2022 NAICS national industry in sector 81 Other Services (except Public Administration)
812990 All Other Personal Services
NAICS 812990 is the US industry code for all other personal services. It covers establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services (except personal care services, death care services, drycleaning and laundry services, pet care services, photofinishing services, or parking space and/or valet parking services).
- Code
- 812990 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- All Other Personal Services
- Part of
- Other Personal Services
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $15 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 61900, 95290, 96090 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services (except personal care services, death care services, drycleaning and laundry services, pet care services, photofinishing services, or parking space and/or valet parking services).
Examples Census gives
- Bail bonding or bondsperson services
- Shoeshine services
- Coin- or card-operated personal services machine (e.g., blood pressure, locker, photographic, scale, shoeshine) concession operators
- Social escort services
- Consumer buying services
- Wedding planning services
- Dating services
- Personal fitness training services
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing personal care services are classified in Industry Group 8121, Personal Care Services.
- Providing death care services are classified in Industry Group 8122, Death Care Services.
- Providing drycleaning and laundry services are classified in Industry Group 8123, Drycleaning and Laundry Services.
- Providing pet care (except veterinary) services are classified in Industry 812910, Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services.
- Practicing veterinary medicine are classified in Industry 541940, Veterinary Services.
- Providing photofinishing services are classified in Industry 81292, Photofinishing.
- Providing parking space for motor vehicles and/or valet parking services are classified in Industry 812930, Parking Lots and Garages.
- Providing non-medical home care or homemaker services for the elderly or persons with disabilities are classified in Industry 624120, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 812990
The Census index assigns these 45 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Astrology services
- Baby shoe bronzing services
- Bail bonding services
- Balloon-o-gram services
- Blood pressure testing machine concession operators, coin- or card-operated
- Bondsperson services
- Check room services
- Coin- or card-operated personal service machine (e.g., blood pressure, locker, photographic, scale, shoeshine) concession operators
- Comfort station operation
- Concierge services
- Consumer buying services
- Credit card notification services (i.e., lost or stolen card reporting)
- Dating services
- Discount buying services, including medical cards and similar negotiated discount plans for individuals
- Doula services (providing coaching and support during childbirth)
- Escort services, social
- Fortune-telling services
- Genealogical investigation services
- House sitting services
- Identity theft protection services
- Introduction services, social
- Lockers, coin- or card-operated, rental
- Numerology services
- Online dating services (through a website or mobile application)
- Organizer services, personal
- Palm reading services
- Party planning services
- Pay telephone equipment concession operators
- Personal chef services
- Personal fitness training services
- Personal organizer services
- Personal shopping services
- Photographic machine concession operators, coin- or card-operated
- Porter services
- Psychic services
- Rest room operation
- Shoeshine parlors
- Shoeshine services
- Shopping services, personal
- Singing telegram services
- Sitting services, house
- Social escort services
- Telegram services, singing
- Wedding chapels (except churches)
- Wedding planning services
SBA size standard for 812990
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 812990, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $15 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: 6190, 9529, 9609), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 61900Other telecommunications activitiesUK SIC
- 95290Repair of personal and household goods n.e.c.UK SIC
- 96090Other service activities n.e.c.UK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.