NAICS 2022
56
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Analysis
NAICS 56 is the 2022 sector for administrative and support and waste management and remediation services. Census lists 533 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 451,014 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 13,454,862 people at an average annual payroll of $56,705 per employee (27th percentile of national industries). 60% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Across its national industries Census lists 533 index entries; typical ones are administrative management services, base facilities operation support services, babysitting bureaus (i.e., registries) and executive placement consulting services.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 8% and employment rose 9%. 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.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 561 (Administrative and Support Services) with 421,777.
Official definition
The Sector as a Whole
The Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector comprises establishments performing routine support activities for the day-to-day operations of other organizations. These essential activities are often undertaken in-house by establishments in many sectors of the economy. The establishments in this sector specialize in one or more of these support activities and provide these services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. Activities performed include: office administration, hiring and placing of personnel, document preparation and similar clerical services, solicitation, collection, security and surveillance services, cleaning, and waste disposal services.
The administrative and management activities performed by establishments in this sector are typically on a contract or fee basis. These activities may also be performed by establishments that are part of the company or enterprise. However, establishments involved in administering, overseeing, and managing other establishments of the company or enterprise are classified in Sector 55, Management of Companies and Enterprises. Establishments in Sector 55, Management of Companies and Enterprises, normally undertake the strategic and organizational planning and decision-making role of the company or enterprise. Government establishments engaged in administering, overseeing, and managing governmental programs are classified in Sector 92, Public Administration.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (533)
- Administrative management services
- Base facilities operation support services
- Babysitting bureaus (i.e., registries)
- Executive placement consulting services
- Construction labor supply services
- Co-employment staffing services
- Desktop publishing services (i.e., document preparation services)
- Answering services, telephone
- Customer service call centers
- Mailbox rental centers, private
- Blueprinting services
- Account collection services
- Commercial credit reporting bureaus
- Automobile repossession services
- Closed captioning services, real-time (i.e., simultaneous)
- Address bar coding services
- Online travel agencies
- Tour operators (i.e., arranging and assembling tours)
- Convention and visitors bureaus
- Airline reservation services
- Background check services
- Body guard services
- Armored car services
- Alarm system monitoring services
- Lock rekeying services
- Bird proofing services
- Aircraft janitorial services
- Arborist services
- Carpet cleaning on customers' premises
- Building exterior cleaning services (except sandblasting, window cleaning)
- Apparel folding and packaging services
- Automobile show managers
- Auctioneers, independent
- Ash collection services
- Hazardous waste collection services
- Brush collection services
- Acid waste disposal facilities
- Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash)
- Combustors, nonhazardous solid waste
- Compost dumps