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NAICS 5617
Services to buildings and dwellings

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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
5617	Services to buildings & dwellings	156,555	75,315,804	29,133,626	1,583,580
56171	Exterminating & pest control services	11,321	6,597,034	2,622,362	90,948
56172	Janitorial services	50,984	27,009,000	12,844,592	918,777
56173	Landscaping services	76,102	35,171,624	11,544,469	477,932
56174	Carpet & upholstery cleaning services	8,813	2,719,070	920,627	46,669
56179	Other services to buildings & dwellings	9,335	3,819,076	1,201,576	49,254

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)

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
5617	Services to buildings & dwellings	878,605	88,576,960	722,050	82.2	13,261,156	15.0	156,555	75,315,804
56171	Exterminating & pest control services	19,231	6,911,725	7,910	41.1	314,691	4.6	11,321	6,597,034
56172	Janitorial services	478,537	32,908,195	427,553	89.3	5,899,195	17.9	50,984	27,009,000
56173	Landscaping services	285,174	39,982,807	209,072	73.3	4,811,183	12.0	76,102	35,171,624
56174	Carpet & upholstery cleaning services	30,511	3,384,832	21,698	71.1	665,762	19.7	8,813	2,719,070
56179	Other services to buildings & dwellings	65,152	5,389,401	55,817	85.7	1,570,325	29.1	9,335	3,819,076

Definition: NAICS 5617 Services to buildings and dwellings

This industry group includes establishments classified in the following industries 56171, Exterminating and Pest Control Services, 56172, Janitorial Services, 56173, Landscaping Services, 56174, Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services, and 56179, Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings.

Historical comparability

NAICS 5617, Services to buildings and dwellings, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

The following table excludes data for NAICS 561730, data for which were not collected prior to 2002.

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

5617	Services to buildings & dwellings	2002	79,309	39,693,963	17,445,303	1,577,757
		1997	80,807	29,914,507	13,316,571	1,046,016
		% change	-1.9	32.7	31.0	5.1

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Geographic Distribution -- Services to buildings and dwellings: 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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Indus-
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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

156,555

75,315,804

100.00

261

29,133,626

1,583,580

California

16,006

10,799,574

14.34

308

4,159,251

207,321

Florida

13,292

5,379,258

7.14

322

1,830,634

99,292

Texas

8,329

5,222,095

6.93

240

1,926,892

112,905

New York

8,726

4,548,268

6.04

237

1,875,652

83,542

Illinois

6,205

3,799,491

5.04

302

1,552,953

78,389

New Jersey

6,231

3,166,515

4.20

369

1,230,125

67,039

Pennsylvania

6,452

3,020,986

4.01

245

1,164,025

61,854

Ohio

6,520

2,831,382

3.76

248

1,205,066

70,137

Georgia

4,388

2,414,419

3.21

281

880,506

47,013

Michigan

5,505

2,351,992

3.12

234

905,531

43,692

Massachusetts

4,225

2,268,485

3.01

353

899,648

41,930

Virginia

4,685

2,214,030

2.94

304

946,731

60,990

North Carolina

5,183

2,085,348

2.77

251

812,540

47,599

Maryland

3,462

1,826,532

2.43

336

764,089

44,760

Arizona

3,239

1,581,819

2.10

290

606,281

34,803

Colorado

3,110

1,495,545

1.99

332

555,611

29,376

Tennessee

2,677

1,405,769

1.87

243

516,009

31,272

Washington

4,003

1,383,403

1.84

228

529,818

26,088

Indiana

3,281

1,326,848

1.76

216

531,783

29,300

Missouri

3,167

1,287,527

1.71

227

537,971

35,055

Connecticut

2,774

1,243,579

1.65

360

463,221

22,907

Minnesota

2,808

1,187,000

1.58

236

463,261

24,171

Wisconsin

2,999

1,154,647

1.53

212

442,929

24,465

South Carolina

2,596

1,127,473

1.50

275

485,100

29,023

Alabama

1,884

813,792

1.08

182

307,161

18,867

Louisiana

1,638

793,686

1.05

178

289,844

19,394

Nevada

1,429

781,540

1.04

360

273,600

14,582

Oregon

2,200

746,945

0.99

212

284,906

15,779

Kentucky

1,710

697,053

0.93

170

274,648

18,695

Iowa

1,457

632,246

0.84

215

255,931

15,775

Kansas

1,540

568,516

0.75

209

223,211

12,233

Oklahoma

1,461

551,818

0.73

158

217,062

13,287

Utah

1,376

442,271

0.59

190

149,628

9,918

Arkansas

1,007

388,424

0.52

144

139,587

8,865

Hawaii

628

362,357

0.48

294

139,962

7,696

Nebraska

1,164

359,470

0.48

208

131,590

8,616

New Hampshire

977

336,025

0.45

264

112,693

5,517

Mississippi

1,011

323,933

0.43

113

118,473

7,862

Idaho

938

310,500

0.41

231

106,352

6,401

Rhode Island

836

281,968

0.37

264

105,643

4,904

Delaware

577

272,388

0.36

338

108,971

6,215

Maine

853

255,696

0.34

197

91,162

4,966

New Mexico

701

248,817

0.33

134

103,435

6,352

Alaska

352

225,519

0.30

352

75,370

3,098

West Virginia

578

217,958

0.29

121

91,358

5,729

District of Columbia

114

147,348

0.20

255

81,006

5,261

Montana

599

122,876

0.16

135

40,844

2,987

Vermont

511

121,663

0.16

197

40,663

2,121

North Dakota

356

98,187

0.13

155

36,242

2,498

Wyoming

393

87,185

0.12

175

27,889

1,686

South Dakota

402

76,282

0.10

100

27,094

2,112

Products Lines for Services to buildings and dwellings
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	75,315,804	100.00
38241	Nonresidential building cleaning services	24,610,413	32.68
38251	Lawn & garden services	23,757,615	31.54
38252	Ornamental shrub & tree services	9,510,778	12.63
	-Other	17,436,998	23.15

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Services to buildings and dwellings
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997	Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
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-07	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 5617
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