NAICS 71121
What is the NAICS code 71121?
The NAICS code 71121 is applied to those industries related to Spectator Sports.
This industry comprises (1) sports teams or clubs primarily participating in live sporting events before a paying audience; (2) establishments primarily engaged in operating racetracks without casinos; (3) independent athletes engaged in participating in live sporting or racing events before a paying audience; (4) owners of racing participants, such as cars, dogs, and horses, primarily engaged in entering them in racing events or other spectator sports events; and (5) establishments, such as sports trainers, primarily engaged in providing specialized services to support participants in sports events or competitions. The sports teams and clubs included in this industry may or may not operate their own arena, stadium, or other facility for presenting their games or other spectator sports events.
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 71121 in the North American Industry Classification System.
This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:
- 71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 711 - Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
- 7112 - Spectator Sports
- 71121 - Spectator Sports
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 71121
NAFTA
This NAICS code is used in the trilateral agreement of the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Related codes
The NAICS industry 71121 has the following cross-references:
- Amateur, semiprofessional, or professional athletic associations or leagues are classified in Industry 81399, Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations).
- Establishments primarily engaged in operating casino hotels, with or without racetracks, are classified in Industry 72112, Casino Hotels.
- Establishments primarily engaged in operating casinos (except casino hotels), with or without racetracks, are classified in Industry 71321, Casinos (except Casino Hotels).
- Establishments primarily engaged in operating off-track betting parlors or online sports betting sites are classified in Industry 71329, Other Gambling Industries.
- Establishments primarily engaged in promoting sporting events without participating in sporting events are classified in Industry Group 7113, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events.
- Establishments primarily engaged in raising horses, mules, donkeys, and other equines are classified in Industry 11292, Horses and Other Equine Production.
- Establishments primarily engaged in representing or managing the careers of sports figures are classified in Industry 71141, Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures.
- Independent athletes engaged in providing sports instruction without participating in sporting events before a paying audience are classified in Industry 61162, Sports and Recreation Instruction.
- Independent athletes exclusively engaged in endorsing products or making speeches are classified in Industry 71151, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers.
- Recreational sports clubs (i.e., sports teams) not operating sports facilities are classified in Industry 71399, All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Spectator Sports industry (NAICS Code 71121).
- Baseball clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Baseball teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Basketball clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Basketball teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Boxing clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Esports video gaming clubs or teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Football clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Football teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Hockey clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Hockey teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Ice hockey clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Jai alai teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Major league baseball clubs
- Minor league baseball clubs
- Professional baseball clubs
- Professional football clubs
- Professional sports clubs
- Roller hockey clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Semiprofessional baseball clubs
- Semiprofessional football clubs
- Semiprofessional sports clubs
- Soccer clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Soccer teams, professional or semiprofessional
- Sports clubs, professional or semiprofessional
- Sports teams, professional or semiprofessional
