712190 Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of natural areas or settings.

Examples Census gives

• Bird or wildlife sanctuaries
• Natural wonder tourist attractions (e.g., caverns, waterfalls)
• Conservation areas
• Nature centers or preserves
• National parks

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 primarily engaged in operating commercial hunting or fishing preserves without accommodations (e.g., game farms) are classified in Industry 114210, Hunting and Trapping.
• Establishments primarily engaged in operating commercial hunting, fishing, or nature preserves combined with accommodations are classified in Industry Group 7211, Traveler Accommodation.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in administering natural areas are classified in Industry 924120, Administration of Conservation Programs.

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

Activities listed under 712190

The Census index assigns these 15 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bird sanctuaries
• Caverns (i.e., natural wonder tourist attractions)
• Conservation areas
• Interpretive centers, nature
• National parks
• Natural wonder tourist attractions (e.g., caverns, waterfalls)
• Nature centers
• Nature parks
• Nature preserves
• Nature reserves
• Parks, national
• Parks, nature
• Provincial parks
• Waterfalls (i.e., natural wonder tourist attractions)
• Wildlife sanctuaries

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 712190

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 712190, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $19.5 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: 9103), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 91030Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractionsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 712110Museums
• 712120Historical Sites
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