Analysis
NAICS 56132 is the 2022 NAICS industry for temporary help services, part of 5613 (Employment Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 561320, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 38,254 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 3,645,678 people at an average annual payroll of $48,635 per employee (16th percentile of national industries). 37% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Employment Services, with 68.1% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 1% and employment rose 3%. 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.
Official definition
See industry description for 561320.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.