711190 Other Performing Arts Companies

Official definition

This industry comprises companies or groups (except theater companies, dance companies, and musical groups and artists) primarily engaged in producing live theatrical presentations.

Examples Census gives

• Carnival traveling shows
• Ice skating companies
• Circuses
• Magic shows

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:

• Establishments, such as nightclubs, primarily engaged in providing food and beverages for consumption on the premises and that also present live nontheatrical entertainment are classified in Subsector 722, Food Services and Drinking Places.
• Establishments primarily engaged in organizing, promoting, and/or managing ice skating shows, circuses, and other live performing arts presentations without producing their own shows are classified in Industry Group 7113, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events.
• Theater companies and groups (except dance) or dinner theaters engaged in producing musicals; plays; operas; and comedy, improvisational, mime, and puppet shows are classified in Industry 711110, Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters.
• Dance companies or groups are classified in Industry 711120, Dance Companies.
• Freelance producers and performing artists (except musicians and vocalists) are classified in Industry 711510, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers.
• Musical groups and independent musicians and vocalists are classified in Industry 711130, Musical Groups and Artists.
• Carnival ride concession operators (i.e., supplying and servicing in others' facilities) are classified in Industry 713990, All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries.

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

Activities listed under 711190

The Census index assigns these 8 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Carnival traveling shows
• Circus companies
• Circuses
• Horse shows
• Ice skating companies
• Ice skating shows
• Magic shows
• Traveling shows, carnival

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 711190

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 711190, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 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: 9000, 9329), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.UK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 711110Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
• 711120Dance Companies
• 711130Musical Groups and Artists