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NAICS 52221
Credit card issuing

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Employers Nonemployers Compare to '97 States Products, Size, etc.
 
Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 52 Finance & insurance 440,268 2,803,854,868 377,790,172 6,578,817
Go to this NAICS 522 Credit intermediation & related activities 196,451 1,055,713,787 151,201,599 3,299,521
Go to this NAICS 5222 Nondepository credit intermediation 49,199 396,893,716 41,806,495 808,817
  52221 Credit card issuing 610 35,855,753 3,021,743 69,854
Go to this NAICS 522210 Credit card issuing 610 35,855,753 3,021,743 69,854

 

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code 		NAICS Title
 All firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts ($1,000) Establishments Receipts Establish-
ments		 Revenue ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
N = Not available
52 Finance & insurance 1,100,560 2,847,993,962 660,292 60.0 44,139,094 1.5 440,268 2,803,854,868
522 Credit intermediation & related activities 262,454 1,059,510,221 66,003 25.1 3,796,434 0.4 196,451 1,055,713,787
5222 Nondepository credit intermediation 72,089 398,739,008 22,890 31.8 1,845,292 0.5 49,199 396,893,716
52221 Credit card issuing N N N N N N 610 35,855,753

 

Definition: NAICS 52221   Credit card issuing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing credit by issuing credit cards. Credit card issuance provides the funds required to purchase goods and services in return for payment of the full balance or payments on an installment basis. Credit card banks are included in this industry.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in issuing cards that contain a stored prepaid value are classified with the industry providing the service represented by the cards, such as transit fare cards, in Subsector 482, Rail Transportation, and long-distance telephone cards in Subsector 517, Telecommunications.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 52221, Credit card issuing, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 52221 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

 

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997
NAICS
code		 1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Revenue ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
52221 Credit card issuing 2002 610 35,855,753 3,021,743 69,854
1997 588 24,503,307 1,782,651 58,773
% change 3.7 46.3 69.5 18.9

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Credit card issuing: 2002

Data for the Finance & insurance sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas


Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Other
Indus-
tries		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Revenue
% of
U.S.		 Revenue
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 610 35,855,753 100.00 124 3,021,743 69,854
See other industries in this state South Dakota 17 11,158,564 31.12 14,677 188,881 6,020
See other industries in this state Utah 9 3,062,317 8.54 1,317 116,312 2,773
See other industries in this state Delaware 28 1,751,790 4.89 2,175 113,366 3,255
See other industries in this state Florida 32 1,587,533 4.43 95 262,707 5,669
See other industries in this state Arizona 61 951,686 2.65 175 204,889 7,539
See other industries in this state Georgia 17 441,156 1.23 51 58,388 1,686
See other industries in this state Ohio 37 436,417 1.22 38 54,383 1,737
See other industries in this state California 37 280,148 0.78 8 50,322 1,095
See other industries in this state Colorado 10 182,058 0.51 40 37,175 1,031
  All other states, including those below 362 16,004,084 44.63   1,935,320 39,049
See other industries in this state     Virginia 47 D     D (10k-24k)
See other industries in this state     Connecticut 29 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 7 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 55 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     New York 63 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Pennsylvania 20 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Nevada 7 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 13 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Minnesota 11 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Washington 10 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Illinois 13 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Nebraska 7 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 16 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Texas 9 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Maine 7 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 10 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Credit card issuing
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
50000 Industry total 35,855,753 100.00
55212 Cardholder fees - credit financing products, except loans 16,405,771 45.75
55211 Int income from ct card cardholder & merch fees - ct fin prods 11,561,012 32.24
55213 Merchant fees - credit financing products, except loans 663,098 1.85
-Other 7,225,872 20.15

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Credit card issuing
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-52SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US
link to PDF EC02-52SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-52I-03 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-52A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, metros
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 52221
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise US, states, metro areas
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 5222 To broader NAICS

 

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