721310 Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating rooming and boarding houses and similar facilities, such as fraternity houses, sorority houses, off campus dormitories, residential clubs, and workers' camps. These establishments provide temporary or longer-term accommodations, which, for the period of occupancy, may serve as a principal residence. These establishments also may provide complementary services, such as housekeeping, meals, and laundry services.

Examples Census gives

• Dormitories (off campus)
• Sorority houses
• Fraternity houses
• Workers' camps
• Rooming houses

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

Activities listed under 721310

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

• Boarding houses
• Clubs, residential
• Corporate rooming and boarding houses
• Dormitories, off campus
• Fraternity houses
• Migrant workers' camps
• Off campus dormitories
• Residence clubs, organizational
• Residential clubs
• Rooming and boarding houses
• Sorority houses
• Workers' camps
• Workers' dormitories

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 721310

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 721310, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $14 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: 5590), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 55900Other accommodationUK SIC

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