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NAICS 524291
Claims adjusting

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Definition Data from the Economic Census Annual data
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 524 Insurance carriers & related activities 169,520 1,380,082,817 120,630,679 2,406,089
Go to this NAICS 5242 Agencies, brokerages, & other insurance related activities 138,062 106,737,257 37,075,982 827,660
Go to this NAICS 52429 Other insurance related activities 12,194 25,836,590 8,857,508 200,314
  524291 Claims adjusting 5,108 4,168,962 1,851,382 39,782

 

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
524 Insurance carriers & related activities 523,302 1,396,253,916 353,782 67.6 16,171,099 1.2 169,520 1,380,082,817
5242 Agencies, brokerages, & other insurance related activities 491,300 122,853,827 353,238 71.9 16,116,570 13.1 138,062 106,737,257
52429 Other insurance related activities 118,916 29,596,549 106,722 89.7 3,759,959 12.7 12,194 25,836,590
524291 Claims adjusting N N N N N N 5,108 4,168,962

 

Definition: NAICS 524291   Claims adjusting

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in investigating, appraising, and settling insurance claims.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 524291, Claims adjusting, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, 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
524291 Claims adjusting 2002 5,108 4,168,962 1,851,382 39,782
1997 4,443 3,494,362 1,389,088 38,055
% change 15.0 19.3 33.3 4.5

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Claims adjusting: 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 5,108 4,168,962 100.00 14 1,851,382 39,782
See other industries in this state New York 358 552,146 13.24 29 272,841 4,397
See other industries in this state California 494 466,105 11.18 13 218,792 4,723
See other industries in this state New Jersey 188 331,403 7.95 39 107,273 1,750
See other industries in this state Texas 417 325,651 7.81 15 139,820 3,073
See other industries in this state Florida 405 273,918 6.57 16 120,170 3,028
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 241 171,809 4.12 14 66,101 1,610
See other industries in this state Alabama 69 139,848 3.35 31 83,006 781
See other industries in this state Michigan 154 94,332 2.26 9 40,361 929
See other industries in this state Kentucky 57 91,686 2.20 22 38,847 953
See other industries in this state Ohio 122 82,710 1.98 7 33,265 845
See other industries in this state Louisiana 121 79,813 1.91 18 38,210 930
See other industries in this state Colorado 83 78,022 1.87 17 34,839 638
See other industries in this state North Carolina 134 67,462 1.62 8 28,576 733
See other industries in this state Connecticut 62 57,829 1.39 17 29,875 635
See other industries in this state Arizona 89 48,283 1.16 9 22,181 592
See other industries in this state Indiana 102 45,827 1.10 7 18,283 544
See other industries in this state Tennessee 80 44,903 1.08 8 20,228 517
See other industries in this state Virginia 87 42,452 1.02 6 20,788 506
See other industries in this state Minnesota 128 41,520 1.00 8 16,667 502
See other industries in this state Maryland 81 39,089 0.94 7 20,113 436
See other industries in this state Oregon 69 36,074 0.87 10 19,397 442
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 64 35,681 0.86 10 17,051 415
See other industries in this state South Carolina 77 35,370 0.85 9 14,795 428
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 66 27,566 0.66 5 13,334 408
See other industries in this state Iowa 49 22,628 0.54 8 9,133 247
See other industries in this state Nevada 44 16,947 0.41 8 7,807 206
See other industries in this state Hawaii 22 16,431 0.39 13 8,196 216
See other industries in this state Arkansas 39 16,339 0.39 6 7,821 228
See other industries in this state New Mexico 42 13,339 0.32 7 6,066 186
See other industries in this state Mississippi 46 11,188 0.27 4 5,244 150
See other industries in this state West Virginia 21 10,811 0.26 6 5,423 156
See other industries in this state South Dakota 23 9,699 0.23 13 4,594 126
See other industries in this state Montana 25 7,292 0.17 8 3,439 98
See other industries in this state Maine 28 6,942 0.17 5 3,750 119
See other industries in this state Alaska 16 6,268 0.15 10 3,099 82
See other industries in this state Vermont 18 3,292 0.08 5 1,767 57
See other industries in this state Wyoming 14 2,878 0.07 6 1,132 36
  All other states, including those below 973 815,409 19.56   349,098 8,060
See other industries in this state     Georgia 171 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Illinois 172 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 171 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Missouri 97 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Kansas 54 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 39 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Washington 105 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 12 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Idaho 23 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Nebraska 42 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Utah 35 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     North Dakota 24 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 26 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Claims adjusting
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
50000 Industry total 4,168,962 100.00
50860 Insurance claims adjusting/appraisal fees 4,063,853 97.48
50850 Third party administration & management fees 46,664 1.12
-Other 58,445 1.40

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Claims adjusting
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 EC02-52A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, metros
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

 

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 524291
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 52429 To broader NAICS

 

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