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NAICS 722310
Food service contractors

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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

72	Accommodation & food services	565,590	449,498,718	127,554,483	10,120,951
722	Food services & drinking places	504,641	321,400,508	92,599,239	8,307,625
7223	Special food services	31,337	26,524,822	7,728,973	540,896
72231	Food service contractors	20,693	20,859,150	6,096,445	418,370
722310	Food service contractors	20,693	20,859,150	6,096,445	418,370

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
72	Accommodation & food services	807,278	463,676,922	241,688	29.9	14,178,204	3.1	565,590	449,498,718
722	Food services & drinking places	694,310	331,812,820	189,669	27.3	10,412,312	3.1	504,641	321,400,508
7223	Special food services	121,012	28,883,172	89,675	74.1	2,358,350	8.2	31,337	26,524,822
72231	Food service contractors	N	N	N	N	N	N	20,693	20,859,150
722310	Food service contractors	N	N	N	N	N	N	20,693	20,859,150

Definition: NAICS 722310 Food service contractors

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services at institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these type of organizations for a specified period of time. The establishments of this industry provide food services for the convenience of the contracting organization or the contracting organization's customers. The contractual arrangement of these establishments with contracting organizations may vary from type of facility operated (e.g., cafeteria, restaurant, fast-food eating place), revenue sharing, cost structure, to providing personnel. Management staff is always provided by the food service contractors.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Providing food services on a single-event basis--are classified in Industry 722320, Caterers; and
Supplying and servicing food vending machines--are classified in Industry 454210, Vending Machine Operators.

Historical comparability

NAICS 722310, Food service contractors, 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

722310	Foodservice contractors	2002	20,693	20,859,150	6,096,445	418,370
		1997	18,991	15,159,590	4,617,362	361,996
		% change	9.0	37.6	32.0	15.6

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Geographic Distribution -- Food service contractors: 2002

Data for the Accommodation & food services 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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ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

20,693

20,859,150

100.00

6,096,445

418,370

New York

1,859

2,266,582

10.87

118

631,914

39,196

California

1,791

2,123,403

10.18

651,769

36,850

Pennsylvania

1,307

1,191,174

5.71

330,802

26,335

Illinois

1,102

1,165,850

5.59

330,675

23,099

Texas

1,021

1,152,019

5.52

318,322

23,383

Florida

797

1,058,829

5.08

301,701

22,116

New Jersey

1,156

1,012,513

4.85

118

314,557

22,499

Massachusetts

1,024

833,285

3.99

130

247,204

15,737

Georgia

626

710,934

3.41

201,620

12,770

Virginia

610

587,038

2.81

179,740

11,408

Michigan

736

579,247

2.78

173,534

11,575

Ohio

655

562,793

2.70

133,325

10,890

Missouri

511

547,875

2.63

157,774

10,092

North Carolina

722

521,167

2.50

171,549

12,088

Maryland

449

434,849

2.08

130,372

9,552

Minnesota

423

418,271

2.01

127,768

8,183

Arizona

386

393,366

1.89

109,181

8,490

Connecticut

495

380,178

1.82

110

129,658

8,619

Washington

427

374,563

1.80

115,694

6,926

Louisiana

232

350,458

1.68

131,682

8,846

Tennessee

380

335,028

1.61

90,204

7,567

District of Columbia

234

331,013

1.59

572

93,688

5,282

Colorado

293

249,577

1.20

73,871

5,149

South Carolina

244

233,081

1.12

69,572

6,199

Alabama

266

232,184

1.11

65,432

5,428

Indiana

286

219,228

1.05

57,592

5,103

Oregon

240

208,852

1.00

67,308

5,410

Wisconsin

286

208,081

1.00

62,037

5,517

Kentucky

189

203,043

0.97

62,911

4,056

Alaska

186,472

0.89

291

76,942

2,190

Nevada

186,289

0.89

57,359

4,087

Arkansas

155,238

0.74

32,765

3,226

Hawaii

150,324

0.72

122

39,650

2,011

Mississippi

162

142,040

0.68

43,262

3,386

Oklahoma

172

134,550

0.65

39,713

3,197

Iowa

160

116,889

0.56

31,184

2,514

Utah

93,359

0.45

29,650

1,868

New Mexico

91,304

0.44

21,321

1,753

Delaware

90,564

0.43

112

25,201

1,718

Rhode Island

113

90,205

0.43

23,976

2,133

Kansas

152

83,263

0.40

24,436

2,078

Nebraska

101

76,000

0.36

19,390

1,624

West Virginia

72,015

0.35

14,804

1,139

New Hampshire

132

66,966

0.32

19,510

1,398

South Dakota

64,508

0.31

17,000

1,305

Vermont

54,042

0.26

15,271

1,508

Idaho

45,233

0.22

12,964

1,008

Maine

38,032

0.18

10,672

912

Montana

21,862

0.10

5,817

612

Wyoming

9,058

0.04

1,902

123

North Dakota

6,456

0.03

2,200

215

Products Lines for Food service contractors
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	20,859,150	100.00
20122	Food/nonalcoholic beverages prepared for consump on premises	14,110,834	67.65
20121	Food/nonalcoholic beverages for carry-out & consump off premises	5,652,446	27.10
20133	Beer & ale	358,216	1.72
	-Other	737,654	3.54

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Food service contractors
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
EC02-72SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states, metros
EC02-72SL-LS	Product Lines	Kinds of Business by Broad Product Line	US, states, metros
EC02-72SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Sales Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Sales Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-72I-02	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-72A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 722310
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
	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