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NAICS 5616
Investigation and security services

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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
5616	Investigation & security services	22,957	31,375,440	16,004,123	761,291
56161	Investigation, guard, & armored car services	13,158	19,468,263	12,048,121	644,587
56162	Security systems services	9,799	11,907,177	3,956,002	116,704

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
5616	Investigation & security services	93,108	32,498,131	70,151	75.3	1,122,691	3.5	22,957	31,375,440

Definition: NAICS 5616 Investigation and security services

This industry group includes establishments classified in the following industries: 56161 Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services and 56162 Security Systems Services.

Historical comparability

NAICS 5616, Investigation and security services, 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

5616	Investigation & security services	2002	22,957	31,375,440	16,004,123	761,291
		1997	21,494	20,444,077	10,697,581	682,891
		% change	6.8	53.5	49.6	11.5

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Geographic Distribution -- Investigation and security 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

22,957

31,375,440

100.00

109

16,004,123

761,291

California

3,305

4,866,032

15.51

139

2,495,768

121,163

New York

1,778

2,857,448

9.11

149

1,528,987

74,873

Texas

1,717

2,672,126

8.52

123

1,300,103

59,159

Florida

1,931

2,087,941

6.65

125

1,029,093

49,500

Illinois

811

1,523,776

4.86

121

808,950

38,700

Virginia

670

1,396,859

4.45

192

744,222

28,693

New Jersey

753

1,172,130

3.74

137

605,810

27,797

Pennsylvania

760

1,134,130

3.61

615,847

30,029

Georgia

716

1,005,492

3.20

117

509,823

24,471

Ohio

692

890,813

2.84

444,152

22,535

Maryland

530

840,924

2.68

155

413,296

18,613

Massachusetts

506

781,921

2.49

122

395,765

17,309

Michigan

641

774,742

2.47

409,085

19,214

North Carolina

563

715,293

2.28

350,282

17,208

Colorado

452

634,174

2.02

141

328,033

12,729

Tennessee

430

619,246

1.97

107

317,953

15,935

Washington

449

578,595

1.84

281,411

11,979

Arizona

438

501,425

1.60

248,527

12,773

Indiana

375

462,101

1.47

254,532

12,673

Missouri

417

460,887

1.47

220,986

11,449

Minnesota

300

429,749

1.37

230,495

10,285

South Carolina

305

415,433

1.32

101

211,735

9,482

Connecticut

252

362,833

1.16

105

195,723

9,037

Louisiana

363

358,423

1.14

180,035

10,099

Nevada

218

343,505

1.09

158

166,533

7,590

Oklahoma

283

334,952

1.07

114,634

5,463

Alabama

314

320,148

1.02

161,565

10,280

Wisconsin

308

291,317

0.93

150,370

7,690

Oregon

287

230,707

0.74

104,006

5,238

Utah

152

230,210

0.73

93,388

4,842

New Mexico

164

196,965

0.63

106

96,715

3,988

Kentucky

233

191,014

0.61

95,721

5,752

Hawaii

112

185,761

0.59

151

115,649

5,718

District of Columbia

163,699

0.52

283

101,935

3,367

Mississippi

201

152,261

0.49

83,665

5,432

Kansas

182

138,534

0.44

72,792

3,120

Delaware

125,886

0.40

156

56,111

2,813

Iowa

148

117,234

0.37

66,814

3,601

Arkansas

153

112,999

0.36

54,890

2,903

Nebraska

124

112,931

0.36

53,020

2,844

New Hampshire

103

105,302

0.34

48,978

2,186

West Virginia

129

86,902

0.28

47,114

3,285

Rhode Island

71,888

0.23

38,024

2,115

Idaho

70,618

0.23

29,928

1,363

Maine

66,296

0.21

38,512

1,834

Alaska

54,263

0.17

30,140

1,049

Montana

49,587

0.16

22,007

1,107

North Dakota

24,038

0.08

11,718

582

Vermont

21,239

0.07

12,318

463

Wyoming

18,142

0.06

8,923

451

South Dakota

16,549

0.05

8,040

510

Products Lines for Investigation and security services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	31,375,440	100.00
38150	Guard services	14,817,800	47.23
38110	Security system services	10,403,356	33.16
38140	Investigative & detective services	2,440,321	7.78
38160	Armored car services	2,069,223	6.60
	-Other	1,644,740	5.24

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Investigation and security services
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 Selected Industries	US, states
EC02-56I-06	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
EC02-56A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 5616
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