NAICS
North American Industry Classification System codes
56131Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one of the following: 1) listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment; or 2) providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services. Illustrative Examples: Employment agencies Executive placement agencies or services Executive search services Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
561311Employment Placement Agencies
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in listing employment vacancies and in referring or placing applicants for employment. The individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies. Illustrative Examples: Babysitting bureaus (i.e., registries) Employment registries Casting agencies or bureaus (i.e., motion picture, theatrical, video) Model registries Employment agencies Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
561312Executive Search Services
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services for clients with specific executive and senior management position requirements. The range of services provided by these establishments may include developing a search strategy and position specification based on the culture and needs of the client; researching, identifying, screening, and interviewing candidates; verifying candidate qualifications; and assisting in final offer negotiations and assimilation of the selected candidate. The individuals identified, recruited, or placed are not employees of the executive search services establishments. Illustrative Examples: Senior executive search services Executive placement services Executive search services Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
56132Temporary Help Services
See industry description for 561320.
561320Temporary Help Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of the client. The individuals provided are employees of the temporary help services establishment. However, these establishments do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites. Illustrative Examples: Help supply services Model supply services Labor (except farm) contractors (i.e., personnel suppliers) Temporary employment or temporary staffing services Manpower pools Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
56133Professional Employer Organizations
See industry description for 561330.
561330Professional Employer Organizations
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing human resources and human resource management services to client businesses and households. Establishments in this industry operate in a co-employment relationship with client businesses or organizations and are specialized in performing a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties, such as payroll, payroll tax, benefits administration, workers' compensation, unemployment, and human resource administration. Professional employer organizations (PEOs) are responsible for payroll, including withholding and remitting employment-related taxes, for some or all of the employees of their clients, and also serve as the employer of those employees for benefits and related purposes. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
5614Business Support Services
This industry group comprises establishments engaged in performing activities that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.
56141Document Preparation Services
See industry description for 561410.
561410Document Preparation Services
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. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
56142Telephone Call Centers
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in answering telephone calls and relaying messages to clients and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing telemarketing services on a contract or fee basis for others, such as promoting clients' products or services by telephone; taking orders for clients by telephone; and soliciting contributions or providing information for clients by telephone. Telemarketing establishments never own the product or provide the service that they are representing and generally originate and/or receive calls for others. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
561421Telephone Answering Services
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in answering telephone calls and relaying messages to clients. Cross-References.
561422Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating call centers that initiate or receive communications for others via telephone, facsimile, email, or other communication modes for purposes such as: (1) promoting clients' products or services, (2) taking orders for clients, (3) soliciting contributions for a client, and (4) providing information or assistance regarding a client's products or services. These establishments do not own the product or provide the services they are representing on behalf of clients. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
56143Business Service Centers
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services (except direct mail advertising); (2) 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 (i.e., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services); and (3) establishments that provide a range of office support services (except printing services), such as mailing services, document copying services, facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
561431Private Mail Centers
This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing (except direct mail advertising) services or (2) establishments engaged in providing these mailing services along with one or more other office support services, such as facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
561439Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)
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. Cross-References.
56144Collection Agencies
See industry description for 561440.
561440Collection Agencies
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting payments for claims and remitting payments collected to their clients. Illustrative Examples: Account or delinquent account collection services Tax collection services on a contract or fee basis Bill or debt collection services Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
56145Credit Bureaus
See industry description for 561450.
561450Credit Bureaus
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in compiling information, such as credit and employment histories, and providing the information to financial institutions, retailers, and others who have a need to evaluate the creditworthiness of individuals and businesses. Illustrative Examples: Credit agencies Credit rating services Credit investigation services Credit reporting bureaus