Analysis
NAICS 81299 is the 2022 NAICS industry for all other personal services, part of 8129 (Other Personal Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 812990, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 45% and employment rose 22%. 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 24,681 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 87,222 people at an average annual payroll of $40,920 per employee (10th percentile of national industries). 82% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 4 codes at this level within Other Personal Services, with 39.3% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 812990.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.