SBI 2025: what are the main changes?

The following major changes have been made to the European system (NACE Rev 2.1) and will therefore be implemented in SBI 2025:

• SBI Section J: Information and Communication comprised SBI 58 to 63 in SBI 2008. In SBI 2025, this has been subdivided into SBI Section J: Information (comprising SBI 58 to 60) and SBI Section K: Communication (comprising SBI 61 to 63). As a result, all subsequent SBI Sections also all move up a letter (K becomes L, L becomes M and so on). This amendment will have no effect on the more detailed categories (levels 2 to 5).
• SBI 45: The category of trade in and repair of cars, motorcycles and trailers will be removed and reclassified under SBI 46: Wholesale trade, SBI 47: Retail trade and SBI 95: Repairs.
• Now that many physical shops also sell goods online, the distinction between internet trading and trade via retail outlets is no longer clear. Moreover, a distinction according to sales channel does not reflect the aim of SBI, as the activity (retail trade) is the same in both cases. Other sales channels (e.g. market trade) are also no longer recorded separately. In SBI 2008, these were: SBI 47.8 and SBI 47.9.
• A considerable number of SBI codes for intermediaries and mediation have been added. These categories contain companies that provide a link between customers and the service/product/seller, such as online marketplaces and comparison sites. For retail trade, these activities are categorised under SBI 47.9 in SBI 2025. An overview of the SBI codes of other mediation services can be found in the document ‘Information SBI revision SBI 2025’ at www.cbs.nl/sbi under the heading SBI 2025.

For codes consisting of four levels, a fifth level in the form of a zero has been added in SBI 2025. In 2008 this was not the case. This method is in line with Eurostat recommendations for the national versions of NACE. Adding the zero ensures that no differences in summation arise in StatLine tables.