Analysis
NAICS 61162 is the 2022 NAICS industry for sports and recreation instruction, part of 6116 (Other Schools and Instruction).
It has only one more detailed code, 611620, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 20,916 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 176,751 people at an average annual payroll of $22,522 per employee (1st percentile of national industries). 59% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 19% and employment rose 28%. 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 4 codes at this level within Other Schools and Instruction, with 35.4% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 611620.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.