International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 190 This class excludes: wholesale of fuels, see 4661 — — retail sale of fuel in combination with food, beverages etc., with food and beverage sales — — dominating, see 4711 retail sale of liquefied petroleum gas for cooking or heating, see 4773 — — 474 Retail sale of information and communications equipment in specialized stores This group includes the retail sale of information and communications equipment, such as computers and peripheral equipment, telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics, by specialized stores. 4741 Retail sale of computers, peripheral units, software and telecommunications equipment in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of computers — — retail sale of computer peripheral equipment — — retail sale of video game consoles — — retail sale of non-customized software, including video games — — retail sale of telecommunication equipment — — This class excludes: retail sale of blank tapes and disks, see 4762 — — 4742 Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of radio and television equipment — — retail sale of stereo equipment — — retail sale of CD and DVD players and recorders — — 475 Retail sale of other household equipment in specialized stores This group includes the retail sale of household equipment, such as textiles, hardware, carpets, electrical appliances or furniture, in specialized stores. 4751 Retail sale of textiles in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of fabrics — — retail sale of knitting yarn — — retail sale of basic materials for rug, tapestry or embroidery making — — retail sale of textiles — — retail sale of haberdashery: needles, sewing thread etc. — — This class excludes: retail sale of clothing, see 4771 — — 4752 Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of hardware — —
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 191 retail sale of paints, varnishes and lacquers — — retail sale of flat glass — — retail sale of other building material such as bricks, wood, sanitary equipment — — retail sale of do-it-yourself material and equipment — — This class also includes: retail sale of lawnmowers, however operated — — retail sale of saunas — — 4753 Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of carpets and rugs — — retail sale of curtains and net curtains — — retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings — — This class excludes: retail sale of cork floor tiles, see 4752 — — 4759 Retail sale of electrical household appliances, furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of household furniture — — retail sale of articles for lighting — — retail sale of household utensils and cutlery, crockery, glassware, china and pottery — — retail sale of wooden, cork and wickerwork goods — — retail sale of household appliances — — retail sale of musical instruments and scores — — retail sale of security systems, such as locking devices, safes, and vaults, without instal- — — lation or maintenance services retail sale of household articles and equipment n.e.c. — — This class excludes: retail sale of antiques, see 4774 — — 476 Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialized stores This group includes the retail sale in specialized stores of cultural and recreation goods, such as books, newspapers, music and video recordings, sporting equipment, games and toys. 4761 Retail sale of books, newspapers and stationary in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of books of all kinds — — retail sale of newspapers and stationery — — This class also includes: retail sale of office supplies such as pens, pencils, paper etc. — — This class excludes: retail sale of second-hand or antique books, see 4774 — —
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 192 4762 Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of musical records, audio tapes, compact discs and cassettes — — retail sale of video tapes and DVDs — — This class also includes: retail sale of blank tapes and discs — — 4763 Retail sale of sporting equipment in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles — — 4764 Retail sale of games and toys in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of games and toys, made of all materials — — This class excludes: retail sale of video game consoles, see 4741 — — retail sale of non-customized software, including video games, see 4741 — — 477 Retail sale of other goods in specialized stores This group includes the sale in specialized stores carrying a particular line of products not included in other parts of the classification, such as clothing, footwear and leather articles, pharmaceutical and medical goods, watches, souvenirs, cleaning materials, weapons, flowers and pets and others. Also included is the retail sale of used goods in specialized stores. 4771 Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of articles of clothing — — retail sale of articles of fur — — retail sale of clothing accessories such as gloves, ties, braces etc. — — retail sale of umbrellas — — retail sale of footwear — — retail sale of leather goods — — retail sale of travel accessories of leather and leather substitutes — — This class excludes: retail sale of textiles, see 4751 — — 4772 Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of pharmaceuticals — — retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods — — retail sale of perfumery and cosmetic articles — —
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 193 4773 Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores This class includes: retail sale of photographic, optical and precision equipment — — activities of opticians — — retail sale of watches, clocks and jewellery — — retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food — — retail sale of souvenirs, craftwork and religious articles — — activities of commercial art galleries — — retail sale of household fuel oil, bottled gas, coal and fuel wood — — retail sale of cleaning materials — — retail sale of weapons and ammunition — — retail sale of stamps and coins — — retail sale of non-food products n.e.c. — — 4774 Retail sale of second-hand goods This class includes: retail sale of second-hand books — — retail sale of other second-hand goods — — retail sale of antiques — — activities of auctioning houses (retail) — — This class excludes: retail sale of second-hand motor vehicles, see 4510 — — activities of Internet auctions and other non-store auctions (retail), see 4791, 4799 — — activities of pawn shops, see 6492 — — 478 Retail sale via stalls and markets This group includes the retail sale of any kind of new or second hand product in a usually movable stall either along a public road or at a fixed marketplace. 4781 Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products This class includes: retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco products via stalls or markets — — This class excludes: retail sale of prepared food for immediate consumption (mobile food vendors), see 5610 — — 4782 Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwear This class includes: retail sale of textiles, clothing and footwear via stalls or markets — — 4789 Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods This class includes: retail sale of other goods via stalls or markets, such as: — — carpets and rugs
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 194 books games and toys household appliances and consumer electronics music and video recordings 479 Retail trade not in stores, stalls or markets This group includes retail sale activities by mail order houses, over the Internet, through door-to-door sales, vending machines etc. 4791 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet This class includes retail sale activities via mail order houses or via Internet, i.e. retail sale activities where the buyer makes his choice on the basis of advertisements, catalogues, information provided on a website, models or any other means of advertising and places his order by mail, phone or over the Internet (usually through special means provided by a website). The products purchased can be either directly downloaded from the Internet or physically delivered to the customer. This class includes: retail sale of any kind of product by mail order — — retail sale of any kind of product over the Internet — — This class also includes: direct sale via television, radio and telephone — — Internet retail auctions — — 4799 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets This class includes: retail sale of any kind of product in any way that is not included in previous classes: — — by direct sales or door-to-door sales persons through vending machines etc. direct selling of fuel (heating oil, fire wood etc.), delivered directly to the customers — — premises activities of non-store auctions (retail) — — retail sale by (non-store) commission agents — — This class excludes: delivery of products by stores, see groups 471–477 — — Section H Transportation and storage This section includes the provision of passenger or freight transport, whether scheduled or not, by rail, pipeline, road, water or air and associated activities such as terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling, storage etc. Included in this section is the renting of transport equipment with driver or operator. Also included are postal and courier activities. This section excludes maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and other transportation equip- ment (see classes 4520 and 3315, respectively), the construction, maintenance and repair of roads, railroads, harbours, airfields (see classes 4210 and 4290), as well as the renting of transport equipment without driver or operator (see classes 7710 and 7730).
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 195 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines This division includes the transport of passengers and freight via road and rail, as well as freight transport via pipelines. 491 Transport via railways This group includes rail transportation of passengers and/or freight using railroad rolling stock on mainline networks, usually spread over an extensive geographic area. Freight rail transport over short-line freight railroads is included here. This group excludes: urban and suburban passenger land transport, see 4921 — — related activities such as switching and shunting, see 5221 — — operation of railroad infrastructure, see 5221 — — 4911 Passenger rail transport, interurban This class includes: passenger transport by inter-urban railways — — operation of sleeping cars or dining cars as an integrated operation of railway compa- — — nies This class excludes: passenger transport by urban and suburban transit systems, see 4921 — — passenger terminal activities, see 5221 — — operation of sleeping cars or dining cars when operated by separate units, see 5590, 5610 — — 4912 Freight rail transport This class includes: freight transport on mainline rail networks as well as short-line freight railroads — — This class excludes: storage and warehousing, see 5210 — — freight terminal activities, see 5221 — — cargo handling, see 5224 — — 492 Other land transport This group includes all land-based transport activities other than rail transport. However, rail transport as part of urban or suburban transport systems is included here. 4921 Urban and suburban passenger land transport This class includes: land transport of passengers by urban or suburban transport systems. This may include — — different modes of land transport, such as by motorbus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops. This class also includes: town-to-airport or town-to-station lines — —
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 196 operation of funicular railways, aerial cableways etc. if part of urban or suburban transit — — systems This class excludes: passenger transport by inter-urban railways, see 4911 — — 4922 Other passenger land transport This class includes: other passenger road transport: — — scheduled long-distance bus services charters, excursions and other occasional coach services taxi operation airport shuttles operation of telfers (téléphériques), funiculars, ski and cable lifts if not part of urban or — — suburban transit systems This class also includes: other renting of private cars with driver — — operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees — — passenger transport by man- or animal-drawn vehicles — — This class excludes: ambulance transport, see 8690 — — 4923 Freight transport by road This class includes: all freight transport operations by road: — — logging haulage stock haulage refrigerated haulage heavy haulage bulk haulage, including haulage in tanker trucks haulage of automobiles transport of waste and waste materials, without collection or disposal This class also includes: furniture removal — — renting of trucks with driver — — freight transport by man or animal-drawn vehicles — — This class excludes: log hauling within the forest, as part of logging operations, see 0240 — — distribution of water by trucks, see 3600 — — operation of terminal facilities for handling freight, see 5221 — — crating and packing services for transport, see 5229 — — post and courier activities, see 5310, 5320 — — waste transport as integrated part of waste collection activities, see 3811, 3812 — —