Analysis
NAICS 236118 is the 2022 national industry for residential remodelers, part of 23611 (Residential Building Construction). Census lists 28 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 24% and employment rose 31%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
County Business Patterns counts 135,337 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 480,272 people at an average annual payroll of $56,954 per employee (27th percentile of national industries). 81% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Residential Building Construction, with 63.8% of them.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 236115, 236116, 236117 and 2362. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include addition, alteration and renovation (i.e., construction)…, addition, alteration and renovation (i.e., construction)…, addition, alteration and renovation of single-family… and addition, alteration and renovation, multifamily building…, among 28 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the remodeling construction (including additions, alterations, reconstruction, maintenance, and repairs) of houses and other residential buildings, single-family and multifamily. Included in this industry are remodeling general contractors, for-sale remodelers, remodeling design-build firms, and remodeling project construction management firms.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Building single-family houses for others as general contractors | 236115 New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) |
| Building multifamily buildings for others as general contractors | 236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) |
| Building houses or other residential buildings, on their own account for sale as speculative builders or merchant builders | 236117 New Housing For-Sale Builders |
| Remodeling nonresidential buildings | 2362 Nonresidential Building Construction, based on the type of structure being remodeled |
| Performing specialized construction work on houses or other residential buildings, generally on a subcontract basis | 238 Specialty Trade Contractors |
| Constructing and leasing residential buildings on their own account | 531110 Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings |
Index entries (28)
- Addition, alteration and renovation (i.e., construction), multifamily building
- Addition, alteration and renovation (i.e., construction), residential building
- Addition, alteration and renovation of single-family dwellings
- Addition, alteration and renovation, multifamily building, for-sale builders
- Addition, alteration and renovation, multifamily building, general contractors
- Addition, alteration and renovation, residential building, for-sale builders
- Addition, alteration and renovation, residential building, general contractors
- Addition, alteration and renovation, single-family housing, for-sale builders
- Addition, alteration and renovation, single-family housing, general contractors
- Building, residential, addition, alteration and renovation
- Construction management, residential remodeling
- Fire and flood restoration, multifamily building, general contractors
- Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors
- Handyman construction service, residential building
- Home improvement (e.g., adding on, remodeling, renovating)
- Home improvement (e.g., adding on, remodeling, renovating), multifamily building, for-sale builders
- Home improvement (e.g., adding on, remodeling, renovating), multifamily building, general contractors
- Home improvement (e.g., adding on, remodeling, renovating), single-family housing, for-sale builders
- Home improvement (e.g., adding on, remodeling, renovating), single-family housing, general contractors
- Home renovation
- Porch construction, residential-type
- Remodeling and renovating for-sale builders
- Remodeling and renovating general contractors, multifamily building
- Remodeling and renovating general contractors, residential
- Remodeling and renovating general contractors, single-family housing
- Remodeling and renovating single-family housing
- Remodeling and renovating, residential building
- Sunroom additions, residential