national industry 722310
Food Service Contractors
Overview
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services at institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these type of organizations for a specified period of time. The establishments of this industry provide food services for the convenience of the contracting organization or the contracting organization's customers. The contractual arrangement of these establishments with contracting organizations may vary from type of facility operated (e.g., cafeteria, restaurant, fast-food eating place), revenue sharing, cost structure, to providing personnel. Management staff is always provided by the food service contractors.
The immediate parent of national industry 722310 is international industry 72231: Food Service Contractors
Illustrative Examples
- Airline food service contractors
- Food concession contractors (e.g., at sporting, entertainment, convention facilities) Cafeteria food service contractors (e.g., at schools, hospitals, government offices)
2012 NAICS Edition Cross References
- Establishments primarily engaged in:
- Providing food services on a single-event basis:are classified in Industry 722320, Caterers; and
- Supplying and servicing food vending machines:are classified in Industry 454210, Vending Machine Operators.
Sub-Descriptions
- 722310 - Airline food services contractors
- 722310 - Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias)
- 722310 - Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities)
- 722310 - Food service contractors, airline
- 722310 - Food service contractors, cafeteria
- 722310 - Food service contractors, concession operator (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities)
- 722310 - Industrial caterers (i.e., providing food services on a contractural arrangement (except single-event basis))
History
The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.
| Edition | Existed | Equivalent Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 722310 | |
| 2007 | 722310 | |
| 2012 | 722310 | |
| 2017 | 722310 | |
| 2022 | 722310 |
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings
Insurance Industry Mappings
The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 722310, Food Service Contractors:
- accommodation and food service
- cafeteria operated by independent or specialist operator
- cafeteria operated by specialist contractor
- caterer
- catering commissariat work
- catering commissariat work on and off premises excluding hot dog french fry coffee truck
- catering commissariat work on and off premises including hot dog french fry coffee truck
- college or school restaurant concession see restaurant
- commissariat work catering
- commissary work
- commissary work restaurant employee
- concessionaire
- concessionaire cgl
- concessionaire not otherwise classified
- concessionaire with no cooking
- eating place
- food court operation take out only
- food service and drinking place
- food service contractor
- restaurant caterer
- restaurant not otherwise classified
- restaurant operated by concessionaire
- restaurant operated by concessionaire cgl
- restaurant operated by concessionaire nfp
- restaurant operated by concessionaire nonprofit cgl
- restaurant premium basi shall not include board lodging or gratuity
- retirement living center food service employee
- school cafeteria and kitchen employee
- school food service operation
- school restaurant operation
- self service with or witho cooking
- special food service
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