Analysis
NAICS 81394 is the 2022 NAICS industry for political organizations, part of 8139 (Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations).
It has only one more detailed code, 813940, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 21% and employment fell 23%. 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 5th of the 5 codes at this level within Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations, with 4% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 2,200 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 9,289 people at an average annual payroll of $68,903 per employee (51st percentile of national industries). 81% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Official definition
See industry description for 813940.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.