291000 Manufacture of motor vehicles


This type includes:

  • manufacture of passenger cars
  • manufacture of commercial vehicles:
  • vans, lorries, over-the-road tractors for semi-trailers, etc.
  • manufacture of buses, trolley-buses and coaches
  • manufacture of motor vehicle engines
  • manufacture of chassis for motor vehicles
  • manufacture of other motor vehicles:
  • snowmobiles, golf carts, amphibious vehicles
  • fire engines, street sweepers, travelling libraries, armoured cars, etc.
  • concrete-mixer lorries
  • ATVs, go-carts and similar including race cars

This type also includes:

  • factory rebuilding of motor vehicle engines

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of electric motors (except starting motors) (see 271100)
  • manufacture of lighting equipment for motor vehicles (see 274000)
  • manufacture of pistons, piston rings and carburettors (see 281100)
  • manufacture of agricultural tractors (see 283000)
  • manufacture of tractors used in construction or mining (see 289200)
  • manufacture of off-road dumping trucks (see 289200)
  • manufacture of bodies for motor vehicles (see 292000)
  • manufacture of electrical parts for motor vehicles (see 293100)
  • manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles (see 293200)
  • manufacture of tanks and other military fighting vehicles (see 304000)
  • maintenance, repair and alteration of motor vehicles (see 4520)

ambulances; armoured vehicles; autocar; buses; campers; concrete-mixer lorries; fire engines; jeeps; minibuses; motor vehicle engines; motors with internal combustion for cars, piston; off-road vehicles, manufacturing; over-the-road tractors for semi-trailers; passenger cars; snowmobiles, snowy motor bike; special vehicles for golf; street sweepers; trolley bus; trucks; trucks-common cranes; trucks-tanks; utilitarian vehicles; vans; vehicles

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008