Analysis
NAICS 811411 is the 2022 national industry for home and garden equipment repair and maintenance, part of 81141 (Home and Garden Equipment and Appliance Repair and Maintenance). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,670 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 4,203 people at an average annual payroll of $36,736 per employee (7th percentile of national industries). 85% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Home and Garden Equipment and Appliance Repair and Maintenance, with 23% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include engine repair, small, garden equipment repair and maintenance services without…, garden tool sharpening and repair services and handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services…, among 10 in all.
For example, retailing new outdoor power equipment and also providing repair services are classified in 444230 (Outdoor Power Equipment Retailers) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 444230. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in repairing and servicing home and garden equipment without retailing new home and garden equipment, such as lawnmowers, handheld power tools, edgers, snowblowers, leaf blowers, and trimmers.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Retailing new outdoor power equipment and also providing repair services | 444230 Outdoor Power Equipment Retailers |
Index entries (10)
- Engine repair, small
- Garden equipment repair and maintenance services without retailing new garden equipment
- Garden tool sharpening and repair services
- Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services without retailing new power-driven handtools
- Lawn and garden equipment repair and maintenance services without retailing new lawn and garden equipment
- Lawnmower repair and maintenance shops without retailing new lawnmowers
- Saw repair and maintenance (except sawmills) without retailing new saws
- Small engine repair and maintenance shops
- Tool, home and garden, sharpening and repair services without retailing new home and garden tools
- Tractor, lawn and garden, repair and maintenance services without retailing new lawn and garden tractors