Analysis
NAICS 561990 is the 2022 national industry for all other support services, part of 56199 (All Other Support Services). Census lists 26 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 12,567 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 173,815 people at an average annual payroll of $56,882 per employee (27th percentile of national industries). 58% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 561110, 561210, 5613 and 5614. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include auctioneers, independent, bartering services, bottle exchanges and coin pick-up services, parking meter, among 26 in all.
For example, providing office administrative services are classified in 561110 (Office Administrative Services) instead.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 3% 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing day-to-day business and other organizational support services (except office administrative services, facilities support services, employment services, business support services, travel arrangement and reservation services, security and investigation services, services to buildings and other structures, packaging and labeling services, and convention and trade show organizing services).
Illustrative Examples:
Bartering services Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services Bottle exchanges Float decorating services Inventory taking services Contract meter reading services Lumber grading services Diving services on a contract or fee basis
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Providing office administrative services | 561110 Office Administrative Services |
| Providing facilities support services | 561210 Facilities Support Services |
| Providing employment services | 5613 Employment Services |
| Providing business support services | 5614 Business Support Services |
| Providing travel arrangement and reservation services | 5615 Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services |
| Providing security and investigation services | 5616 Investigation and Security Services |
| Providing services to buildings and other structures | 5617 Services to Buildings and Dwellings |
| Providing packaging and labeling services | 561910 Packaging and Labeling Services |
| Organizing, promoting, and/or managing conferences, conventions, and trade shows (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place) | 561920 Convention and Trade Show Organizers |
| Retailing bottled water | 445298 All Other Specialty Food Retailers |
| Providing operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on administrative management issues, such as business start-up consulting services | 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services |
| Promoting the business interests of their members | 813910 Business Associations |
Index entries (26)
- Auctioneers, independent
- Bartering services
- Bottle exchanges
- Coin pick-up services, parking meter
- Coupon processing services
- Coupon redemption services (i.e., clearinghouse)
- Diving services on a contract or fee basis
- Document shredding services
- Electrical meter reading services, contract
- Firefighting services as a commercial activity
- Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services
- Float decorating services
- Gas meter reading services, contract
- Inventory computing services
- Inventory taking services
- License issuing services (except government), motor vehicle
- Locating underground utility lines prior to digging
- Lumber grading services
- Meter reading services, contract
- Motor vehicle license issuing services, private franchise
- Museum cataloging services
- Printing brokers
- Private volunteer firefighting
- Trading stamp promotion and sale to stores
- Trading stamp redemption services
- Water softening and conditioning services