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NAICS 541921: Photography studios, portrait

NAICS 541921 is the industry code for photography studios, portrait. Use it on loan applications, tax forms and registrations. Explore financing for professional services and start your application when you are ready.

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What 541921 covers

Portrait studios photograph people, including weddings, school portraits, family, newborn, senior and passport photos. Both studio based and on location portrait photographers fit here.

Included in this code

  • Wedding photography
  • School and sports team portraits
  • Family and newborn portraits
  • Senior and graduation portraits
  • Passport photo services
  • Event portrait photography

Not this code

Businesses that use 541921

Wedding photographerSchool portrait companyFamily portrait studio

Financing for this trade

Portrait studios finance cameras, lenses and lighting with equipment loans, studio buildouts with SBA 7(a) loans, and use a line of credit or merchant cash advance to bridge seasonal slow months. Lenders look at booking deposits, wedding seasonality and repeat school contracts.

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Is 541921 the right code for a portrait photography studio?

Yes. 541921 fits photographers whose main work is photographing people: weddings, school pictures, families, newborns, seniors and passport photos. If you mainly shoot products, real estate or corporate work for businesses, use 541922. Videographers and film production companies belong in 512110.

What is the SBA size standard for 541921?

SBA sets the size standard for 541921 at $16 million in average annual receipts, averaged over the last five completed fiscal years and counting affiliates. Portrait photography studios at or under that figure qualify as small businesses for SBA 7(a) and 504 loans and for federal small business set asides. Most independent portrait photography studios fall well inside the limit, so size is rarely what decides an SBA application.

What financing do photography studios use?

Common choices are equipment loans for cameras, lenses and lighting, a business line of credit for slow months, and SBA 7(a) or microloans for a studio buildout. Lenders look at bookings and deposits, how seasonal revenue is, and contracts such as school picture accounts.

What does NAICS 541921 cover?

Photography studios, portrait. Industry level code in NAICS 2022, under 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services, 541 Professional, scientific, and technical services, 5419 Other professional, scientific, and technical services, 54192 Photographic services.

What financing do NAICS 541921 businesses use?

Equipment financing, working capital, SBA loans and invoice factoring are the products placed most for professional services businesses. Start an application and the AI matches the deal to lenders that fund this code.

Where do I put NAICS 541921?

On the SBA loan application, on federal Schedule C or Form 1120, on SAM.gov and state registrations, and on most lender applications. A business can report more than one code; use this one if it describes what produces most of your revenue.