561410 Document Preparation Services

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) letter or resume writing; (2) document editing or proofreading; (3) typing, word processing, or desktop publishing; and (4) stenography (except court reporting or stenotype recording), transcription, and other secretarial services.

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:

• Providing verbatim reporting and stenotype recording of live legal proceedings and transcribing subsequent recorded materials are classified in U.S. Industry 561492, Court Reporting and Stenotype Services.
• Performing prepress and postpress services in support of printing activities are classified in Industry 323120, Support Activities for Printing.
• Providing document translation services are classified in Industry 541930, Translation and Interpretation Services.
• Providing data entry and other data processing services are classified in Industry 518210, Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.
• Independent (freelance) writing, including technical and advertising copy writing are classified in Industry 711510, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers.
• Photocopying, duplicating, and other document copying services, with or without a range of other office support services (except printing) are classified in U.S. Industry 561439, Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops).
• Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers are classified in U.S. Industry 323111, Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books).

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

Businesses that use this code

• Virtual assistant
• Transcription service

Activities listed under 561410

The Census index assigns these 15 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Desktop publishing services (i.e., document preparation services)
• Dictation services
• Document preparation services
• Document transcription services
• Editing services
• Letter writing services
• Proofreading services
• Radio transcription services
• Resume writing services
• Secretarial services
• Stenographic services (except court or stenographic reporting)
• Technical editing services
• Transcription services
• Typing services
• Word processing services

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 561410

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561410, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $19 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

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: 8219), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 82190Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activitiesUK SIC

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

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