54142

Analysis

NAICS 54142 is the 2022 NAICS industry for industrial design services, part of 5414 (Specialized Design Services).

It has only one more detailed code, 541420, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 1,591 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 14,360 people at an average annual payroll of $109,297 per employee (88th percentile of national industries). 77% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

By establishments it ranks 4th of the 4 codes at this level within Specialized Design Services, with 4.2% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 1% and employment rose 1%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.