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NAICS 561431
Private mail 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

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
561431	Private mail centers	N	N	N	N	N	N	4,578	1,957,293

Definition: NAICS 561431 Private mail centers

This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing (except direct mail advertising) services or (2) establishments engaged in providing these mailing services along with one or more other office support services, such as 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 U.S. Industry 561421, Telephone Answering Services;
Providing direct mail advertising services--are classified in Industry 541860, Direct Mail Advertising;
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; and
Establishments engaged in providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis,-- are classified in Industry 531120, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses).

Historical comparability

NAICS 561431, Private mail centers, 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	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

561431	Private mail centers	2002	4,580	1,959,767	336,384	20,063
		1997	4,350	1,659,348	264,933	19,476
		% change	5.3	18.1	27.0	3.0

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Geographic Distribution -- Private mail 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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Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

4,578

1,957,293

100.00

6.79

336,213

20,049

California

818

347,211

17.74

9.91

53,294

3,410

Texas

415

148,205

7.57

6.81

28,228

1,803

Florida

388

122,321

6.25

7.33

17,736

1,209

New York

180

112,548

5.75

5.87

16,522

686

Illinois

149

81,560

4.17

6.48

16,272

955

New Jersey

103

79,586

4.07

9.28

11,731

511

Georgia

191

73,747

3.77

8.58

14,117

791

Maryland

63,765

3.26

11.72

20,947

846

Pennsylvania

101

56,545

2.89

4.59

7,042

510

Massachusetts

100

53,668

2.74

8.34

12,449

431

North Carolina

141

51,000

2.61

6.13

9,502

560

Washington

169

50,352

2.57

8.29

7,740

611

Ohio

105

50,301

2.57

4.41

6,651

452

Michigan

49,381

2.52

4.92

7,086

490

Arizona

159

48,218

2.46

8.85

7,218

525

Virginia

104

47,269

2.42

6.49

9,943

428

Nevada

44,604

2.28

20.56

3,631

276

Colorado

119

37,403

1.91

8.31

6,130

442

Minnesota

37,387

1.91

7.44

8,348

340

Oregon

35,598

1.82

10.10

5,384

410

Missouri

30,808

1.57

5.42

6,865

476

Utah

28,510

1.46

12.26

3,258

229

Connecticut

24,441

1.25

7.07

4,466

271

Wisconsin

24,405

1.25

4.49

4,649

227

South Carolina

24,099

1.23

5.88

4,813

266

Tennessee

23,892

1.22

4.13

4,374

365

Alabama

19,739

1.01

4.41

2,632

151

Kansas

18,757

0.96

6.91

2,877

198

Oklahoma

14,218

0.73

4.08

2,183

196

Kentucky

13,726

0.70

3.36

4,299

236

Indiana

12,650

0.65

2.06

2,279

193

Iowa

12,494

0.64

4.26

1,269

Arkansas

10,728

0.55

3.96

2,247

153

Louisiana

10,503

0.54

2.35

1,697

135

Alaska

9,858

0.50

15.39

1,362

New Mexico

9,350

0.48

5.04

1,837

136

Idaho

8,698

0.44

6.47

920

116

Mississippi

8,628

0.44

3.01

869

Nebraska

8,116

0.41

4.70

3,466

140

Rhode Island

6,985

0.36

6.54

1,939

District of Columbia

6,607

0.34

11.41

1,378

New Hampshire

6,315

0.32

4.96

909

Montana

6,152

0.31

6.76

878

Hawaii

5,253

0.27

4.26

968

Maine

5,150

0.26

3.97

908

Wyoming

5,136

0.26

10.29

690

Vermont

3,051

0.16

4.95

602

Delaware

2,763

0.14

3.43

579

South Dakota

2,071

0.11

2.72

404

West Virginia

1,771

0.09

0.98

340

North Dakota

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Products Lines for Private mail centers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	1,957,293	100.00
37752	Postal & shipping services	1,427,398	72.93
37751	Mailbox rental	144,908	7.40
39056	Sales of merch, over-the-counter or separate from serv provided	86,344	4.41
	-Other	298,643	15.26

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Private mail 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
EC02-56A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 561431
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
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