Analysis
NAICS 561439 is the 2022 national industry for other business service centers (including copy shops), part of 56143 (Business Service Centers). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 57% and employment fell 49%. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 2,264 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 25,906 people at an average annual payroll of $52,192 per employee (20th percentile of national industries). 59% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Business Service Centers, with 22.9% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include blueprinting services, business service centers (except private mail centers), business service centers (except private mail centers)… and copy centers (except combined with printing services), among 10 in all.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 323111, 561431 and 531120. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Official definition
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.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers | 323111 Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) |
| Providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services, with or without one or more other office support services (except printing) | 561431 Private Mail Centers |
| Providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis | 531120 Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) |
Index entries (10)
- Blueprinting services
- Business service centers (except private mail centers)
- Business service centers (except private mail centers) providing range of office support services (except printing)
- Copy centers (except combined with printing services)
- Copy shops (except combined with printing services)
- Document copying services (except combined with printing services)
- Document duplicating services (except combined with printing services)
- Internet cafes (i.e., not serving food and beverages)
- Photocopying services (except combined with printing services)
- Reprographic services