Event Planning Business Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a event planning business, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Event Planning Business name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a event planning business is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a event planning business usually falls under NAICS 561920: Convention and Trade Show Organizers.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in organizing, promoting, and/or managing events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences, and meetings (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place).
Businesses classified here include
- Automobile show managers
- Automobile show organizers
- Automobile show promoters
- Convention decorators
- Convention managers
- Convention or trade show event planners
- Convention organizers
- Convention promoters
- Convention services
- Craft fair managers
- Craft fair organizers
- Craft fair promoters
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 561920), U.S. Census Bureau.
Convention and Trade Show Organizers in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most convention and trade show organizers locations
- California 1,044 locations
- Florida 555 locations
- New York 472 locations
- Texas 405 locations
- Georgia 311 locations
- Illinois 281 locations
- Massachusetts 199 locations
- Colorado 189 locations
- Nevada 189 locations
- Washington 176 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.