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NAICS 812
Personal and laundry services

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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.
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try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 81 Other services (except public administration) Total 537,576 307,049,461 82,954,939 3,475,310
Exempt 105,514 116,523,311 24,928,801 893,399
Taxable 432,062 190,526,150 58,026,138 2,581,911
  812 Personal & laundry services Taxable 201,019 72,220,404 22,908,300 1,296,540
Go to this NAICS 8121 Personal care services Taxable 99,454 20,217,426 8,179,812 535,297
Go to this NAICS 8122 Death care services Taxable 22,477 14,279,878 3,829,630 148,195
Go to this NAICS 8123 Drycleaning & laundry services Taxable 41,906 20,443,881 6,667,319 371,241
Go to this NAICS 8129 Other personal services Taxable 37,182 17,279,219 4,231,539 241,807

 

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		 Receipts ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,891,471 250,993,770 2,459,409 85.1 60,467,620 24.1 432,062 190,526,150
812 Personal & laundry services 1,843,132 107,347,210 1,642,113 89.1 35,126,806 32.7 201,019 72,220,404
8121 Personal care services 765,618 33,799,666 666,164 87.0 13,582,240 40.2 99,454 20,217,426
8122 Death care services 36,577 15,026,137 14,100 38.5 746,259 5.0 22,477 14,279,878
8123 Drycleaning & laundry services 78,523 22,184,753 36,617 46.6 1,740,872 7.8 41,906 20,443,881
8129 Other personal services 962,414 36,336,654 925,232 96.1 19,057,435 52.4 37,182 17,279,219

 

Definition: NAICS 812   Personal and laundry services

Industries in the Personal and Laundry Services subsector group establishments that provide personal and laundry services to individuals, households, and businesses. Services performed include: personal care services; death care services; laundry and drycleaning services; and a wide range of other personal services, such as pet care (except veterinary) services, photofinishing services, temporary parking services, and dating services.

The Personal and Laundry Services subsector is by no means all-inclusive of the services that could be termed personal services (i.e., those provided to individuals rather than businesses). There are many other subsectors, as well as sectors, that provide services to persons. Establishments providing legal, accounting, tax preparation, architectural, portrait photography, and similar professional services are classified in Sector 54, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; those providing job placement, travel arrangement, home security, interior and exterior house cleaning, exterminating, lawn and garden care, and similar support services are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services; those providing health and social services are classified in Sector 62, Health Care and Social Assistance; those providing amusement and recreation services are classified in Sector 71, Arts, Entertainment and Recreation; those providing educational instruction are classified in Sector 61, Educational Services; those providing repair services are classified in Subsector 811, Repair and Maintenance; and those providing spiritual, civic, and advocacy services are classified in Subsector 813, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 812, Personal and laundry 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 Receipts ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
812 Personal & laundry services 2002 192,859 70,735,799 22,424,202 1,296,566
1997 185,484 57,879,444 18,577,395 1,217,185
% change 4.0 22.2 20.7 3.8

 

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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-
tries		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Receipts
% of
U.S.		 Receipts
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States Total 201,019 72,220,404 100.00 251 22,908,300 1,296,540
See other industries in this state California Total 20,700 9,003,805 12.47 257 2,560,013 141,874
See other industries in this state New York Total 18,275 5,860,788 8.12 306 1,775,908 91,431
See other industries in this state Texas Total 12,609 5,198,558 7.20 239 1,592,548 91,804
See other industries in this state Florida Total 13,043 3,964,033 5.49 238 1,250,802 75,363
See other industries in this state Illinois Total 8,811 3,458,840 4.79 275 1,135,708 61,808
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania Total 10,352 3,160,495 4.38 256 1,041,755 60,422
See other industries in this state Ohio Total 8,358 3,042,682 4.21 267 1,030,522 61,256
See other industries in this state Michigan Total 6,387 3,037,782 4.21 303 797,905 43,950
See other industries in this state New Jersey Total 8,867 2,615,718 3.62 305 866,289 45,786
See other industries in this state Massachusetts Total 6,103 2,305,699 3.19 359 756,318 40,550
See other industries in this state Georgia Total 5,444 1,935,380 2.68 225 602,863 33,430
See other industries in this state Virginia Total 5,746 1,914,558 2.65 263 691,313 42,216
See other industries in this state Maryland Total 4,038 1,766,319 2.45 325 575,415 30,601
See other industries in this state North Carolina Total 4,759 1,693,022 2.34 204 562,006 32,079
See other industries in this state Missouri Total 4,128 1,511,274 2.09 266 482,714 27,660
See other industries in this state Indiana Total 3,963 1,429,176 1.98 232 478,543 27,962
See other industries in this state Washington Total 4,094 1,410,300 1.95 232 460,559 25,011
See other industries in this state Tennessee Total 3,455 1,378,863 1.91 238 464,193 25,094
See other industries in this state Minnesota Total 3,619 1,368,958 1.90 272 499,250 29,237
See other industries in this state Wisconsin Total 4,131 1,240,919 1.72 228 451,322 26,610
See other industries in this state Connecticut Total 3,270 1,162,638 1.61 336 401,808 19,957
See other industries in this state Colorado Total 3,362 1,133,590 1.57 252 355,915 21,686
See other industries in this state Arizona Total 2,862 1,080,587 1.50 198 359,199 20,702
See other industries in this state Louisiana Total 2,426 894,956 1.24 200 268,007 16,398
See other industries in this state Kentucky Total 2,356 874,675 1.21 214 281,361 15,910
See other industries in this state Alabama Total 2,543 836,122 1.16 187 271,636 16,376
See other industries in this state South Carolina Total 2,448 773,669 1.07 189 258,942 15,314
See other industries in this state Oregon Total 2,004 688,657 0.95 195 216,130 12,132
See other industries in this state Oklahoma Total 1,832 653,907 0.91 187 202,359 12,539
See other industries in this state Kansas Total 1,876 628,355 0.87 231 200,702 12,154
See other industries in this state Nevada Total 1,136 597,869 0.83 276 189,855 10,328
See other industries in this state Iowa Total 2,124 594,458 0.82 203 198,150 11,926
See other industries in this state Arkansas Total 1,393 448,231 0.62 166 142,752 8,708
See other industries in this state Utah Total 1,243 423,230 0.59 182 126,943 8,860
See other industries in this state District of Columbia Total 862 415,193 0.57 717 122,593 5,663
See other industries in this state Mississippi Total 1,293 409,142 0.57 143 133,456 7,940
See other industries in this state Nebraska Total 1,358 397,339 0.55 230 130,893 7,449
See other industries in this state Hawaii Total 806 370,794 0.51 301 119,162 7,338
See other industries in this state New Hampshire Total 1,012 350,082 0.48 275 116,076 6,478
See other industries in this state West Virginia Total 1,050 309,007 0.43 171 98,979 5,977
See other industries in this state New Mexico Total 894 278,015 0.38 150 89,278 5,352
See other industries in this state Rhode Island Total 1,016 276,667 0.38 259 99,568 5,515
See other industries in this state Maine Total 833 239,117 0.33 184 75,020 4,416
See other industries in this state Delaware Total 662 200,206 0.28 249 79,157 4,501
See other industries in this state Idaho Total 704 168,707 0.23 126 53,753 3,740
See other industries in this state North Dakota Total 539 153,965 0.21 243 53,054 3,282
See other industries in this state Montana Total 546 133,144 0.18 146 41,614 2,991
See other industries in this state South Dakota Total 496 132,428 0.18 174 42,040 2,590
See other industries in this state Vermont Total 505 115,132 0.16 187 40,138 2,310
See other industries in this state Alaska Total 341 107,713 0.15 168 38,630 2,097
See other industries in this state Wyoming Total 346 80,909 0.11 162 25,618 1,752

 

Products Lines for Personal and laundry services
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
30000 Industry total 72,220,404 100.00
30830 Hairdressing & other body & appearance care services 19,253,744 26.66
30860 Funeral & cemetery services 14,193,446 19.65
30960 Automobile parking services 6,900,012 9.55
30840 5,835,499 8.08
30900 Industrial laundry supply: Cleaning & rental 5,003,690 6.93
36750 Photography services, including commercial photography 3,856,105 5.34
-Other 17,177,908 23.79

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Personal and laundry services
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to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
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 EC02-81SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-81SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Receipts/Revenue 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/Revenue 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 EC02-81I-02 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
link to PDF EC02-81A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
Link to data in AFF Enterprise Support Statistics US
link to PDF SB02-00A Survey of Business Owners Link to data in AFF Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race US
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 812
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  Annual Capital Expenditures Survey Annual Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees US
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry Nonemployer Statistics Annual Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees US, states, metro areas, counties
  Service Annual Survey: Other Services Annual Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms US
Link to table for this 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

 

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