NAICS UNIVERSITY · Free research for insurance agents
Other Motion Picture and Video Industries
NAICS 512199 · United States · 2022 edition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing motion picture and video services (except motion picture and video production, distribution, exhibition, and teleproduction and other postproduction services).
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Questions to ask
- What types of client materials are held on premises — film negatives, digital masters, archival reels — and what are the estimated values?
- Is any nitrate film stock stored or processed at the facility?
- What fire suppression, climate control, and physical security systems are in place for the vaults?
- Does the business license stock footage to third parties, and are formal licensing agreements in place?
- Are digital assets stored on-site, in the cloud, or both, and what cybersecurity controls are in place?
- Any prior losses involving client materials, equipment, or licensing disputes?
- For Other Motion Picture and Video Industries, what should the underwriter know about storage of highly flammable nitrate film stock?
- For Other Motion Picture and Video Industries, what should the underwriter know about prior bailee or inland marine losses involving irreplaceable or high-value client materials?
Activities described by this code
- Motion picture film laboratories
- Stock footage film libraries
- Film preservation services
Other activities to examine
- Renting wardrobes and costumes for motion picture production: 532281 — Formal Wear and Costume Rental
- Renting studio equipment: 532490 — Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Casting actors and actresses for employment with production companies: 561311 — Employment Placement Agencies
- Motion picture and video production: 512110 — Motion Picture and Video Production
- Acquiring distribution rights and distributing film and video productions to motion picture theaters, television networks and stations, other media broadcast and streaming outlets, and exhibitors: 512120 — Motion Picture and Video Distribution
- Teleproduction and other postproduction services: 512191 — Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services;
- Motion picture and video exhibition: 51213 — Motion Picture and Video Exhibition
Census classification reference
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Establishments in this class provide motion picture and video services that fall outside production, distribution, exhibition, and postproduction. Common operations include film processing laboratories, stock footage and archival film libraries that license content to third parties, and film preservation and restoration services. Clients are typically media companies, broadcasters, documentarians, and other entertainment industry professionals.
Questions to investigate
- What types of client materials are held on premises — film negatives, digital masters, archival reels — and what are the estimated values?
- Is any nitrate film stock stored or processed at the facility?
- What fire suppression, climate control, and physical security systems are in place for the vaults?
- Does the business license stock footage to third parties, and are formal licensing agreements in place?
This insurance research was generated in April 2026. It has not received a complete human review. The October 12, 2026 audit checked codes and titles only, not descriptions or coverage assertions.