Class · NACE Rev. 2.1
74.20 Photographic activities
active
Includes
- commercial and consumer photography:
- portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings, etc.
- photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes
- aerial and underwater photography
- videotaping of events: weddings, meetings, etc.
- film processing:
- developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films
- film developing and photo printing laboratories
- one-hour photo shops (not part of shops selling cameras)
- mounting of slides
- copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs
- activities of photojournalists
- activities of artistic photographs
Also includes
- microfilming of documents
- digitising photographs, uploading video to the cloud
- object scanning in 3D
Excludes
- activities of printing photographs (from mobile telephones, memory cards, universal serial bus (USB) and other electronic supports), see 18.12
- processing motion picture film related to motion picture and television industries, see 59.12
- cartographic and spatial information activities, see 71.12
- photogrammetric surveying activities, see 71.12
- operation of coin-operated (self-service) photo machines, see 96.99
What changed from NACE Rev. 2
Per the official Eurostat correspondence table (NACE Rev. 2 → NACE Rev. 2.1):
| NACE Rev. 2 origin | Heading (Rev. 2) | Mapping | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74.20 | Photographic activities | NACE Rev. 2 class 74.20 is mapped to NACE Rev. 2.1 classes 18.12, 74.20 | 5:4 |
Content moved from 74.20 includes:
- commercial and consumer photography: • portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings etc. • photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes • aerial and underwater photography • videotaping of events: weddings, meetings etc.
- film processing: • developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films • film developing and photo printing laboratories • one hour photo shops (not part of camera stores) • mounting of slides • copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs
- activities of photojournalists
- activity of artistic photographs
- microfilming of documents
- digitising photos, converting video to cloud
- object scanning in 3D
Related codes
Reference data
| Code | 74.20 |
|---|---|
| Level | Class |
| Parent | 74.2 |
| Classification | NACE Rev. 2.1 |
| Legal basis | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 |
| Source | Eurostat (ShowVoc dissemination platform) |
| Data checked | 2026-07-20 |