Travel & Tourism sector in United States
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United States Travel & Tourism Industry in 2026: Structure, Key Players, and Buyer's Data Guide

Verified datasets across the US travel & tourism sector — refreshed monthly for sales, marketing, and market-intelligence teams

By Priyanka Singh India Market Analyst Published · 3 min read · 533 words
Summary: US travel & tourism crossed $1.8 trillion in FY2025 across airlines, car rental, OTAs, cruise, and corporate travel. Regulation runs through DOT/FAA, TSA, US Travel Association, and state tourism offices. Datasets cover airlines, rental, OTAs, cruise, and corporate travel.

The United States travel & tourism industry is the largest addressable market in its category globally, generating roughly $1.8 trillion in annual revenue across the fifty states. US travel & tourism is one of the world's largest, with major airline hubs in Atlanta, DFW, Chicago, LAX, and JFK anchoring an enormous domestic and inbound market. Consolidation runs alongside a long tail of regional and specialty operators — every state carries active players plus a mid-market layer that rarely appears in a single register.

For B2B sales and research teams — SaaS platforms, enterprise vendors, distributors, staffing agencies, market-research firms — the addressable universe is enormous but scattered across state registrations, industry associations, and public disclosures. Our verified US travel & tourism directory consolidates the discoverable operators into a single CSV kept fresh against DOT + FAA + TSA + US Travel Association disclosures and industry-body updates. Buyers often pair this dataset with our US Hospitality, US Automotive and US Events catalogs when building multi-vertical outreach.

Overview

Market shape at a glance

The US travel & tourism economy is anchored by American Airlines, Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Spirit, Frontier, Amtrak, Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise, National, Alamo), Hertz, Avis Budget, Marriott, Hilton, Expedia, Booking, TripAdvisor, AAA, Amex Global Business Travel. Combined, the top-tier operators capture the majority of tracked revenue, but the growth frontier sits with mid-market brands, franchise networks, and challenger startups building direct-to-consumer or vertical-SaaS motions. Aggregate spend crossed $1.8 trillion in the most recent fiscal year.

Who regulates what

  • DOT + FAA — aviation
  • TSA — passenger screening
  • US Travel Association — industry body
  • State tourism offices — local promotion
  • CBP + State Department — international entry / visas

Geography

Density concentrates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami, San Francisco, Denver, Orlando, Las Vegas. Every state carries active operators; enterprise sales teams typically prioritize metro coverage first, then Tier-2 and secondary markets where competitive noise is lower and buyer intent is easier to isolate.

Industries in this group

Sub-verticals we cover

Airlines

American, Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska, JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian, Allegiant, Sun Country.

Car rental + ground

Enterprise Holdings, Hertz, Avis Budget, Sixt, Fox Rent-a-Car, plus Turo, Getaround for peer-to-peer.

OTAs + booking

Expedia, Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak, Hotels.com, Hopper, Trivago, Trip.com, Google Travel.

Cruise lines

Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, MSC, Disney Cruise, Holland America, Princess, Celebrity, Viking.

Corporate travel

American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel, CWT, FCM Travel, TripActions (Navan), TravelPerk.

How buyers use this data

How buyers use this dataset

  • Travel SaaS: Booking, itinerary management.
  • GDS platforms: Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport.
  • Travel insurance: Distribution partnerships.
  • Foreign exchange: Agency partners.
  • Corporate travel: Rate-card negotiations.

Pricing in United States

Licensing & pricing

US travel & tourism datasets are priced dynamically by row count from our country pricing table. The Regular license covers the immediately downloadable slice — typically 45–50% of the full record set — and is the most economical entry point for territory pilots. The Extended license unlocks every verified record and permits internal redistribution across your team. Both formats ship as CSV or Excel with 95%+ verified fields (name, address, city, state, ZIP, phone, website; GPS on Extended). Refresh cadence is monthly for headline datasets and quarterly for long-tail sub-verticals.

Get started

Browse the Travel & Tourism datasets below, or contact our team for a bespoke slice — a specific state, a specific sub-vertical, or a specific employee-count band. Sample rows are on every product page. For adjacent coverage, see US Hospitality, US Automotive, US Events.

Frequently asked questions

How large is the US travel & tourism market?
About $1.8 trillion in the most recent fiscal year. The top-tier operators — American Airlines, Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Spirit, Frontier, Amtrak, Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise, National, Alamo), Hertz, Avis Budget, Marriott, Hilton, Expedia, Booking, TripAdvisor, AAA, Amex Global Business Travel — capture the majority of tracked revenue, with a long tail of regional and specialty players.
Who regulates the travel & tourism sector in the US?
DOT + FAA (aviation); TSA (passenger screening); US Travel Association (industry body); State tourism offices (local promotion).
What data is included per record?
Entity name, street address, city, state, ZIP code, phone, category / sub-vertical tag where public, and website. Extended license adds GPS coordinates and headcount / revenue band where the record publisher discloses it.
Are Tier-2 and Tier-3 metros covered as well as major cities?
Yes. Coverage extends beyond New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami, San Francisco, Denver, Orlando, Las Vegas into every state — including Tier-2 and rural markets where organized-industry density is lower but B2B outreach converts more efficiently.
How often is the data refreshed?
Headline datasets refresh monthly against public regulatory disclosures and company websites. Long-tail sub-verticals refresh quarterly, with mid-cycle patches when major openings, closures, or ownership changes are detected.

Written in the voice of a US business journalist.

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Travel & Tourism data — answered

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What does the Travel & Tourism database include?
Every record carries the company name, verified business email, mobile / landline, social handles, and the map-verified business listing with address and phone. The dataset covers 24 sub-industries inside Travel & Tourism with continuously refreshed records.
How many Travel & Tourism companies are in the catalogue?
The Travel & Tourism group lists 2.6M+ verified businesses across 24 sub-industries. Counts update live as new records are verified — pick any sub-industry to see its individual coverage and a free sample.
Which countries are covered for Travel & Tourism?
Records span 64+ countries with deepest coverage in India, USA, Canada and Australia. Use the country selector at the top to scope every count on the page to one market before you download.
How much does the Travel & Tourism database cost?
Pay-as-you-go from ₹1–₹2 per row (about $0.012–$0.024). No contract, no per-seat fees, no monthly minimum. Buy credits in packs starting at ₹999 for 1,000 records and download instantly.
Can I sample the Travel & Tourism data before buying?
Yes. Every sub-industry dataset page ships a free 25–50 record sample so you can validate accuracy, column shape and country coverage before paying anything.