2022 NAICS national industry in sector 72 Accommodation and Food Services
721110 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
NAICS 721110 is the US industry code for hotels (except casino hotels) and motels. It covers establishments primarily engaged in providing short-term lodging in facilities known as hotels, motor hotels, resort hotels, and motels.
- Code
- 721110 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
- Part of
- Traveler Accommodation
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $40 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 55100, 55900 (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 providing short-term lodging in facilities known as hotels, motor hotels, resort hotels, and motels. The establishments in this industry may offer food and beverage services, recreational services, conference rooms, convention services, laundry services, parking, and other services.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing short-term lodging with a casino on the premises are classified in Industry 721120, Casino Hotels.
- Providing short-term lodging in facilities known as bed-and-breakfast inns, youth hostels, housekeeping cabins and cottages, and tourist homes are classified in Industry 72119, Other Traveler Accommodation.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 721110
The Census index assigns these 21 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Alpine skiing facilities with accommodations (i.e., ski resorts)
- Auto courts, lodging
- Automobile courts, lodging
- Health spas (i.e., physical fitness facilities) with accommodations
- Hotel management services (i.e., providing management and operating staff to run hotel)
- Hotels (except casino hotels)
- Hotels (except casino hotels) with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities (i.e., resorts)
- Hotels, membership
- Hotels, resort, without casinos
- Hotels, seasonal, without casinos
- Membership hotels
- Motels
- Motor courts
- Motor hotels without casinos
- Motor inns
- Motor lodges
- Resort hotels without casinos
- Seasonal hotels without casinos
- Ski lodges and resorts with accommodations
- Summer resort hotels without casinos
- Tourist lodges
SBA size standard for 721110
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 721110, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $40 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: 5510, 5590), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
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.