NAICS 624221

What is the NAICS code 624221?

The NAICS code 624221 is applied to those industries related to Temporary Shelters.

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing (1) short-term emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse and/or (2) temporary residential shelter for homeless individuals or families, runaway youth, and patients and families caught in medical crises. These establishments may operate their own shelters or may subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels.

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 624221 in the North American Industry Classification System.

This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:

• 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance
• 624 - Social Assistance
• 6242 - Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services
• 62422 - Community Housing Services
• 624221 - Temporary Shelters

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 624221

NAFTA

This code is only used in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It´s to say, it is not used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Related codes

The NAICS industry 624221 has the following cross-references:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing emergency shelter for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts are classified in Industry 624230, Emergency and Other Relief Services.
• Halfway group homes for delinquents and ex-offenders and homes for unwed mothers are classified in Industry 623990, Other Residential Care Facilities.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Temporary Shelters industry (NAICS Code 624221):

• Battered women's shelters
• Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts)
• Homeless shelters
• Runaway youth shelters
• Shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts), emergency
• Shelters, battered women's
• Shelters, homeless
• Shelters, runaway youth
• Shelters, temporary (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth)
• Temporary housing for families of medical patients
• Temporary shelters (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth)
• Women's shelters, battered