NACE 98.2 – Undifferentiated Services-producing Activities of Private Households for Own Use | Public Tenders
NACE 98.2: Own-provided services in private households – statistical concept without relevance for public tenders. Documented for completeness.
Definition: NACE 98.2 covers the provision of services by private households for their own use — i.e. non-market activities such as childcare by family members, household management or care of relatives within the private household. This group is exclusively a statistical concept with no entrepreneurial character.
Legal basis: NACE Rev. 2 (Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006) · Last updated: January 2026
What does NACE 98.2 cover?
NACE 98.2 (Undifferentiated services-producing activities of private households for own use) is — like NACE 98.1 — a purely statistical classification element with no relevance for public procurement.
Group 98.2 within Section T (Activities of Households as Employers) covers the following classes:
| Class | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 98.20 | Undifferentiated services-producing activities of private households for own use | Non-market household services: childcare, care, cooking, cleaning by household members |
This category captures all activities that household members perform for themselves — that is, the immense, but statistically hard-to-capture non-market self-provision in private households. The economic value of these activities is considerable, but is not fully captured in traditional GDP measurement.
Procurement-law Positioning
NACE 98.2 has no relevance for public tenders. It is a purely statistical category for capturing non-market economic activities in private households.
Contracting authorities do not procure services from private households for their own use. The documentation of this NACE group serves the completeness of the classification system.
Delineation from Procurement-relevant NACE Groups
Those seeking similar but procurement-relevant service areas will find them under:
- NACE 88.1 – Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled: Professional outpatient care services
- NACE 88.9 – Other social work activities without accommodation: Professional childcare
- NACE 81.2 – Cleaning activities: Professional cleaning services
- NACE 56 – Food and beverage service activities: Professional catering services
NACE 98.2 in Context: Section T
- NACE T – Activities of Households as Employers: Parent section
- NACE 97.0 – Households with domestic personnel: Employment of domestic staff
- NACE 98.1 – Goods-producing activities in private households: Own production in private households
Frequently Asked Questions on NACE 98.2
Why is NACE 98.2 maintained in the NACE system if there are no companies? NACE 98 (with subgroups 98.1 and 98.2) was introduced in order to systematically depict non-market production activities of private households in European economic statistics. This serves comparability with economies in which subsistence plays a larger role.
Does the recording of NACE 98.2 affect social benefits? Not directly. In economic-policy debate (e.g. on extending the GDP concept to housework and family care), this statistical category is, however, referred to. This indirectly influences the political discussion on public funding programmes for professional care and support services.
Last updated: January 2026 All information is provided without guarantee. For legally binding advice, please consult a law firm specialising in public procurement law.
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