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NAICS 56161
Investigation, guard, and armored car 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
561611	Investigation services	4,975	2,585,756	1,044,361	45,085
561612	Security guards & patrol services	7,365	14,763,333	10,115,867	566,757
561613	Armored car services	818	2,119,174	887,893	32,745

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
56161	Investigation, guard, & armored car services	N	N	N	N	N	N	13,158	19,468,263

Definition: NAICS 56161 Investigation, guard, and armored car services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing one or more of the following: (1) investigation and detective services; (2) guard and patrol services; and (3) picking up and delivering money, receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Providing credit checks--are classified in Industry 561450, Credit Bureaus; and
Selling, installing, monitoring, and maintaining security systems and devices (e.g., burglar and fire alarm systems)--are classified in Industry 56162, Security Systems Services.

Historical comparability

NAICS 56161, Investigation, guard, and armored car services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 56161 is comparable to SIC 7381. 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

56161	Investigation, guard, & armored car services	2002	13,158	19,468,263	12,048,121	644,587
		1997	12,539	12,370,414	7,759,442	560,976
		% change	4.9	57.4	55.3	14.9

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Geographic Distribution -- Investigation, guard, and armored car 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

13,158

19,468,263

100.00

12,048,121

644,587

California

2,072

3,202,985

16.45

1,957,098

106,461

New York

1,004

2,058,498

10.57

107

1,249,654

66,962

Texas

995

1,516,945

7.79

937,930

48,297

Florida

1,114

1,210,578

6.22

704,680

38,992

Illinois

486

1,004,218

5.16

646,451

34,265

Virginia

388

866,355

4.45

119

551,514

23,722

Pennsylvania

453

718,111

3.69

474,133

26,129

New Jersey

365

703,961

3.62

433,739

23,383

Georgia

361

555,963

2.86

388,684

20,524

Ohio

386

518,937

2.67

327,503

18,964

Michigan

386

505,435

2.60

318,449

16,393

Maryland

281

451,826

2.32

283,010

14,046

North Carolina

292

419,213

2.15

262,159

14,580

Massachusetts

289

412,026

2.12

264,406

14,270

Tennessee

244

379,831

1.95

247,443

13,859

Colorado

244

346,261

1.78

209,942

9,588

Washington

244

341,203

1.75

208,533

9,882

Arizona

245

288,408

1.48

176,474

10,654

South Carolina

163

279,244

1.43

173,503

8,201

Minnesota

166

276,647

1.42

177,145

8,837

Indiana

229

274,230

1.41

183,366

10,463

Missouri

238

242,567

1.25

152,205

9,290

Oklahoma

158

231,918

1.19

82,274

4,102

Louisiana

196

212,074

1.09

131,579

8,435

Connecticut

126

207,029

1.06

144,449

7,703

Nevada

134

205,512

1.06

118,789

6,223

Alabama

178

192,904

0.99

123,201

9,013

Wisconsin

180

175,521

0.90

113,885

6,607

Hawaii

159,163

0.82

129

105,989

5,435

New Mexico

149,083

0.77

83,032

3,499

District of Columbia

146,771

0.75

254

96,601

3,184

Oregon

160

124,974

0.64

72,461

4,172

Utah

120,865

0.62

64,147

3,891

Kentucky

138

115,448

0.59

73,931

4,977

Mississippi

123

109,561

0.56

69,770

4,727

Delaware

91,237

0.47

113

44,607

2,516

Iowa

76,267

0.39

49,161

2,740

Nebraska

68,519

0.35

40,828

2,467

West Virginia

68,345

0.35

41,439

3,046

Arkansas

63,561

0.33

42,313

2,407

Kansas

60,695

0.31

35,955

1,957

New Hampshire

49,423

0.25

30,000

1,680

Idaho

48,119

0.25

24,206

1,170

Maine

45,732

0.23

29,569

1,585

Alaska

45,281

0.23

27,277

976

Rhode Island

44,599

0.23

29,263

1,809

Montana

30,663

0.16

15,058

849

Vermont

16,496

0.08

10,334

397

Wyoming

14,007

0.07

7,834

407

North Dakota

10,989

0.06

6,538

436

South Dakota

10,065

0.05

5,610

415

Products Lines for Investigation, guard, and armored car services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	19,468,263	100.00
38150	Guard services	14,767,555	75.85
38140	Investigative & detective services	2,427,941	12.47
38160	Armored car services	2,069,223	10.63
	-Other	203,544	1.05

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Investigation, guard, and armored car 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

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 56161
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