2022 NAICS industry in sector 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
56149 Other Business Support Services
NAICS 56149 is the US industry code for other business support services. It covers establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering or telemarketing services; private mail services or document copying services conducted as separate activities or in conjunction with other office support services; monetary debt collection services; and credit reporting services).
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering or telemarketing services; private mail services or document copying services conducted as separate activities or in conjunction with other office support services; monetary debt collection services; and credit reporting services).
Examples Census gives
- Address bar coding services
- Mail presorting services
- Bar code imprinting services
- Court reporting services
- Repossession services
- Real-time (i.e., simultaneous) closed captioning of live television performances, meetings, conferences
- Charitable fundraising campaign organization services on a contract or fee basis
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing secretarial and other document preparation services are classified in Industry 56141, Document Preparation Services.
- Providing telephone answering or telemarketing services are classified in Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers.
- Providing private mail services; document copying services (except printing services); and/or a range of office support services (except printing) are classified in Industry 56143, Business Service Centers.
- 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 Industry 32311, Printing.
- Providing monetary debt collection services are classified in Industry 56144, Collection Agencies.
- Providing credit reporting services are classified in Industry 56145, Credit Bureaus.
- Providing towing services to motor vehicles are classified in Industry 48841, Motor Vehicle Towing.
- Providing document translation services are classified in Industry 54193, Translation and Interpretation Services.
- Providing film or tape captioning or subtitling services are classified in Industry 51219, Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries.
Codes in 56149
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