722410 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments known as bars, taverns, nightclubs, or drinking places primarily engaged in preparing and serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption. These establishments may also provide limited food 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:

• Preparing and serving alcoholic beverages (i.e., not known as bars or taverns) and providing food services to patrons are classified in Industry 72251, Restaurants and Other Eating Places.
• Operating a civic or social association with a bar for their members are classified in Industry 813410, Civic and Social Organizations.
• Retailing packaged alcoholic beverages not for immediate consumption on the premises are classified in Industry 445320, Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers.
• Operating nightclubs or dance clubs without selling alcoholic beverages are classified in Industry 713990, All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries.
• Manufacturing brewery, winery, and distillery products are classified in Industry Group 3121, Beverage Manufacturing.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Restaurant
• Bar or pub
• Brewery

Activities listed under 722410

The Census index assigns these 10 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alcoholic beverage drinking places
• Bars (i.e., drinking places), alcoholic beverage
• Brew pubs, primarily serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption
• Cocktail lounges
• Discotheques, alcoholic beverage
• Drinking places (i.e., bars, lounges, taverns), alcoholic
• Lounges, cocktail
• Nightclubs, alcoholic beverage
• Tap rooms (i.e., drinking places)
• Taverns (i.e., drinking places)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 722410

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 722410, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $9 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: 5630), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 56301Licensed clubsUK SIC
• 56302Public houses and barsUK SIC

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