54131

Analysis

NAICS 54131 is the 2022 NAICS industry for architectural services, part of 5413 (Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services).

It has only one more detailed code, 541310, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 22,805 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 189,468 people at an average annual payroll of $98,717 per employee (83rd percentile of national industries). 64% 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 3% and employment rose 7%. 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 2nd of the 8 codes at this level within Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services, with 19.4% of them.