NAICS 624221 · Health Care and Social Assistance
Temporary Shelters: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 4,694 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing (1) short-term emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse and/or (2) temporary residential shelter for homeless individuals or families, runaway youth, and patients and families caught in medical crises. These establishments may operate their own shelters or may subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels.
Businesses classified here include
- Battered women's shelters
- Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts)
- Homeless shelters
- Runaway youth shelters
- Shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts), emergency
- Shelters, battered women's
- Shelters, homeless
- Shelters, runaway youth
- Shelters, temporary (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth)
- Temporary housing for families of medical patients
- Temporary shelters (e.g., battered women's, homeless, runaway youth)
- Women's shelters, battered
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 624221), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for temporary shelters
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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 temporary shelters
- California 508 locations
- New York 472 locations
- Texas 269 locations
- Ohio 181 locations
- Florida 180 locations
- Pennsylvania 179 locations
- Washington 150 locations
- Massachusetts 143 locations
- North Carolina 139 locations
- Georgia 135 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (54)
- Alaska (32)
- Arizona (83)
- Arkansas (58)
- California (508)
- Colorado (84)
- Connecticut (67)
- Delaware (16)
- District of Columbia (39)
- Florida (180)
- Georgia (135)
- Hawaii (28)
- Idaho (27)
- Illinois (135)
- Indiana (95)
- Iowa (58)
- Kansas (52)
- Kentucky (66)
- Louisiana (41)
- Maine (32)
- Maryland (65)
- Massachusetts (143)
- Michigan (124)
- Minnesota (86)
- Mississippi (25)
- Missouri (107)
- Montana (24)
- Nebraska (32)
- Nevada (30)
- New Hampshire (23)
- New Jersey (104)
- New Mexico (46)
- New York (472)
- North Carolina (139)
- North Dakota (16)
- Ohio (181)
- Oklahoma (74)
- Oregon (86)
- Pennsylvania (179)
- Rhode Island (19)
- South Carolina (66)
- South Dakota (33)
- Tennessee (77)
- Texas (269)
- Utah (31)
- Vermont (31)
- Virginia (91)
- Washington (150)
- West Virginia (51)
- Wisconsin (121)
- Wyoming (9)