |

|---|---|

| 96.1 | Washing and cleaning of textile and fur products |

| 96.2 | Hairdressing, beauty treatment, day spa and similar activities |

| 96.3 | Funeral and related activities |

| 96.4 | Intermediation service activities for personal services |

| 96.9 | Other personal service activities |

The table follows paragraph 200. It lists the five groups and their titles, and it does not list classes, because paragraph 200 does not name the classes. The detailed structure lists the classes in each group, and the explanatory notes state their contents. The table in this guide is a summary of the manual summary, and it must not be quoted as a complete account of the division.

What does a split not decide?

This cluster uses the Eurostat manual titles from section 4 and the detailed structure. A title gives a heading, not a category content. Content, including inclusions, exclusions and borderline cases, is governed by the explanatory note. Name resemblance to a new title is not enough, on its own, to place a service in the new class. Until the note is read, the correspondence table is checked, and the entry for a specific unit is confirmed with the national statistical institute or business register holding the record, the check is not complete.

Where is a split class confirmed?

A confirmation reads the note, reads the table, and asks the holder of the record. The note states what the new class contains. How the old category relates to the new classes is stated in the table. The entry held for a specific unit is stated by the institute or register. No step replaces another.

Read the promoted groups at group level, check the detailed structure for the classes inside each group, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.