561591 Convention and Visitors Bureaus

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in marketing and promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers through a range of activities, such as assisting organizations in locating meeting and convention sites; providing travel information on area attractions, lodging accommodations, restaurants; providing maps; and organizing group tours of local historical, recreational, and cultural attractions.

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:

• Organizing, promoting, and/or managing events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences, and meetings (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place) are classified in Industry 561920, Convention and Trade Show Organizers.
• Organizing, promoting, and/or managing live performing arts productions, sports events, and similar events, such as festivals (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place) are classified in Industry Group 7113, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events.

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

Activities listed under 561591

The Census index assigns these 6 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Convention and visitors bureaus
• Convention bureaus
• Tourism bureaus
• Tourist information bureaus
• Visitor information centers
• Visitors bureaus

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 561591

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561591, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $25 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: 7990), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 79901Activities of tourist guidesUK SIC
• 79909Other reservation service activities n.e.c.UK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 561599All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services