Analysis
NAICS 54169 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other scientific and technical consulting services, part of 5416 (Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 541690, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 28,043 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 180,378 people at an average annual payroll of $101,433 per employee (85th percentile of national industries). 82% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 9% and employment rose 32%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 3 codes at this level within Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services, with 12.4% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 541690.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.