561210 Facilities Support Services

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating staff to perform a combination of support services within a client's facilities. Establishments in this industry typically provide a combination of services, such as janitorial, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry, and related services to support operations within facilities. These establishments provide operating staff to carry out these support activities, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client. Establishments providing facilities (except computer and/or data processing) operation support services and establishments providing private jail services or operating correctional facilities (i.e., jails) on a contract or fee basis are included in this industry.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing only one of the support services (e.g., janitorial services) that establishments in this industry provide are classified in the appropriate industry according to the service provided.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing management and operating staff for the complete operation of a client's establishment, such as a hotel, restaurant, mine, or hospital, are classified according to the industry of the establishment operated.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing ambulatory health care services within a client's facilities are classified in Subsector 621, Ambulatory Health Care Services.
• Establishments primarily engaged in managing nonresidential property for others without providing operating staff are classified in U.S. Industry 531312, Nonresidential Property Managers.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing on-site management and operation of a client's computer systems and/or data processing facilities are classified in U.S. Industry 541513, Computer Facilities Management Services.
• Governmental correctional institutions are classified in Industry 922140, Correctional Institutions.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 561210

The Census index assigns these 10 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Base facilities operation support services
• Correctional facilities, privately operated
• Correctional facility operation on a contract or fee basis
• Facilities (except computer operation) support services
• Government base facilities operation support services
• Jail operation on a contract or fee basis
• Jails, privately operated
• Military base support services
• Prison operation on a contract or fee basis
• Prisons, privately operated

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 561210

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561210, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

SBA footnote 12: NAICS 561210 – Facilities Support Services:

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 8110, 8423), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 81100Combined facilities support activitiesUK SIC
• 84230Justice and judicial activitiesUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.