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NAICS 54121
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual, quarterly 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.
NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	Total	771,305	886,801,038	376,090,052	7,243,505
		Exempt	5,789	20,553,805	8,129,955	160,973
		Taxable	765,516	866,247,233	367,960,097	7,082,532
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	Total	771,305	886,801,038	376,090,052	7,243,505
		Exempt	5,789	20,553,805	8,129,955	160,973
		Taxable	765,516	866,247,233	367,960,097	7,082,532
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	Taxable	112,240	84,072,026	41,271,953	1,317,281
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	Taxable	112,240	84,072,026	41,271,953	1,317,281
541211	Offices of certified public accountants	Taxable	56,705	48,497,646	20,334,080	426,208
541213	Tax preparation services	Taxable	19,242	4,128,662	1,466,382	205,122
541214	Payroll services	Taxable	4,064	21,417,643	14,256,292	508,299
541219	Other accounting services	Taxable	32,229	10,028,075	5,215,199	177,652

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	Receipts ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)

54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	3,318,396	962,642,516	2,552,880	76.9	96,395,283	10.0	765,516	866,247,233
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	3,318,396	962,642,516	2,552,880	76.9	96,395,283	10.0	765,516	866,247,233
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	436,916	90,495,438	324,676	74.3	6,423,412	7.1	112,240	84,072,026
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	436,916	90,495,438	324,676	74.3	6,423,412	7.1	112,240	84,072,026
541211	Offices of certified public accountants	95,133	50,116,531	38,428	40.4	1,618,885	3.2	56,705	48,497,646
541213	Tax preparation services	97,841	5,261,287	78,599	80.3	1,132,625	21.5	19,242	4,128,662
541214	Payroll services	8,066	21,504,520	4,002	49.6	86,877	0.4	4,064	21,417,643
541219	Other accounting services	235,876	13,613,100	203,647	86.3	3,585,025	26.3	32,229	10,028,075

Definition: NAICS 54121 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services, such as auditing of accounting records, designing accounting systems, preparing financial statements, developing budgets, preparing tax returns, processing payrolls, bookkeeping, and billing.

Historical comparability

NAICS 54121, Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 54121 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	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

54121	Accounting, tax return prep, bookkeeping, & payroll services	2002	112,262	84,120,793	41,306,300	1,317,939
		1997	97,512	61,117,315	26,104,086	966,533
		% change	15.1	37.6	58.2	36.4

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Geographic Distribution -- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services: 2002

Data for the Professional, scientific, & technical services sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

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.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Receipts
% of
U.S.

Receipts
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

Total

112,240

84,072,026

100.00

292

41,271,953

1,317,281

California

Total

14,373

19,404,546

23.08

554

9,893,777

361,239

New York

Total

7,352

8,788,640

10.45

459

4,078,116

98,350

Texas

Total

7,989

5,454,251

6.49

251

2,821,855

77,918

Illinois

Total

4,878

4,442,409

5.28

353

2,220,200

57,729

Florida

Total

8,242

3,778,244

4.49

226

1,886,417

66,281

New Jersey

Total

3,553

3,581,234

4.26

418

1,620,322

40,680

Pennsylvania

Total

4,019

2,907,328

3.46

236

1,410,663

42,485

Michigan

Total

3,733

2,878,372

3.42

287

1,543,997

45,533

Ohio

Total

3,915

2,627,673

3.13

230

1,272,350

42,734

Georgia

Total

3,307

2,402,069

2.86

279

1,115,297

33,942

Massachusetts

Total

2,486

2,393,159

2.85

372

1,102,112

25,426

Virginia

Total

2,754

1,626,244

1.93

223

857,091

31,874

Maryland

Total

2,392

1,486,719

1.77

273

736,647

20,179

Washington

Total

2,400

1,481,280

1.76

244

745,813

19,972

Missouri

Total

2,203

1,452,725

1.73

256

659,730

21,796

North Carolina

Total

2,956

1,388,890

1.65

167

695,777

24,709

Connecticut

Total

1,278

1,243,321

1.48

360

553,281

12,446

Minnesota

Total

1,985

1,227,484

1.46

244

529,614

15,606

Colorado

Total

2,708

1,175,869

1.40

261

686,263

17,289

Indiana

Total

2,027

1,126,419

1.34

183

527,444

23,314

Wisconsin

Total

1,792

1,002,806

1.19

184

451,420

16,173

Tennessee

Total

1,756

986,142

1.17

170

550,670

18,618

Arizona

Total

2,192

919,403

1.09

169

421,902

21,007

Oregon

Total

1,746

827,159

0.98

235

415,705

13,403

District of Columbia

Total

188

826,895

0.98

1,428

335,742

5,679

Louisiana

Total

1,756

768,513

0.91

172

370,233

17,012

Alabama

Total

1,457

628,166

0.75

140

339,896

12,266

Oklahoma

Total

1,602

626,413

0.75

180

307,324

10,999

South Carolina

Total

1,395

598,492

0.71

146

287,455

12,376

Kentucky

Total

1,308

576,989

0.69

141

271,543

10,922

Utah

Total

905

498,136

0.59

214

218,455

10,183

Iowa

Total

1,030

490,290

0.58

167

212,031

7,270

Kansas

Total

1,210

488,745

0.58

180

225,795

10,024

Nevada

Total

845

410,867

0.49

189

173,424

6,145

Nebraska

Total

667

398,365

0.47

231

197,750

5,680

Arkansas

Total

1,027

372,091

0.44

137

181,864

7,010

Mississippi

Total

891

299,861

0.36

105

132,885

5,837

Rhode Island

Total

413

290,798

0.35

272

151,532

4,959

Idaho

Total

539

282,361

0.34

210

139,341

4,315

Hawaii

Total

541

261,541

0.31

212

121,165

4,342

New Mexico

Total

720

240,900

0.29

130

107,858

4,090

Maine

Total

501

238,763

0.28

184

120,182

3,930

New Hampshire

Total

535

221,601

0.26

174

126,564

7,069

West Virginia

Total

536

183,034

0.22

101

72,838

3,383

Delaware

Total

326

160,039

0.19

199

79,843

2,900

Montana

Total

509

145,391

0.17

160

70,602

2,781

North Dakota

Total

254

107,037

0.13

169

53,097

2,070

Alaska

Total

293

99,397

0.12

155

44,059

1,300

Vermont

Total

265

94,665

0.11

154

49,566

2,571

South Dakota

Total

243

84,604

0.10

111

45,249

2,112

Wyoming

Total

248

75,685

0.09

152

39,197

1,353

Products Lines for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	84,072,026	100.00
34070	Bookkeeping, compilation, payroll, & taxation services	60,024,006	71.40
34060	Financial auditing services	10,831,340	12.88
36030	Management consulting services	2,713,184	3.23
	-Other	10,503,496	12.49

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-54SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-54SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Receipts/Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-54SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-54SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Receipts/Revenue by Class of Customer for Selected Professional, Scientific, Technical Services	US, states
EC02-54I-02	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
EC02-54A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 54121
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Quarterly Services Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	Quarterly	Estimated revenue for employer firms	US
Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	Annual	Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms	US
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

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Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 54121 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

Definition: NAICS 54121 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

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Industry Statistics Sampler
NAICS 54121
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services