SIC 79:   Amusement and recreation services - 4-digit SIC to 6-digit NAICS
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Figures to the left of NAICS codes indicate the percent of NAICS receipts represented by this part; and link to Table 1 where other parts of the NAICS are shown. links to 1997 and 1992 Comparative Statistics for whole SICs.        

SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
791			Dance studios, schools, and halls	Taxable	5,390	807,492	28,623	226,287
				Exempt	270	65,308	1,980	23,394
7911			Dance studios, schools, & halls	Taxable	5,390	807,492	28,623	226,287
75% of	611610	10	Dance schools (including children's & professionals')	Taxable	5,097	716,424	25,960	199,984
2% of	713990	10	Dance studios & halls	Taxable	293	91,068	2,663	26,303
7911			Dance studios, schools, & halls	Exempt	270	65,308	1,980	23,394
17% of	611610	10	Dance schools (including children's & professionals')	Exempt	270	65,308	1,980	23,394
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
792			Theatrical producers (except motion picture) bands, orchestras, and entertainers	Taxable	12,693	12,512,106	97,773	4,406,226
				Exempt	3,925	4,312,904	84,603	1,525,104
7922			Theatrical producers (exc movie) & misc theatrical services %	Taxable	5,217	7,178,240	66,175	2,044,118
D	512290	20	Producers of taped radio programs	Taxable	185	D	(1000-2499)	D
5% of	532490	90	Theatrical equipment rental	Taxable	352	447,943	4,670	133,078
4% of	561310	10	Casting agencies	Taxable	232	182,282	1,312	86,730
6% of	561599	10	Theatrical ticket agencies	Taxable	179	437,938	6,854	92,119
N	711110		Theater companies & dinner theaters	Taxable	1,416	N	(100-249)	N
	711110	10	Opera companies	Taxable	23	D	(100-249)	D
	711110	20	Theater companies	Taxable	1,393	2,043,181	19,157	502,901
39% of	711310	30	Theater operators	Taxable	279	596,700	7,736	168,990
52% of	711320		Promoters of performing arts, sports, & similar events w/o facil	Taxable	942	1,801,732	2,045	381,103
	711320	10	Producers of radio & TV (except tape producers)	Taxable	340	498,036	2,045	185,103
	711320	30	Theatrical promoters	Taxable	602	1,303,696	13,764	196,000
61% of	711410	20	Theatrical agents	Taxable	1,632	1,479,235	9,147	627,442
7922			Theatrical producers (exc movie) & misc theatrical services %	Exempt	2,273	2,811,051	47,550	889,165
100% of	711110		Theater companies & dinner theaters	Exempt	1,647	1,775,964	9,400	630,617
	711110	10	Opera companies	Exempt	147	593,608	9,400	235,218
	711110	20	Theater companies	Exempt	1,500	1,182,356	23,406	395,399
93% of	711310	30	Theater operators	Exempt	328	786,112	12,994	215,933
34% of	711320		Promoters of performing arts, sports, & similar events w/o facil	Exempt	298	248,975	387	42,615
	711320	10	Producers of radio & TV (except tape producers)	Exempt	28	41,482	387	11,152
	711320	30	Theatrical promoters	Exempt	270	207,493	1,363	31,463
7929			Bands, orchestras, actors, oth entertainers & entertainment group	Taxable	7,476	5,333,866	31,598	2,362,108
	711120		Dance companies	Taxable	159	109,384	2,349	35,272
100% of	711130		Musical groups & artists	Taxable	3,369	2,172,497	628	635,040
	711130	10	Symphony orchestras & chamber music organizations	Taxable	107	40,022	628	15,438
	711130	90	Other music groups & artists	Taxable	3,262	2,132,475	15,726	619,602
58% of	711190	90	Other performing arts companies (except circuses)	Taxable	685	377,070	4,750	131,657
42% of	711510	20	Actors & actresses	Taxable	3,263	2,674,915	8,145	1,560,139
7929			Bands, orchestras, actors, oth entertainers & entertainment group	Exempt	1,652	1,501,853	37,053	635,939
	711120		Dance companies	Exempt	371	323,306	6,821	131,019
100% of	711130		Musical groups & artists	Exempt	1,211	1,154,012	26,975	498,783
	711130	10	Symphony orchestras & chamber music organizations	Exempt	698	1,038,206	26,975	466,868
	711130	90	Other music groups & artists	Exempt	513	115,806	2,793	31,915
54% of	711190	90	Other performing arts companies (except circuses)	Exempt	70	24,535	464	6,137
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
793			Bowling centers	Taxable	5,590	2,820,685	88,044	821,044
7933			Bowling centers	Taxable	5,590	2,820,685	88,044	821,044
	713950		Bowling centers	Taxable	5,590	2,820,685	88,044	821,044
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
794			Commercial sports	Taxable	4,494	15,539,570	107,821	6,522,314
				Exempt	37	30,167	250	4,045
7941			Professional sports clubs, managers, and promoters %	Taxable	1,665	9,994,972	50,298	5,376,716
100% of	711211		Sports teams & clubs	Taxable	483	7,808,684	4,107	4,922,390
	711211	10	Football clubs	Taxable	45	2,503,339	4,107	1,656,478
	711211	20	Baseball clubs	Taxable	194	2,296,558	14,410	1,425,319
	711211	90	Other professional sports clubs	Taxable	244	3,008,787	14,813	1,840,593
33% of	711310	10	Stadium operators	Taxable	197	510,221	9,852	142,469
36% of	711320	20	Sports promoters	Taxable	671	1,273,149	5,251	194,845
17% of	711410	10	Sports agents	Taxable	314	402,918	1,865	117,012
7941			Professional sports clubs, managers, and promoters %	Exempt	37	30,167	250	4,045
4% of	711310	10	Stadium operators	Exempt	37	30,167	250	4,045
7948			Racing, including track operation	Taxable	2,829	5,544,598	57,523	1,145,598
100% of	711212		Racetracks	Taxable	807	4,142,020	11,212	797,261
	711212	10	Dog racetrack operation	Taxable	56	796,069	11,212	148,173
	711212	20	Auto racetrack operation	Taxable	590	897,600	6,267	120,176
	711212	30	Horse racetrack operation	Taxable	161	2,448,351	27,401	528,912
82% of	711219	20	Racing (except racetrack operation)	Taxable	2,022	1,402,578	12,643	348,337
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
799			Miscellaneous amusement and recreation services	Taxable	53,058	50,141,705	910,342	12,678,230
				Exempt	11,463	9,132,273	215,062	3,482,775
7991			Physical fitness facilities	Taxable	10,675	5,352,616	178,903	1,622,621
67% of	713940	20	Gymnasiums, athletic clubs, & physical fitness centers	Taxable	10,675	5,352,616	178,903	1,622,621
7991			Physical fitness facilities	Exempt	372	317,493	11,733	125,866
14% of	713940	20	Gymnasiums, athletic clubs, & physical fitness centers	Exempt	372	317,493	11,733	125,866
7992			Public golf courses %	Taxable	5,886	4,569,361	75,351	1,318,156
53% of	713910	20	Public golf courses	Taxable	5,886	4,569,361	75,351	1,318,156
7992			Public golf courses %	Exempt	275	104,077	2,038	31,980
2% of	713910	20	Public golf courses	Exempt	275	104,077	2,038	31,980
7993			Coin-operated amusement devices	Taxable	5,732	4,571,162	62,394	906,680
	713120		Amusement arcades	Taxable	2,737	1,246,799	28,141	271,485
30% of	713290	10	Slot machine operators	Taxable	327	1,618,475	15,346	293,039
37% of	713990	50	Coin-operated amusement devices (except slot machine operation)	Taxable	2,668	1,705,888	18,907	342,156
7996			Amusement parks	Taxable	607	7,171,677	110,789	1,690,386
100% of	713110		Amusement & theme parks	Taxable	607	7,171,677	3,995	1,690,386
	713110	10	Waterparks	Taxable	157	342,958	3,995	79,296
	713110	20	Amusement parks (except waterparks)	Taxable	450	6,828,719	106,794	1,611,090
7997			Membership sports & recreation clubs	Taxable	6,432	5,884,679	131,332	1,993,141
47% of	713910	10	Membership golf clubs	Taxable	2,660	4,067,560	84,767	1,413,707
19% of	713940	30	Membership recreation clubs with facilities	Taxable	2,949	1,543,897	40,987	502,991
6% of	713990	30	Membership sports & recreation clubs without facilities	Taxable	823	273,222	5,578	76,443
7997			Membership sports & recreation clubs	Exempt	8,591	7,860,389	186,975	3,135,205
98% of	713910	10	Membership golf clubs	Exempt	2,937	5,478,778	113,922	2,259,502
82% of	713940	30	Membership recreation clubs with facilities	Exempt	3,957	1,822,982	61,825	706,826
83% of	713990	30	Membership sports & recreation clubs without facilities	Exempt	1,697	558,629	11,228	168,877
7999			Amusement & recreation services, n.e.c. %	Taxable	23,726	22,592,210	351,573	5,147,246
15% of	487110	30	Scenic railroads	Taxable	64	81,318	844	19,220
24% of	487210	20	Charter fishing & party fishing boats	Taxable	1,038	267,624	3,358	58,781
4% of	487990	20	Aerial tramways (scenic or sightseeing) & cable lifts	Taxable	13	7,522	87	3,083
	532292		Recreational goods rental	Taxable	1,812	560,501	7,948	124,301
6% of	561599	40	Sports & recreation ticket agencies	Taxable	420	475,513	4,831	93,966
	611620		Sports & recreation instruction	Taxable	5,674	1,270,117	33,157	374,129
42% of	711190	10	Circuses	Taxable	70	268,351	1,861	56,393
18% of	711219	10	Professional athletes	Taxable	569	302,751	1,540	83,227
12% of	711320		Promoters of performing arts, sports, & similar events w/o facil	Taxable	463	422,106	4,241	57,812
	711320	40	Carnivals (except traveling carnival companies)	Taxable	337	383,134	4,241	50,346
	711320	50	Fairs (state, county, etc.)	Taxable	126	38,972	397	7,466
78% of	712190	20	Caverns & miscellaneous commercial parks	Taxable	128	77,941	1,384	24,164
	713210		Casinos (except casino hotels)	Taxable	447	10,186,070	115,210	2,304,710
70% of	713290	20	Lottery, bingo, bookie, & other betting operation	Taxable	1,325	3,737,024	37,976	624,115
	713920		Skiing facilities	Taxable	379	1,340,813	58,513	431,147
13% of	713940		Fitness & recreational sports centers	Taxable	2,980	1,048,441	8,221	279,431
	713940	10	Nonmembership recreation facilities	Taxable	988	333,365	8,221	88,932
	713940	40	Ice skating rinks	Taxable	381	298,737	8,870	78,587
	713940	50	Roller skating rinks	Taxable	1,611	416,339	19,416	111,912
55% of	713990		All other amusement & recreation industries	Taxable	8,344	2,546,118	5,967	612,767
	713990	20	Concession operators of amusement devices & rides	Taxable	1,072	364,054	5,967	84,290
	713990	40	Miniature golf courses	Taxable	1,041	307,886	5,326	72,833
	713990	90	All other miscellaneous amusement & recreation services	Taxable	6,231	1,874,178	32,426	455,644
7999			Amusement & recreation services, n.e.c. %	Exempt	2,225	850,314	14,316	189,724
	611620		Sports & recreation instruction	Exempt	749	156,147	4,390	47,471
46% of	711190	10	Circuses	Exempt	17	20,697	342	6,538
66% of	711320	50	Fairs (state, county, etc.)	Exempt	639	482,243	5,291	80,513
2% of	712190	20	Caverns & miscellaneous commercial parks	Exempt	12	2,832	78	1,122
4% of	713940	10	Nonmembership recreation facilities	Exempt	350	76,819	2,148	26,070
17% of	713990	90	All other miscellaneous amusement & recreation services	Exempt	458	111,576	2,067	28,010

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

% Comparability may be limited because of changes in assignment of tax status by industry.
=sum of NAICS parts listed below the symbol   links to Comparative Statistics for 1992 and 1997

	(Bridge complete.)	Comparable	SIC derivable from NAICS data.
	(Drawbridge slightly open.)	Almost comparable	Sales or receipts from NAICS are within 3% of SIC sales or receipts.
	(Drawbridge open.)	Not comparable	SIC sales or receipts cannot be estimated within 3% from NAICS data.

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