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NAICS 561
Administrative and support 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	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

56	Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service	350,583	432,577,580	206,439,329	8,741,854
561	Administrative & support services	331,921	381,268,304	194,207,071	8,410,033
5611	Office administrative services	22,611	32,080,759	14,577,949	366,019
5612	Facilities support services	3,568	12,956,879	4,914,739	145,626
5613	Employment services	41,552	128,661,919	94,935,685	4,165,760
5614	Business support services	34,735	43,978,782	17,617,080	769,999
5615	Travel arrangement & reservation services	28,470	25,535,314	8,050,949	264,614
5616	Investigation & security services	22,957	31,375,440	16,004,123	761,291
5617	Services to buildings & dwellings	156,555	75,315,804	29,133,626	1,583,580
5619	Other support services	21,473	31,363,407	8,972,920	353,144

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

56	Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service	1,613,290	459,487,355	1,262,707	78.3	26,909,775	5.9	350,583	432,577,580
561	Administrative & support services	1,576,238	407,093,815	1,244,317	78.9	25,825,511	6.3	331,921	381,268,304
5611	Office administrative services	149,693	33,966,798	127,082	84.9	1,886,039	5.6	22,611	32,080,759
5612	Facilities support services	24,808	13,589,749	21,240	85.6	632,870	4.7	3,568	12,956,879
5613	Employment services	71,100	129,675,396	29,548	41.6	1,013,477	0.8	41,552	128,661,919
5614	Business support services	210,662	48,438,941	175,927	83.5	4,460,159	9.2	34,735	43,978,782
5615	Travel arrangement & reservation services	61,463	26,968,356	32,993	53.7	1,433,042	5.3	28,470	25,535,314
5616	Investigation & security services	93,108	32,498,131	70,151	75.3	1,122,691	3.5	22,957	31,375,440
5617	Services to buildings & dwellings	878,605	88,576,960	722,050	82.2	13,261,156	15.0	156,555	75,315,804
5619	Other support services	86,799	33,379,484	65,326	75.3	2,016,077	6.0	21,473	31,363,407

Definition: NAICS 561 Administrative and support services

Industries in the Administrative and Support Services subsector group establishments engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations. The processes employed in this sector (e.g., general management, personnel administration, clerical activities, cleaning activities) are often integral parts of the activities of establishments found in all sectors of the economy. The establishments classified in this subsector have specialized in one or more of these activities and can, therefore, provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. The individual industries of this subsector are defined on the basis of the particular process that they are engaged in and the particular services they provide.

Many of the activities performed in this subsector are ongoing routine support functions that all businesses and organizations must do and that they have traditionally done for themselves. Recent trends, however, are to contract or purchase such services from businesses that specialize in such activities and can, therefore, provide the services more efficiently.

The industries in this subsector cannot be viewed as strictly "support." The Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services industry group, includes travel agents, tour operators, and providers of other travel arrangement services, such as hotel and restaurant reservations and arranging the purchase of tickets, serves many types of clients, including individual consumers. This group was placed in this subsector because the services are often of the "support" nature (e.g., travel arrangement) and businesses and other organizations are increasingly the ones purchasing such services.

The administrative and management activities performed by establishments in this sector are typically on a contract or fee basis. These activities may also be performed by establishments that are part of the company or enterprise. However, establishments involved in administering, overseeing, and managing other establishments of the company or enterprise, are classified in Sector 55, Management of Companies and Enterprises. These establishments normally undertake the strategic and organizational planning and decisionmaking role of the company or enterprise. Government establishments engaged in administering, overseeing and managing governmental programs are classified in Sector 92, Public Administration.

Historical comparability

NAICS 561, Administrative and support services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

The following table excludes data for NAICS 561730, data for which were not collected prior to 2002.

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	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

561	Administrative & support services	2002	254,739	346,057,235	182,642,499	8,407,101
		1997	260,025	256,590,745	128,438,075	7,066,658
		% change	-2.0	34.9	42.2	12.2

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Geographic Distribution -- Administrative and support services: 2002

Data for the Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 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-
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Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

331,921

381,268,304

100.00

1,323

194,207,071

8,410,033

California

39,280

49,140,442

12.89

1,403

24,236,172

975,020

Florida

26,631

37,426,569

9.82

2,243

22,520,309

976,071

Texas

21,397

33,901,210

8.89

1,558

16,898,259

731,139

New York

21,428

25,697,664

6.74

1,341

12,364,977

464,025

Illinois

14,381

18,265,325

4.79

1,450

8,962,107

390,759

New Jersey

12,276

14,622,116

3.84

1,705

7,360,026

305,845

Georgia

9,629

13,128,605

3.44

1,527

6,796,119

284,221

Pennsylvania

12,813

12,713,641

3.33

1,032

6,161,107

275,728

Michigan

11,012

12,141,481

3.18

1,210

6,800,987

272,476

Ohio

12,644

12,015,890

3.15

1,053

6,280,266

295,134

Virginia

8,962

10,620,000

2.79

1,458

5,439,181

226,656

Massachusetts

8,856

10,601,281

2.78

1,648

5,454,517

199,172

Colorado

6,845

10,027,753

2.63

2,228

5,929,370

250,188

Arizona

6,709

8,271,161

2.17

1,519

4,224,043

193,110

North Carolina

9,493

8,233,275

2.16

990

4,107,563

198,187

Maryland

6,898

7,712,056

2.02

1,417

3,656,096

152,861

Tennessee

5,602

6,851,968

1.80

1,184

3,567,920

171,681

Indiana

6,190

6,588,977

1.73

1,071

3,113,435

142,171

Connecticut

5,045

6,581,596

1.73

1,903

2,560,726

100,903

Minnesota

6,206

6,044,349

1.59

1,203

3,010,508

125,611

Washington

7,566

5,661,306

1.48

933

2,676,764

103,351

Missouri

6,353

5,650,365

1.48

995

2,738,908

137,080

Wisconsin

5,817

4,639,800

1.22

853

2,209,911

111,003

Nevada

3,291

4,577,409

1.20

2,110

2,123,452

74,874

South Carolina

4,518

4,460,099

1.17

1,088

2,443,555

136,031

Louisiana

3,905

3,810,875

1.00

852

1,843,473

99,754

Alabama

3,631

3,764,281

0.99

841

2,035,098

114,213

Oklahoma

3,511

3,520,542

0.92

1,009

1,797,360

89,045

Oregon

4,425

3,171,029

0.83

900

1,660,538

75,096

Nebraska

2,163

3,037,661

0.80

1,759

1,473,516

59,242

Utah

2,831

2,988,609

0.78

1,285

1,686,030

88,010

Kentucky

3,323

2,796,514

0.73

684

1,277,250

70,013

Kansas

3,059

2,462,467

0.65

907

1,226,069

58,176

Iowa

2,892

2,194,905

0.58

748

1,021,011

56,437

New Hampshire

1,769

1,911,792

0.50

1,501

1,041,288

37,073

District of Columbia

960

1,614,757

0.42

2,789

781,018

28,349

New Mexico

1,674

1,515,344

0.40

817

755,969

36,151

Mississippi

1,975

1,469,459

0.39

513

736,085

44,152

Arkansas

2,085

1,432,174

0.38

529

655,636

41,078

Hawaii

1,605

1,431,687

0.38

1,161

654,577

30,682

Maine

1,590

1,393,114

0.37

1,074

600,279

26,123

Delaware

1,125

1,239,964

0.33

1,539

540,127

23,774

Rhode Island

1,525

1,215,199

0.32

1,137

563,018

23,833

Idaho

1,643

1,103,022

0.29

821

603,738

33,357

West Virginia

1,288

980,173

0.26

543

491,944

27,551

Alaska

837

874,138

0.23

1,365

339,540

11,652

North Dakota

712

497,933

0.13

786

185,894

11,014

Montana

1,205

466,822

0.12

513

194,132

11,958

South Dakota

790

418,263

0.11

550

178,446

9,179

Vermont

829

337,809

0.09

548

134,505

5,758

Wyoming

728

242,668

0.06

486

107,215

6,012

Products Lines for Administrative and support services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	381,268,30	100.00
37540	Temporary staffing services	60,748,416	15.93
37510	Co-employment staffing services	54,255,249	14.23
38250	Landscaping care & maintenance services	33,268,393	8.73
36010	Management services: Other management services	30,426,648	7.98
38240	Building cleaning & maintenance services	27,415,863	7.19
	-Other	175,153,73	45.94

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Administrative and support services
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997	Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-56SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-56SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Receipts Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Receipts Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-56SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business	US, states
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
EC02-56A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros
EC02-56A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 561
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: Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services	Quarterly	Estimated revenue for employer firms	US
Service Annual Survey: Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation 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