2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)

This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the construction of new multifamily residential housing units (e.g., high-rise, garden, town house apartments, and condominiums where each unit is not separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall). Multifamily design-build firms and multifamily housing construction management firms acting as general contractors are included in this industry.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Building multifamily buildings on their own account for sale as speculative builders or merchant builders--are classified in U.S. Industry 236117, New Housing For-Sale Builders;
  • Remodeling or repairing existing multifamily housing and other residential buildings--are classified in U.S. Industry 236118, Residential Remodelers;
  • Performing specialized construction work on multifamily housing and other residential buildings, generally on a subcontract basis--are classified in Subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors; and
  • Constructing and leasing residential buildings on their own account--are classified in Industry 531110, Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings.
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NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
236116   236116   236116   Apartment building construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Condominium, multifamily, construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Construction management, multifamily building
236116   236116   236116   Cooperative apartment, construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Custom builders (except for-sale), multifamily buildings
236116   236116   236116   Duplex (i.e., one unit above the other), construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Garden apartment construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   High-rise apartment construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Home builders (except for-sale), multifamily
236116   236116   236116   Housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Low income housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Low-rise apartment construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Multifamily building construction general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Panelized multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Precut multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
236116   236116   236116   Residential construction, multifamily, general contractors