722513 Limited-Service Restaurants

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services (except snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be consumed on premises, taken out, or delivered to the customer's location. Some establishments in this industry may provide these food services in combination with selling alcoholic beverages.

Examples Census gives

• Delicatessen restaurants
• Pizza delivery shops
• Family restaurants, limited-service
• Takeout eating places
• Fast-food restaurants
• Fast casual restaurants
• Takeout sandwich shops
• Limited-service pizza parlors

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 meals for immediate consumption using cafeteria-style serving equipment, known as cafeterias are classified in U.S. Industry 722514, Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets.
• Providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating are classified in U.S. Industry 722511, Full-Service Restaurants.
• Selling a specialty snack (e.g., ice cream, frozen yogurt, candy, cookies) or nonalcoholic beverage, except from mobile vehicles, for consumption on or near the premises are classified in U.S. Industry 722515, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars.
• Retailing confectionery goods and nuts not packaged for immediate consumption are classified in U.S. Industry 445292, Confectionery and Nut Retailers.
• Retailing baked goods (e.g., pretzels, doughnuts, cookies, and bagels) not baked on the premises and not for immediate consumption are classified in U.S. Industry 445291, Baked Goods Retailers.
• Preparing and serving alcoholic beverages, known as bars, taverns, or nightclubs are classified in Industry 722410, Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages).
• Restaurant meals order and delivery services (i.e., independent order and delivery services) are classified in Industry 492210, Local Messengers and Local Delivery.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Food truck
• Restaurant
• Coffee shop or cafe

Activities listed under 722513

The Census index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Cafes, limited-service
• Carryout restaurants
• Delicatessen restaurants
• Diners, limited-service
• Drive-in restaurants
• Family restaurants, limited-service
• Fast casual restaurants
• Fast-food restaurants
• Pizza delivery shops
• Pizza parlors, limited-service
• Pizzerias, limited-service (e.g., takeout)
• Restaurants, carryout
• Restaurants, fast-food
• Sandwich shops, limited-service
• Steak houses, limited-service
• Sub shops, limited-service
• Takeout eating places

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 722513

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 722513, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $13.5 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: 5610), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 56101Licensed restaurantsUK SIC
• 56102Unlicensed restaurants and cafesUK SIC
• 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food standsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 722511Full-Service Restaurants
• 722514Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets
• 722515Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars