{"id":11831,"date":"2022-12-05T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/?p=11831"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:51:59","slug":"what-is-the-cnae-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/trade\/what-is-the-cnae-code","title":{"rendered":"What is the CNAE Code and how can I get it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Classification of Economic Activities<\/strong><\/a> or CNAE code has the purpose of carrying out reliable statistics at a national level<\/strong>, but it has no fiscal repercussions, all commercial companies<\/strong> and autonomous professionals<\/strong> in Europe are obliged to have one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CNAE code consists of a 4-digit combination<\/strong> that identifies the main economic activity<\/strong> of the company or self-employed worker. It responds to a reform that came into force in 2009 when there were a series of changes to comply with European directives, such as a series of sub-levels that contain section, division, group, and class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to know the CNAE code? Step by Step<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The CNAE code can be easily found in the contract<\/strong>, although you can also look for it in the Tax Agency e-Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to the Virtual Assistance Tools<\/strong><\/a> section of the Tax Agency e-Office, and click on the link \u201cTax Registry and Economic Activities Tax virtual assistant tools<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tax Agency website – Virtual Assistant Tools<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Within this section, you will find another link called \u201cActivity finder and its tax obligations<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once clicked on this link, it will open a new window where you can read more information about this tool and its general purpose. Click on the \u201cSearch epigraph of activity<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Business activity and Tax obligations Search<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This will finally take you to the \u201cSearch for activities and their tax obligations<\/strong>\u201d finder. Search for your activity using one or more words, in the search engine put a keyword related to your activity<\/strong>, with which you think your business identifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Search for activities and their tax obligations<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once you have found it, enter its detail to see the CNAE code<\/strong>. If the search was satisfactory and the results provide you with an activity that matches what you do or will do, then click on \u201cVer detalle\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Code of the activity and its details<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This will take you to another page (in Spanish) that indicates a series of relevant data corresponding to your activity<\/strong> and where you can see its CNAE code<\/strong> (which appears as \u201cCorrespondencia CNAE\u201d). We recommend that you save it, since other data may be useful for some other procedure, such as the heading of the IAE<\/strong> to which you correspond, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More information about the economic activity<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Can you change the CNAE code?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes.<\/strong> It is not unusual for companies to change their activity over time, taking into account the demand of their customers<\/strong>. It is only necessary to change their deed <\/strong>of incorporation<\/strong> and notify the Mercantile Registry and Social Security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to change the CNAE code?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The change depends on whether you are a company or self-employed<\/strong>. In the case of the latter, they can access the Electronic Office of Social Security with the digital certificate and request the change<\/strong>. As for companies, they have to follow the same procedure<\/strong> but they must register said modification in the deeds through a notary so the modification is effective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to know what is the CNAE of a company?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are 21 business titles<\/strong>, categorized from A to U, to try to cover all types of business activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNAE group<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
U \u2013 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies<\/td><\/tr>
T \u2013 Household activities as employers of domestic staff; household activities as producers of goods and services for own use<\/td><\/tr>
S \u2013 Other services<\/td><\/tr>
R \u2013 Artistic, recreational and entertainment activities<\/td><\/tr>
Q \u2013 Health and social services activities<\/td><\/tr>
P \u2013 Education<\/td><\/tr>
O \u2013 Public Administration and defense; mandatory Social Security<\/td><\/tr>
N \u2013 Administrative activities and auxiliary services<\/td><\/tr>
M \u2013 Professional, scientific and technical activities<\/td><\/tr>
L \u2013 Real estate activities<\/td><\/tr>
K \u2013 Financial and insurance activities<\/td><\/tr>
J \u2013 Information and communications<\/td><\/tr>
I \u2013 Hospitality industry<\/td><\/tr>
H \u2013 Transport and storage<\/td><\/tr>
G \u2013 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles<\/td><\/tr>
F \u2013 Construction<\/td><\/tr>
E \u2013 Water supply, sanitation activities, waste management and decontamination<\/td><\/tr>
D \u2013 Supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning<\/td><\/tr>
C \u2013 Manufacturing industry<\/td><\/tr>
B \u2013 Extractive industries<\/td><\/tr>
A \u2013 Agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each of these categories is subdivided into several headings<\/strong>, and these in turn into a few others, up to the fourth level<\/strong>. Each of them is represented by a number<\/strong>; therefore, the total number of them in the CNAE code is four<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration of the CNAE code<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It has no date of expiration<\/strong>, so the CNAE code will be valid at all times<\/strong>, without forgetting how long the activity will be developed. In this sense, it is only necessary to obtain it once<\/strong>, at the moment in which the activity is going to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The differences between CNAE and IAE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The IAE number is a code<\/strong> that, like the CNAE, identifies the activity of the company or self-employed person<\/strong>, however, they are not the same. While the CNAE has a purely statistical function, the IAE number responds to a certain tax and will mark a series of obligations with the Tax Agency. You will also need the IAE number to register as self-employed with Social Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact us!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We want to listen to you and know what your questions are about the procedures you have to carry out. Count on the advice of our experts<\/strong> to clarify all your doubts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Entre Tr\u00e1mites<\/a> we invite you to know about all our consultation services<\/strong>. Fill in our contact form<\/a> and we will call you to help you as soon as possible<\/strong>, schedule your online consultation, or simply text our WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CNAE code is essential to identify the type of business that a company or self-employed worker has, in order to produce reliable statistics at a national level in various entities. How to get it? We\u2019ll tell you in this blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":19498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11831"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22455,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions\/22455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}