485510 Charter Bus Industry

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing buses for charter. These establishments provide bus services to meet customers' road transportation needs and generally do not operate over fixed routes and on regular schedules.

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:

• Providing scenic and local sightseeing transportation using buses are classified in Industry 487110, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land.
• Providing interurban and rural bus transportation are classified in Industry 485210, Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation.

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

Activities listed under 485510

The Census index assigns these 2 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing)
• Charter bus services (except scenic, sightseeing)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 485510

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 485510, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $19 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

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: 4922), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 49200Freight rail transportUK SIC

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