The 2027 NAICS update ends Aug 12: file for federal recognition of Emergency Restoration Services
Archive story from the 2026-08-10 edition. This is the reporting as filed; source publication and event dates may differ. Check the dated storyline for subsequent developments.
IICRC and RIA are urging comment on a proposed federal code for Emergency Restoration Services before the August 12 deadline.
IICRC and RIA are urging the industry to comment on the 2027 NAICS revision proposing code 624231, Emergency Restoration Services. Restoration currently has no dedicated federal classification, which is why headcount, payroll, and disaster-workforce data all vanish into janitorial and general-contractor buckets. Comment window closes August 12, 2026.
Why it matters
A dedicated NAICS code is the plumbing under every federal system that touches you, SBA loan eligibility, federal disaster contracting set-asides, insurance-industry data on your class of risk, BLS wage surveys, Census Bureau economic reports. Without it, restoration is invisible to policy that gets written about your work. This is a two-day window for the whole trade to buy itself a seat at every future federal table.
Our assessment
A federal code will not get one supplement approved, and anyone promising otherwise is overselling. What it buys is being counted: wage data, loan eligibility, disaster contracting, and a class of risk insurers can actually see. The organizing matters more than the classification. File before the twelfth, and write something specific about your own payroll and disaster work instead of signing a template.
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How we got here
Storyline: naics recognition 3 stories so far
- The industry wants its own federal code, RIA files for NAICS 624231
- The industry is one comment period away from finally being counted (deadline Aug 12)
- The 2027 NAICS update ends Aug 12: file for federal recognition of Emergency Restoration Services You are here
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