483112

Analysis

NAICS 483112 is the 2022 national industry for deep sea passenger transportation, part of 48311 (Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation). Census lists 5 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 31% and employment fell 14%. 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 85 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 14,045 people at an average annual payroll of $116,929 per employee (90th percentile of national industries). 67% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

By establishments it ranks 4th of the 4 codes at this level within Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation, with 7.7% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include cruise lines (i.e., deep sea passenger transportation to or…, deep sea passenger transportation to or from foreign ports, passenger transportation, deep sea, to or from foreign ports and ship chartering with crew, deep sea passenger…, among 5 in all.

For example, providing deep sea transportation of passengers to and from domestic ports are classified in 483114 (Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation) instead.