115310 Support Activities for Forestry

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing particular support activities related to timber production, wood technology, forestry economics and marketing, and forest protection. These establishments may provide support activities for forestry, such as estimating timber, forest firefighting, forest pest control, treating burned forests from the air for reforestation or on an emergency basis, and consulting on wood attributes and reforestation.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Public administration and conservation of forest lands are classified in Industry 924120, Administration of Conservation Programs.
• Growing trees for reforestation are classified in Industry 113210, Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products.
• Individual activities as part of a restoration project are classified according to the primary activity.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 115310

The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Aerial forest firefighting
• Aerial forest mulching or seeding
• Aerial wildland firefighting
• Cruising timber
• Estimating timber
• Fire prevention, forest
• Firefighting, forest
• Forest management plans preparation
• Forest thinning
• Forestry services
• Pest control services, forestry
• Reforestation (except forest nurseries)
• Timber valuation

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 115310

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 115310, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $11.5 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

SBA footnote 1: NAICS code 115310 – Support Activities for Forestry – Forest Fire Suppression and Fuels Management Services are two components of Support Activities for Forestry. Forest Fire Suppression includes establishments which provide services to fight forest fires. These firms usually have fire-fighting crews and equipment. Fuels Management Services firms provide services to clear land of hazardous materials that would fuel forest fires. The treatments used by these firms may include prescribed fire, mechanical removal, establishing fuel breaks, thinning, pruning, and piling.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0240), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 02400Support services to forestryUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.