NAICS 711211 · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Sports Teams and Clubs: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 1,372 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises professional or semiprofessional sports teams or clubs primarily engaged in participating in live sporting events, such as baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, and jai alai games, before a paying audience. These establishments may or may not operate their own arena, stadium, or other facility for presenting these events.
Businesses classified here include
- 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
- 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
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 711211), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for sports teams and clubs
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
U.S. business 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.
Top states for sports teams and clubs
- California 177 locations
- Florida 134 locations
- Texas 85 locations
- Illinois 62 locations
- New York 61 locations
- Pennsylvania 57 locations
- North Carolina 43 locations
- Virginia 42 locations
- Georgia 39 locations
- Michigan 38 locations
All 49 states
- Alabama (12)
- Alaska (5)
- Arizona (30)
- Arkansas (4)
- California (177)
- Colorado (31)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (14)
- District of Columbia (10)
- Florida (134)
- Georgia (39)
- Idaho (15)
- Illinois (62)
- Indiana (26)
- Iowa (18)
- Kansas (7)
- Kentucky (10)
- Louisiana (9)
- Maine (3)
- Maryland (32)
- Massachusetts (20)
- Michigan (38)
- Minnesota (37)
- Mississippi (5)
- Missouri (36)
- Montana (11)
- Nebraska (12)
- Nevada (14)
- New Hampshire (4)
- New Jersey (31)
- New Mexico (6)
- New York (61)
- North Carolina (43)
- North Dakota (7)
- Ohio (33)
- Oklahoma (12)
- Oregon (21)
- Pennsylvania (57)
- Rhode Island (7)
- South Carolina (33)
- South Dakota (9)
- Tennessee (27)
- Texas (85)
- Utah (20)
- Virginia (42)
- Washington (24)
- West Virginia (4)
- Wisconsin (24)
- Wyoming (3)