561499 All Other Business Support Services

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering and 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; credit reporting services; repossession services; and court reporting and stenotype recording services).

Examples Census gives

• Address bar coding services
• Charitable fundraising campaign organization services on a contract or fee basis
• Bar code imprinting services
• Mail presorting 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 secretarial and other document preparation services are classified in Industry 561410, Document Preparation Services.
• Providing telephone answering or telemarketing services are classified in Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers.
• Providing private mail services, document copying services without printing services, and/or a range of office support services are classified in Industry 56143, Business Service Centers.
• Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without one or more 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).
• Providing monetary debt collection services are classified in Industry 561440, Collection Agencies.
• Providing credit reporting services are classified in Industry 561450, Credit Bureaus.
• Providing repossession services are classified in U.S. Industry 561491, Repossession Services.
• Providing court reporting and stenotype services are classified in U.S. Industry 561492, Court Reporting and Stenotype Services.

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

Activities listed under 561499

The Census index assigns these 9 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Address bar coding services
• Bar code imprinting services
• Charitable fundraising campaign organization services on a contract or fee basis
• Charitable fundraising using a crowdfunding platform, on a contract or fee basis
• Mail consolidation services
• Mail presorting services
• Medical coding services, not combined with accounting services
• Teleconferencing services
• Videoconferencing services

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 561499

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561499, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $21.5 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: 8292, 8299), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 82920Packaging activitiesUK SIC
• 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.UK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 561491Repossession Services
• 561492Court Reporting and Stenotype Services