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NAICS 56143
Business service centers

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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.
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
5614	Business support services	34,735	43,978,782	17,617,080	769,999
56143	Business service centers	10,434	8,234,560	2,263,182	90,221
561431	Private mail centers	4,578	1,957,293	336,213	20,049
561439	Other business service centers (including copy shops)	5,856	6,277,267	1,926,969	70,172

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)
N = Not available
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
56143	Business service centers	24,689	8,692,903	14,255	57.7	458,343	5.3	10,434	8,234,560

Definition: NAICS 56143 Business service centers

This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services (except direct mail advertising); (2) establishments, generally known as copy centers or shops, primarily engaged in providing photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, and other document copying services without also providing printing services (i.e., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services); and (3) establishments that provide a range of office support services (except printing services), such as mailing services, document copying services, facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Operating contract post offices--are classified in Industry 491110, Postal Service;
Delivering letters and parcels--are classified in Subsector 492, Couriers and Messengers;
Providing voice mailbox services--are classified in Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers;
Providing direct mail advertising services--are classified in Industry 541860, Direct Mail Advertising;
Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers--are classified in Industry 323110, Printing; and
Providing only one of the support services (e.g., word processing services) that establishments in this industry provide--are classified in the appropriate industry according to the service provided.

Historical comparability

NAICS 56143, Business service centers, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 56143 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	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

56143	Business service centers	2002	10,439	8,240,200	2,264,566	90,282
		1997	10,130	8,503,608	2,076,267	106,697
		% change	3.1	-3.1	9.1	-15.4

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Geographic Distribution -- Business service centers: 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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ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

10,434

8,234,560

100.00

2,263,182

90,221

California

2,025

1,679,063

20.39

451,887

17,477

New York

646

773,445

9.39

253,068

7,932

Texas

868

608,641

7.39

165,643

6,987

Illinois

415

428,705

5.21

131,815

4,838

Florida

755

408,258

4.96

103,497

4,617

Georgia

349

360,158

4.37

108,934

4,385

Pennsylvania

288

281,615

3.42

84,799

3,633

Ohio

271

233,293

2.83

69,831

2,702

New Jersey

247

226,353

2.75

62,662

2,348

Massachusetts

264

220,439

2.68

64,900

2,155

Virginia

254

206,365

2.51

53,509

1,941

Michigan

229

199,304

2.42

55,308

2,066

Washington

300

198,484

2.41

48,770

2,040

Arizona

282

182,451

2.22

45,230

1,987

Maryland

187

170,087

2.07

49,408

1,871

Colorado

270

164,866

2.00

39,818

1,690

Missouri

181

153,230

1.86

44,545

1,899

North Carolina

229

140,533

1.71

30,879

1,395

Minnesota

138

140,415

1.71

35,441

1,357

Oregon

169

114,267

1.39

31,962

1,368

Tennessee

179

109,362

1.33

25,559

1,326

District of Columbia

107,902

1.31

186

37,659

1,193

Nevada

138

102,881

1.25

19,598

868

Utah

110

87,605

1.06

16,899

905

Wisconsin

107

87,399

1.06

26,699

1,137

Connecticut

117

75,363

0.92

20,136

851

Kansas

68,097

0.83

16,740

723

Louisiana

67,287

0.82

18,785

989

Oklahoma

109

62,351

0.76

15,494

820

Alabama

61,976

0.75

14,789

672

South Carolina

108

56,679

0.69

12,959

640

Indiana

112

53,832

0.65

12,024

676

Iowa

37,085

0.45

7,797

443

Kentucky

37,037

0.45

9,233

445

New Mexico

36,108

0.44

8,502

406

Alaska

30,601

0.37

5,963

261

Nebraska

30,411

0.37

9,171

408

Arkansas

28,355

0.34

6,521

375

New Hampshire

27,522

0.33

7,061

334

Hawaii

23,887

0.29

5,328

271

Idaho

23,621

0.29

4,101

286

Delaware

20,650

0.25

6,117

234

Rhode Island

19,771

0.24

5,271

208

Mississippi

17,298

0.21

2,778

166

Maine

13,667

0.17

2,945

157

Montana

13,063

0.16

2,306

161

Vermont

12,859

0.16

3,350

139

Wyoming

10,509

0.13

1,966

130

West Virginia

10,297

0.13

3,130

163

South Dakota

6,424

0.08

1,339

North Dakota

(20-99)

Products Lines for Business service centers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	8,234,560	100.00
37730	Photocop/blueprint/oth doc dup serv excl quick print/offset print	5,478,127	66.53
37750	Postal, shipping, & mailing services	1,620,016	19.67
37710	Document preparation services	317,138	3.85
	-Other	819,279	9.95

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Business service centers
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
EC02-56SL-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
EC02-56SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Receipts by Class of Customer for Administrative & Other Support Services	US, states
EC02-56I-04	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
EC02-56A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 56143
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
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
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