Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating fitness and recreational sports facilities featuring exercise and other active physical fitness conditioning or recreational sports activities, such as swimming, skating, or racquet sports. Illustrative Examples: Aerobic dance or exercise centers Ice or roller skating rinks Gymnasiums Physical fitness centers Handball, racquetball, or tennis club facilities Swimming or wave pools
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector includes a wide range of establishments that operate facilities or provide services to meet varied cultural, entertainment, and recreational interests of their patrons. This sector comprises (1) establishments that are involved in producing, promoting, or participating in live performances, events, or exhibits intended for public viewing; (2) establishments that preserve and exhibit objects and sites of historical, cultural, or educational interest; and (3) establishments that operate facilities or provide services that enable patrons to participate in recreational activities or pursue amusement, hobby, and leisure-time interests. Some establishments that provide cultural, entertainment, or recreational facilities and services are classified in other sectors. Excluded from this sector are: (1) establishments that provide both accommodations and recreational facilities, such as hunting and fishing camps and resort and casino hotels, are classified in Subsector 721, Accommodation; (2) restaurants and night clubs that provide live entertainment in addition to the sale of food and beverages are classified in Subsector 722, Food Services and Drinking Places; (3) motion picture theaters, libraries and archives, and publishers of newspapers, magazines, books, periodicals, and computer software are classified in Sector 51, Information; and (4) establishments using transportation equipment to provide recreational and entertainment services, such as those operating sightseeing buses, dinner cruises, or helicopter rides, are classified in Subsector 487, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation. |
| 713 | Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries subsector (1) operate facilities where patrons can primarily engage in sports, recreation, amusement, or gambling activities and/or (2) provide other amusement and recreation services, such as supplying and servicing amusement devices in places of business operated by others; operating sports teams, clubs, or leagues engaged in playing games for recreational purposes; and guiding tours without using transportation equipment. This subsector does not cover all establishments providing recreational services. Other sectors of NAICS also provide recreational services. Providers of recreational services are often engaged in processes classified in other sectors of NAICS. For example, operators of resorts and hunting and fishing camps provide both accommodation and recreational facilities and services. These establishments are classified in Subsector 721, Accommodation, partly to reflect the significant costs associated with the provision of accommodation services and partly to ensure consistency with international standards. Likewise, establishments using transportation equipment to provide recreational and entertainment services, such as those operating sightseeing buses, dinner cruises, or helicopter rides, are classified in Subsector 487, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation. The industry groups in this subsector highlight particular types of activities: amusement parks and arcades, gambling industries, and other amusement and recreation industries. The groups, however, are not all-inclusive of the activity. The Gambling Industries industry group does not provide for full coverage of gambling activities. For example, casino hotels are classified in Subsector 721, Accommodation; and horse and dog racing tracks without casinos are classified in Industry Group 7112, Spectator Sports. |
| 7139 | Other Amusement and Recreation Industries 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating golf courses and country clubs; skiing facilities; marinas; fitness and recreational sports centers; bowling centers; and providing other amusement and recreation services. |
| 71394 | Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 713940. |
| 713940 | Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating fitness and recreational sports facilities featuring exercise and other active physical fitness conditioning or recreational sports activities, such as swimming, skating, or racquet sports. Illustrative Examples: Aerobic dance or exercise centers Ice or roller skating rinks Gymnasiums Physical fitness centers Handball, racquetball, or tennis club facilities Swimming or wave pools |
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Classification References
- 01Establishments primarily engaged in providing non-medical services to assist clients in attaining or maintaining a desired weight are classified in U.S. Industry 812191, Diet and Weight Reducing Centers;
- 02Establishments primarily engaged in providing personal fitness training services without facilities are classified in Industry 812990, All Other Personal Services;
- 03Establishments primarily engaged in operating instructional camps (e.g., sports camps) or providing instruction in sports and other recreational activities (e.g., aerobic dance or exercise instruction, yoga instruction) are classified in Sector 61, Educational Services, based on the nature of instruction;
- 04Establishments primarily engaged in operating health resorts and spas where recreational facilities are combined with accommodations are classified in Industry 721110, Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels; and
- 05Recreational sports clubs (i.e., sports teams) not operating sports facilities are classified in Industry 713990, All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries.
Index Items
Aerobic dance and exercise centers
Athletic club facilities, physical fitness
Body building studios, physical fitness
Dance centers, aerobic
Exercise centers
Fitness centers
Fitness salons
Fitness spas without accommodations
Gymnasiums
Gyms, physical fitness
Handball club facilities
Health club facilities, physical fitness
Health spas without accommodations, physical fitness
Health studios, physical fitness
Ice skating rinks
Physical fitness centers
Physical fitness facilities
Physical fitness studios
Pilates fitness studios or centers
Racquetball club facilities
Recreational sports club facilities
Rinks, ice or roller skating
Roller skating rinks
Spas without accommodations, fitness
Sports club facilities, physical fitness
Squash club facilities
Strength development centers
Swimming pools
Tennis club facilities
Tennis courts
Wave pools
Weight training centers
Yoga fitness studios or centers
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 713940.
National Fitness Industry Association
A major trade association that advocates for fitness centers and hosts industry resources and certification programs.
U.S. Census Bureau - NAICS 713940 Definition
Official government page defining the scope and classification criteria for the Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers industry.
Glasfitter Directory
An online industry directory listing fitness centers and sports facilities with contact information and operational details.
