Security guards and patrol services provided by employer firms showed a revenue increase of 13 percent to $12 billion in 2002, helping push the service industries under which they fall, investigation and security, up 10 percent to $30 billion. That is $3 billion more than in 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.

     The overall administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services (except landscaping) showed an increase in revenues of 3 percent, to $421 billion in 2002 from $410 billion in 2001. The category also includes employment services, collection agencies and hazardous waste treatment.

     Other revenue increases in the administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services included hazardous waste treatment and disposal, up 11 percent to $3 billion, and collection agencies, up 9 percent to $8 billion. Revenues for travel agencies decreased 8 percent to $9 billion.

     In addition to administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services, the report included revenues for three other major service industries: arts, entertainment and recreation; rental and leasing services; and other services (except public administration).

     Revenues of employer and nonemployer firms in the arts, entertainment and recreation industries increased to $157 billion in 2002, from $147 billion. Rental and leasing revenues reached $106 billion in 2002, an increase of 1 percent from 2001. Other services (except public administration), which range from auto repair and maintenance shops to personal and laundry services, stood at $382 billion, virtually unchanged from the previous year.

     Other highlights for employer firms by major industry group:

     Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

     • Gambling revenues increased 13 percent in 2002 to $24 billion.

     • Fitness and recreational sports centers recorded an 11 percent increase to $15 billion.

     • Spectator sports revenues were up 10 percent to $20 billion.

     • Museums, historical sites and similar institutions, on the other hand, showed a 5 percent decrease in 2002 revenues to $8 billion.

     Rental and Leasing

     • Home health equipment revenues increased 6 percent to $3 billion.

     • Passenger car leasing revenues increased 5 percent to $4 billion.

     • Office machinery, and equipment rental and leasing decreased 27 percent to $6 billion.

     Other Services (except public administration)

     • Revenues for automotive oil change and lubrication shops increased 8 percent to $4 billion.

     • Personal care services increased 7 percent to $19 billion.

     • Religious, grant-making, civic, professional and similar organizations’ revenues decreased 3 percent to $121 billion.

     Estimates in this report are based on data from the 2002 Service Annual Survey. They contain sampling and nonsampling errors. To keep the identity of an individual firm confidential, some estimates may be suppressed. Users making their own estimates, based on survey estimates, should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original estimates only. See <http://www.census.gov/econ/www/servmenu.html> for measures of sampling variability and other survey information.

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