[header] How to become a government contractor [title] Find your naics classification. [step] The federal government uses the north american industry classification system (naics) to classify u.s. businesses for the purposes of gathering statistics on the u.s. economy. These codes also are used to classify contracts. 
[substeps] The most current edition of the naics manual is available at https: // www.census.gov/eos/www/naics /. Use it to find the code or codes for your business.