Analysis
NAICS 4872 is the 2022 industry group for scenic and sightseeing transportation, water, part of 487 (Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation).
It has only one more detailed code, 487210, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 2,217 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 14,913 people at an average annual payroll of $54,072 per employee (23rd percentile of national industries). 74% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 16% and employment rose 2%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, with 69.3% of them.