561439 Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments generally known as copy centers or shops primarily engaged in providing photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, and other document copying services, without also providing printing services (e.g., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services) and (2) establishments (except private mail centers) engaged in providing a range of office support services (except printing services), such as document copying services, facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales.

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 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).
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services, with or without one or more other office support services (except printing), are classified in U.S. Industry 561431, Private Mail Centers.
• Establishments exclusively engaged in providing a single office support service (except document copying) to clients, but not the range of office support services that establishments in this industry may provide, are classified according to the service provided.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis, are classified in Industry 531120, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses).

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

Businesses that use this code

• Print shop

Activities listed under 561439

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

• Blueprinting services
• Business service centers (except private mail centers)
• Business service centers (except private mail centers) providing range of office support services (except printing)
• Copy centers (except combined with printing services)
• Copy shops (except combined with printing services)
• Document copying services (except combined with printing services)
• Document duplicating services (except combined with printing services)
• Internet cafes (i.e., not serving food and beverages)
• Photocopying services (except combined with printing services)
• Reprographic services

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 561439

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561439, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $26.5 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.

Similar codes to compare

• 561431Private Mail Centers