611710 Educational Support Services

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems.

Examples Census gives

• Educational consultants
• Educational testing services
• Educational guidance counseling services
• Student exchange programs
• Educational testing evaluation services

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 job training for the unemployed, underemployed, physically disabled, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education or job skills are classified in Industry 624310, Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
• Conducting research and analyses in cognitive development are classified in Industry 541720, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Publishing educational materials, including educational tests and assessments, and known as publishers are classified in Subsector 513, Publishing Industries.

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

Activities listed under 611710

The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Career and vocational counseling services (except rehabilitative)
• College selection services
• Educational consultants
• Educational curriculum development services
• Educational guidance counseling services
• Educational support services
• Educational testing evaluation services
• Educational testing services
• School bus attendant services
• Student exchange programs
• Study abroad programs
• Test development and evaluation services, educational
• Testing services, educational

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 611710

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 611710, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $24 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: 8550), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 85510Sports and recreation educationUK SIC
• 85520Cultural educationUK SIC
• 85530Driving school activitiesUK SIC
• 85590Other education n.e.c.UK SIC

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