2022 NAICS national industry in sector 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
561920 Convention and Trade Show Organizers
NAICS 561920 is the US industry code for convention and trade show organizers. It covers establishments primarily 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).
- Code
- 561920 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Convention and Trade Show Organizers
- Part of
- Other Support Services
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $20 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 82301, 82302 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily 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).
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Establishments primarily engaged in 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.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 561920
The Census index assigns these 28 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Automobile show managers
- Automobile show organizers
- Automobile show promoters
- Convention managers
- Convention or trade show event planners
- Convention organizers
- Convention promoters
- Convention services
- Craft fair managers
- Craft fair organizers
- Craft fair promoters
- Event and meeting planning services
- Flower show managers
- Flower show organizers
- Flower show promoters
- Home show managers
- Home show organizers
- Home show promoters
- Managers, convention
- Managers, trade fair or show
- Promoters of conventions with or without facilities
- Promoters of trade fairs or shows with or without facilities
- Trade fair managers
- Trade fair organizers
- Trade fair promoters
- Trade show managers
- Trade show organizers
- Trade show promoters
SBA size standard for 561920
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561920, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $20 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.
SBA footnote 10: NAICS codes 488510 (excluding the exception), 531210, 541810, 561510, 561520 and 561920 – As measured by total revenues, but excluding funds received in trust for an unaffiliated third party, such as bookings or sales subject to commissions. The commissions received are included as revenues.
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: 8230), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 82301Activities of exhibition and fair organisersUK SIC
- 82302Activities of conference organisersUK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.