Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

NAICS code: 5172

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SBA size standard

NAICS 5172 was retired in the 2022 NAICS revision

5172 does not appear in the current NAICS-2022 structure, so it carries no current SBA size standard of its own. The current equivalent is NAICS 517112 (Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)).

Current NAICS code	Industry	SBA size standard
517112	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	1500 employees

Source: U.S. Census Bureau official NAICS revision concordances (census.gov/naics/concordances/: 2002_to_2007_NAICS.xls, 2007_to_2012_NAICS.xls, 2012_to_2017_NAICS.xlsx, 2017_to_2022_NAICS.xlsx), cross-checked against the SBA Table of Size Standards and live eCFR 13 CFR 121.201 for each successor's size standard, all fetched 2026-07-27.

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Data sources

NAICS code and title are from the U.S. Census Bureau North American Industry Classification System. SBA small-business size standards are from the U.S. Small Business Administration table of small business size standards. Corporate program data is editorial coverage by SupplierDiversity.com.