532120 Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing, without drivers, one or more of the following: trucks, truck tractors, buses, semi-trailers, utility trailers, or RVs (recreational vehicles).

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:

• Renting or leasing light duty passenger trucks and sport utility vehicles without drivers are classified in Industry 53211, Passenger Car Rental and Leasing.
• Renting recreational goods, such as pleasure boats, canoes, motorcycles, mopeds, or bicycles are classified in U.S. Industry 532284, Recreational Goods Rental.
• Renting or leasing farm tractors, industrial equipment, and industrial trucks, such as forklifts and other material handling equipment are classified in Industry 532490, Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing.
• Renting or leasing mobile home sites are classified in Industry 531190, Lessors of Other Real Estate Property.
• Retailing vehicles commonly referred to as RVs through sales or lease arrangements are classified in Industry 441210, Recreational Vehicle Dealers.
• Leasing trucks, utility trailers, and RVs in combination with providing loans to buyers of such vehicles are classified in Sector 52, Finance and Insurance.

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

Activities listed under 532120

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

• Bus rental or leasing
• Camper rental
• Dump truck rental or leasing without operator
• Mobile home rental, off-site
• Motor home rental, off-site
• Popup camper rental
• Recreational trailer rental
• Recreational vehicle (RV) rental or leasing
• RV (recreational vehicle) rental or leasing
• School bus rental or leasing
• Semi-trailer rental or leasing
• Trailer rental or leasing
• Truck (except industrial, light duty passenger) rental or leasing
• Truck tractor rental or leasing without driver
• Utility trailer rental or leasing
• Van (except passenger) rental or leasing without driver

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 532120

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 532120, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 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: 7710, 7730), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehiclesUK SIC
• 77120Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehiclesUK SIC
• 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipmentUK SIC
• 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipmentUK SIC
• 77330Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)UK SIC
• 77341Renting and leasing of passenger water transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77342Renting and leasing of freight water transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77351Renting and leasing of air passenger transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77352Renting and leasing of freight air transport equipmentUK SIC
• 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.UK SIC

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