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Group 649 - Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities

PSIC Group 649 covers Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities. Direct children below it include Financial leasing, Other credit granting, and Pawnshop operations. It clusters...

Level Group
Hierarchy depth 3/5
Children 4
Last verified 2026-05-12
About this level

Practical summary

Group 649 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under K Financial and Insurance Activities > 64 Financial Service Activities, except Insurance and Pension Funding. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Financial leasing, Other credit granting, and Pawnshop operations. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.

Administrative context

Where this code is used

This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Financial leasing, Other credit granting, and Pawnshop operations and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.

Selection note

How to choose it

Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Financial leasing, Other credit granting, and Pawnshop operations. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.

Official note

Source-backed description

This group includes financial service activities, other than that conducted by monetary institutions. This group excludes insurance and pension funding activities, see Division 65.

FAQ

What does PSIC Group 649 cover?

PSIC Group 649 clusters a smaller family of classes under Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.

How do I compare Group 649 with sibling groups?

Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are 641 Monetary intermediation and 642 Activities of holding companies.

Why is Group 649 useful for classification?

It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.