Lodging Industry Financials

The US hotel and motel industry consists of about 30,000 companies that operate 50,000 individual locations, with combined annual revenue over $90 billion. Large US companies include Marriott International, Hilton Hotels, Carlson Hotels, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The industry's 50 largest companies hold about 45 percent of the market. The majority of hotels are part of a chain. A typical hotel has about $7 million in annual revenue and 100 employees.

Using the 2002 Census Bureau Economic Census, Hoover's has generated an industry financial summary for the Lodging industry.