81311

Analysis

NAICS 81311 is the 2022 NAICS industry for religious organizations, part of 8131 (Religious Organizations).

It has only one more detailed code, 813110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 186,801 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,576,295 people at an average annual payroll of $28,701 per employee (3rd percentile of national industries). 62% 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 1% and employment fell 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.