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NAICS 56149
Other 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.
Indus-
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
Go to this NAICS 5614 Business support services 34,735 43,978,782 17,617,080 769,999
  56149 Other business support services 6,725 6,489,733 2,175,885 69,756
Go to this NAICS 561491 Repossession services 978 551,547 162,687 5,900
Go to this NAICS 561492 Court reporting & stenotype services 3,337 1,637,551 497,279 13,546
Go to this NAICS 561499 All other business support services 2,410 4,300,635 1,515,919 50,310

 

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
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
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 56149   Other business support services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering or telemarketing services; private mail services or document copying services conducted as separate activities or in conjunction with other office support services; monetary debt collection services; and credit reporting services).

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

 

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable   NAICS 56149, Other business support services, is close, but not quite comparable between 2002 and 1997. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 56149 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.



In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.

 

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
56149 Other business support services 2002 6,745 6,502,417 2,179,103 69,896
1997 5,094 4,288,942 1,331,822 55,704
% change 32.4 51.6 63.6 25.5

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Other 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 6,725 6,489,733 100.00 23 2,175,885 69,756
See other industries in this state New York 409 756,402 11.66 39 203,474 4,752
See other industries in this state California 750 679,762 10.47 19 198,868 6,353
See other industries in this state Florida 770 386,070 5.95 23 116,902 4,125
See other industries in this state Texas 526 343,694 5.30 16 132,747 4,143
See other industries in this state Georgia 216 309,105 4.76 36 108,790 3,343
See other industries in this state New Jersey 174 208,241 3.21 24 71,082 2,262
See other industries in this state Colorado 127 205,625 3.17 46 76,769 1,703
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 215 197,132 3.04 16 77,586 2,230
See other industries in this state Illinois 295 196,836 3.03 16 64,355 2,246
See other industries in this state Ohio 214 157,294 2.42 14 59,387 2,077
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 128 152,693 2.35 24 55,641 1,390
See other industries in this state Virginia 174 140,362 2.16 19 34,351 1,072
See other industries in this state Tennessee 101 140,109 2.16 24 41,381 1,528
See other industries in this state Iowa 64 91,067 1.40 31 23,526 984
See other industries in this state Maryland 125 89,649 1.38 16 30,297 1,040
See other industries in this state Missouri 141 87,950 1.36 15 42,870 1,489
See other industries in this state Arizona 138 79,527 1.23 15 23,726 905
See other industries in this state Kansas 59 79,299 1.22 29 29,720 930
See other industries in this state North Carolina 160 79,060 1.22 10 25,176 1,105
See other industries in this state Indiana 112 65,280 1.01 11 17,520 711
See other industries in this state Minnesota 129 62,186 0.96 12 18,999 642
See other industries in this state Washington 146 59,906 0.92 10 29,668 747
See other industries in this state Louisiana 139 56,317 0.87 13 15,690 629
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 89 54,342 0.84 10 26,065 900
See other industries in this state Nevada 68 52,429 0.81 24 16,522 488
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 20 52,160 0.80 41 11,692 387
See other industries in this state Oregon 77 49,382 0.76 14 16,114 592
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 116 46,234 0.71 13 16,509 789
See other industries in this state Utah 68 36,018 0.55 15 9,078 284
See other industries in this state South Carolina 70 34,252 0.53 8 11,052 323
See other industries in this state Mississippi 25 23,860 0.37 8 12,466 575
See other industries in this state Arkansas 39 18,030 0.28 7 4,008 141
See other industries in this state New Mexico 61 17,727 0.27 10 6,658 248
See other industries in this state Rhode Island 23 16,121 0.25 15 3,751 142
See other industries in this state Hawaii 23 10,056 0.15 8 3,726 131
  All other states, including those below 734 1,455,556 22.43   539,719 18,350
See other industries in this state     Connecticut 44 D     D (10k-24k)
See other industries in this state     Michigan 197 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Alabama 95 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Kentucky 80 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 38 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Idaho 30 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Nebraska 37 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     West Virginia 40 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 15 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Maine 30 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Montana 34 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     North Dakota 18 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     South Dakota 18 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Alaska 21 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Vermont 19 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Wyoming 18 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Other business support services
Product
code
Product description Sales of
this line
($000)
Percent of
industry sales
(%)
Graph
30000 Industry total 6,489,733 100.00
37750 Postal, shipping, & mailing services 1,789,756 27.58
37790 Stenographic & court reporting services 1,588,605 24.48
37730 Photocop/blueprint/oth doc dup serv excl quick print/offset print 834,259 12.86
37720 Telephone call services 545,420 8.40
37770 Repossess serv (fees from repossess tangible assets-npayt-debt) 529,729 8.16
-Other 1,201,964 18.52

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Other 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
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

 

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 56149
Hypertext Tables 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
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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 5614 To broader NAICS

 

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