Supported prohibited categories for an Industry Classification request – Middesk

Overview

With a single request, Industry Classification can retrieve the web presence of a business entity, extract and analyze its content, and determine the industry of the business.

Supported prohibited categories for an Industry Classification request

The output of an Industry Classification request (regardless of whether you do it through a Business or a standalone Website Order) is a set of category labels and associated prediction confidence for each industry in which the business may operate.

Below is a list of the industries that Middesk classifies for the Prohibited classification type. Note that these are returned whether a website URL is provided or not.

Name	Category	Example	High-Risk flag returned?	NAICS Parent Sector	NAICS Code	SIC Code (Crosswalked)	MCC Code
Adult Content	ADULT_CONTENT	Pornography Dating Sites Pay-per-View Chat	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Financial Aggregation	AGGREGATION	Factoring Payment Processors Crowdfunding	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cannabis	CANNABIS	Manufacturers Distributors Dispensaries	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Counterfeit Goods / Branded Goods	BRANDED_GOODS	Businesses selling (Fake) Brand Name Goods Unauthorized Resellers	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Drug of Concern	DRUG_OF_CONCERN	Legal substance that provides the same effect as an illegal drug (e.g., salvia, kratom)	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Drug Paraphernalia	DRUG_PARAPHERNALIA	Drug Manufacturing Items for Drug Use	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gambling	GAMBLING	Casinos Online Gambling Fantasy Sports	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Get Rich Quick	GET_RICH_QUICK	Companies Promoting High Yield Investment Opportunities or Services	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gift Cards	GIFT_CARD	Gift Cards	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High-Risk	HIGH_RISK	These categories traditionally present higher risks of fraud, excessive chargebacks, or money laundering. Examples: Diet Centers Health Clubs Country Clubs The use of credit to pay for lending service Credit card and identity theft protection Government grants Subscriptions over one year Hair Extensions Telemarketing Embassy Extended warranties Phone services Prepaid phone cards Circumvention, jamming and interference devices Timeshares	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investment and Credit	INVESTMENT_CREDIT	Securities Brokers Lending Instruments Credit Repair	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Money and Legal	MONEY_LEGAL	Bail Bonds Collections Agencies Adoption Services	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Multi-level Marketing	MULTI_LEVEL_MARKETING	Multi-level Marketing Pyramid Schemes	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pseudo Pharmaceuticals	PSEUDO_PHARMACEUTICAL	Nutraceuticals Products making health claims not approved by the FDA	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Regulated Products	REGULATED_ILLEGAL	Weapons / Firearms Tobacco and E-Cig Prescription Drugs	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Social Media Activity	SOCIAL_MEDIA_ACTIVITY	Sale of Twitter Followers Sale of Online Traffic Sale of YouTube Views	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virtual Currency	VIRTUAL_CURRENCY	Initial Coin Offerings Digital Wallets Video Game Credits	TRUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other Non-Prohibited	OTHER_NON_PROHIBITED	This label would be returned with high confidence when we assess the risk of the business operating in a prohibited industry to be low	FALSE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A