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NAICS 5614
Business support services

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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.
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try
Detail

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 350,583 432,577,580 206,439,329 8,741,854
Go to this NAICS 561 Administrative & support services 331,921 381,268,304 194,207,071 8,410,033
  5614 Business support services 34,735 43,978,782 17,617,080 769,999
Go to this NAICS 56141 Document preparation services 5,506 2,418,902 1,008,720 40,331
Go to this NAICS 56142 Telephone call centers 5,696 13,393,023 7,173,757 413,912
Go to this NAICS 56143 Business service centers 10,434 8,234,560 2,263,182 90,221
Go to this NAICS 56144 Collection agencies 5,265 8,851,952 3,742,180 129,822
Go to this NAICS 56145 Credit bureaus 1,109 4,590,612 1,253,356 25,957
Go to this NAICS 56149 Other business support services 6,725 6,489,733 2,175,885 69,756

 

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)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
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
5614 Business support services 210,662 48,438,941 175,927 83.5 4,460,159 9.2 34,735 43,978,782
56141 Document preparation services 55,100 3,079,750 49,594 90.0 660,848 21.5 5,506 2,418,902
56142 Telephone call centers 17,069 13,624,851 11,373 66.6 231,828 1.7 5,696 13,393,023
56143 Business service centers 24,689 8,692,903 14,255 57.7 458,343 5.3 10,434 8,234,560
56144 Collection agencies 10,242 9,050,645 4,977 48.6 198,693 2.2 5,265 8,851,952
56145 Credit bureaus 1,629 4,612,684 520 31.9 22,072 0.5 1,109 4,590,612
56149 Other business support services 101,933 9,378,108 95,208 93.4 2,888,375 30.8 6,725 6,489,733

 

Definition: NAICS 5614   Business support services

This industry group comprises establishments engaged in performing activities that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 5614, Business support services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

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 Sales ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
5614 Business support services 2002 34,746 43,985,749 17,625,432 770,218
1997 32,920 36,026,350 11,899,821 604,575
% change 5.5 22.1 48.1 27.4

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Business 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.
Other
Indus-
tries
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Sales
% of
U.S.
Sales
per capita
($)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 34,735 43,978,782 100.00 153 17,617,080 769,999
See other industries in this state California 4,875 5,807,918 13.21 166 1,896,772 73,566
See other industries in this state Texas 2,668 3,566,738 8.11 164 1,466,141 74,459
See other industries in this state New York 2,180 3,377,196 7.68 176 1,200,236 40,438
See other industries in this state Florida 2,880 3,098,027 7.04 186 1,345,338 63,266
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 1,269 2,046,385 4.65 166 892,033 42,477
See other industries in this state Illinois 1,436 2,006,253 4.56 159 774,729 28,944
See other industries in this state Georgia 1,092 1,654,029 3.76 192 642,752 24,892
See other industries in this state Ohio 1,135 1,515,576 3.45 133 637,607 26,349
See other industries in this state New Jersey 985 1,471,905 3.35 172 568,074 25,783
See other industries in this state Connecticut 359 1,308,414 2.98 378 519,748 18,138
See other industries in this state Arizona 823 1,150,363 2.62 211 541,709 25,132
See other industries in this state Virginia 823 1,145,279 2.60 157 465,366 20,815
See other industries in this state Colorado 827 1,011,251 2.30 225 427,932 16,066
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 782 954,740 2.17 148 479,637 20,087
See other industries in this state Minnesota 691 947,093 2.15 188 378,731 16,140
See other industries in this state Michigan 858 843,726 1.92 84 316,916 10,831
See other industries in this state Maryland 638 754,464 1.72 139 279,182 11,130
See other industries in this state Missouri 673 732,537 1.67 129 328,705 14,375
See other industries in this state Tennessee 573 703,587 1.60 122 309,462 12,531
See other industries in this state Washington 848 697,600 1.59 115 345,103 13,170
See other industries in this state North Carolina 744 622,095 1.41 75 271,396 12,446
See other industries in this state Utah 377 615,313 1.40 265 299,765 14,061
See other industries in this state Iowa 315 583,181 1.33 199 247,741 13,856
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 492 549,727 1.25 101 258,577 14,361
See other industries in this state Nebraska 253 542,604 1.23 314 276,709 15,039
See other industries in this state Kansas 341 488,035 1.11 180 226,260 10,264
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 485 482,066 1.10 138 212,035 14,424
See other industries in this state Alabama 340 472,598 1.07 106 167,217 9,314
See other industries in this state Indiana 553 461,175 1.05 75 170,609 8,215
See other industries in this state Nevada 379 447,637 1.02 206 144,930 5,853
See other industries in this state Maine 156 444,740 1.01 343 179,479 6,715
See other industries in this state Oregon 540 443,255 1.01 126 208,545 8,455
See other industries in this state South Carolina 336 345,259 0.79 84 141,257 7,058
See other industries in this state Louisiana 449 343,293 0.78 77 128,866 7,006
See other industries in this state Kentucky 306 248,320 0.56 61 97,745 4,808
See other industries in this state Arkansas 258 248,199 0.56 92 76,739 4,756
See other industries in this state Delaware 102 232,850 0.53 289 58,690 2,296
See other industries in this state District of Columbia 159 222,585 0.51 384 76,537 2,248
See other industries in this state West Virginia 145 204,728 0.47 113 95,789 6,379
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 144 170,145 0.39 134 61,490 2,180
See other industries in this state South Dakota 100 169,437 0.39 223 81,633 3,196
See other industries in this state Idaho 180 141,458 0.32 105 54,715 2,987
See other industries in this state Mississippi 169 131,216 0.30 46 45,542 2,309
See other industries in this state New Mexico 242 118,030 0.27 64 49,960 2,767
See other industries in this state Montana 158 75,778 0.17 83 26,936 2,270
See other industries in this state North Dakota 93 75,024 0.17 118 34,165 2,321
See other industries in this state Hawaii 124 73,778 0.17 60 27,445 1,318
See other industries in this state Rhode Island 114 71,038 0.16 66 24,620 1,780
See other industries in this state Vermont 75 61,114 0.14 99 18,613 670
See other industries in this state Alaska 98 56,621 0.13 88 13,541 570
See other industries in this state Wyoming 93 44,402 0.10 89 23,361 1,488

 

Products Lines for Business support services
Product
code
Product description Sales of
this line
($000)
Percent of
industry sales
(%)
Graph
30000 Industry total 43,978,782 100.00
37720 Telephone call services 13,902,928 31.61
37760 Debt rcvry serv (comm from coll or adj - open debts on accounts) 8,669,144 19.71
37730 Photocop/blueprint/oth doc dup serv excl quick print/offset print 6,341,573 14.42
37780 Receipts from furnishing credit reports on buses & individuals 4,217,341 9.59
37750 Postal, shipping, & mailing services 3,459,211 7.87
37710 Document preparation services 2,894,584 6.58
-Other 4,494,001 10.22

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Business support services
Link
to pdf
Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables
Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-BDG Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997 Link to drill-down tables Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined US
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 EC02-56SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-56SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Receipts 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 Receipts 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 EC02-56SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business US, states
Link to data in AFF Receipts by Class of Customer for Administrative & Other Support Services US, states
link to PDF EC02-56I-04 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF BE02-00I-1 Business Expenses Link to data in AFF Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis) US
Link to data in AFF Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis) US
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PDF EC02-56A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
Link to data in AFF Enterprise Support Statistics US
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 5614
Hypertext Tables 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
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industry Nonemployer Statistics Annual Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees US, states, metro areas, counties
  Service Annual Survey: Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services Annual Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms US
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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 561 To broader NAICS

 

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