487110 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing scenic and sightseeing transportation on land, such as sightseeing buses and trolleys, steam train excursions, and horse-drawn sightseeing rides. The services provided are usually local and involve same-day return to place of origin.

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:

• Operating aerial trams or aerial cable cars are classified in Industry 487990, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other.
• Providing sporting services, such as recreational pack trains and horseback riding are classified in Industry 713990, All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries.
• Providing intercity and rural bus transportation are classified in Industry 485210, Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation.
• Providing buses for charter are classified in Industry 485510, Charter Bus Industry.
• Operating local and suburban passenger transit systems are classified in Industry 48511, Urban Transit Systems.
• Providing travel arrangement and reservation services and arranging and assembling tours are classified in Industry Group 5615, Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services.

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

Activities listed under 487110

The Census index assigns these 16 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Buses, scenic and sightseeing operation
• Cable car, land, scenic and sightseeing operation
• Carriage, horse-drawn, operation
• Cog railway, scenic and sightseeing, operation
• Horse-drawn carriage operation
• Monorail, scenic and sightseeing, operation
• Railroad transportation, scenic and sightseeing
• Railroad, scenic and sightseeing, operation
• Railway transportation, scenic and sightseeing
• Scenic and sightseeing excursions, land
• Sightseeing bus operation
• Sightseeing operation, human-drawn vehicle
• Steam train excursions
• Tour bus, scenic and sightseeing, operation
• Tracked vehicle sightseeing operation
• Trolley, scenic and sightseeing, operation

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 487110

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 487110, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $20.5 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: 4911, 4922), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 49100Passenger rail transport, interurbanUK SIC
• 49200Freight rail transportUK SIC

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