485320

Analysis

NAICS 485320 is the 2022 national industry for limousine service, part of 48532 (Limousine Service). Census lists 7 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 4,306 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 29,036 people at an average annual payroll of $38,900 per employee (8th percentile of national industries). 75% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 10% and employment fell 22%. 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.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include automobile rental with driver (except shuttle service…, hearse rental with driver, limousine services (except shuttle services) and limousines for hire with driver (except taxis), among 7 in all.

For example, providing taxi and ridesharing services are classified in 485310 (Taxi and Ridesharing Services) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 485310 and 485999. 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.