1992 Census of Service Industries (taxable firms) - U.S. Summary
Business services

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SIC Description_______________________ Estab
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Employ-
ment		 Payroll
Annual
($1,000)		 Payroll
First Qtr
($1,000)
73 Business services 306,551 274,892,18 5,542,417 109,299,26 25,613,355
731 Advertising 19,023 19,455,616 195,757 7,223,012 1,700,556
7311 Advertising agencies 13,879 13,607,846 132,042 5,649,104 1,331,184
7312 Outdoor advertising services 1,308 1,888,020 13,154 393,830 92,837
7313 Radio, TV, publishers' advertising representatives 1,905 1,811,938 18,336 638,526 150,337
7313 pt. Radio, TV advertising representatives 787 835,357 8,554 330,096 77,612
7313 pt. Publishers' advertising representatives 1,118 976,581 9,782 308,430 72,725
7319 Advertising, n.e.c. 1,931 2,147,812 32,225 541,552 126,198
732 Consumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, and adjustment and collection agencies 7,472 6,151,119 98,452 2,163,421 514,634
7322 Adjustment and collection services 5,814 3,700,259 71,867 1,564,295 363,364
7323 Credit reporting services 1,658 2,450,860 26,585 599,126 151,270
733 Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services 32,086 18,338,852 234,595 5,521,638 1,278,196
7331 Direct mail advertising services 3,878 6,433,598 79,076 1,776,743 414,421
7331 pt. Mailing list compilers, brokers, and managers 982 1,227,617 13,689 329,375 79,906
7331 pt. Direct mail advertising services, except mailing list services 2,896 5,205,981 65,387 1,447,368 334,515
7334 Photocopying and duplicating services 4,949 3,464,252 58,149 1,100,959 260,959
7334 pt. Blueprinting and photocopying services 4,649 3,286,808 56,060 1,052,278 250,274
7334 pt. Duplicating services, except printing and photocopying 300 177,444 2,089 48,681 10,685
7335, 6 Commercial photography, art, and graphics 16,513 6,492,969 67,125 2,022,384 457,233
7335 Commercial photography 4,213 1,491,628 16,192 434,824 100,308
7336 Commercial art and graphic design 12,300 5,001,341 50,933 1,587,560 356,925
7336 pt. Commercial art 2,305 741,280 8,020 240,436 54,524
7336 pt. Graphic arts and related design 9,995 4,260,061 42,913 1,347,124 302,401
7338 Secretarial and court reporting services 6,746 1,948,033 30,245 621,552 145,583
734 Services to dwellings and other buildings 57,649 19,002,726 817,944 9,164,190 2,145,898
7342 Disinfecting and pest control services 10,300 3,736,447 70,545 1,454,168 320,388
7349 Building cleaning and maintenance services, n.e.c. 47,349 15,266,279 747,399 7,710,022 1,825,510
735 Miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing 24,816 21,778,490 199,912 4,904,960 1,144,463
7352 Medical equipment rental and leasing 3,276 3,109,843 31,062 766,734 179,725
7353 Heavy construction equipment rental and leasing 3,853 3,879,374 34,704 1,036,953 237,444
7353 pt. Rental and leasing of heavy construction equipment without operators 2,266 2,380,185 18,476 555,293 129,786
7353 pt. Rental and leasing of heavy construction equipment with operators 1,587 1,499,189 16,228 481,660 107,658
7359 Equipment rental and leasing, n.e.c. 17,687 14,789,273 134,146 3,101,273 727,294
7359 pt. Equipment rental 15,273 10,705,333 115,039 2,588,697 604,451
7359 pt. Rent-to-own 3,741 1,795,422 19,398 360,128 83,871
7359 pt. Equipment rental, except rent-to-own 11,532 8,909,911 95,641 2,228,569 520,580
7359 pt. Equipment leasing, except finance leasing 2,414 4,083,940 19,107 512,576 122,843
736 Personnel supply services 31,166 38,163,370 1,974,732 26,436,495 5,898,958
7361 Employment agencies 12,146 4,576,653 132,811 2,361,523 525,473
7363 Help supply services 19,020 33,586,717 1,841,921 24,074,972 5,373,485
7363 pt. Temporary help supply 15,630 24,105,664 1,422,317 16,786,102 3,756,983
7363 pt. Help supply, except temporary 3,390 9,481,053 419,604 7,288,870 1,616,502
7363 pt. Employee leasing 2,241 7,178,151 341,884 5,697,841 1,263,545
7363 pt. Other help supply services 1,149 2,302,902 77,720 1,591,029 352,957
737 Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services 59,052 101,073,45 885,791 35,597,839 8,602,563
7371, 2, 3 Computer programming, prepackaged software, and integrated systems 35,384 59,155,438 471,329 21,655,326 5,149,959
7371 Computer programming services 23,265 23,548,106 242,707 10,890,196 2,588,384
7372 Prepackaged software 7,108 20,802,420 131,020 6,614,343 1,580,156
7373 Computer integrated systems 5,011 14,804,912 97,602 4,150,787 981,419
7374, 5, 6 Data processing services 9,051 26,676,305 285,571 8,827,890 2,242,566
7374, 5 Computer processing, information retrieval 8,376 24,099,518 262,215 7,893,460 2,021,652
7374 Computer processing and data preparation and processing services 7,286 20,199,518 230,346 6,795,897 1,745,126
7375 Information retrieval services 1,090 3,900,000 31,869 1,097,563 276,526
7376 Computer facilities management services 675 2,576,787 23,356 934,430 220,914
7377, 8, 9 Computer rental and leasing, maintenance, and related services, n.e.c. 14,617 15,241,713 128,891 5,114,623 1,210,038
7377 Computer rental and leasing 854 2,212,150 8,087 348,549 84,519
7378 Computer maintenance and repair 5,041 7,352,721 63,064 2,299,895 567,073
7379 Computer related services, n.e.c. 8,722 5,676,842 57,740 2,466,179 558,446
7379 pt. Computer consultants 7,186 4,477,687 46,509 2,086,046 473,157
7379 pt. Miscellaneous computer services, n.e.c. 1,536 1,199,155 11,231 380,133 85,289
738 Miscellaneous business services 75,287 50,928,555 1,135,234 18,287,712 4,328,087
7381, 2 Detective agencies and protective services 14,546 12,607,270 534,110 6,977,231 1,697,729
7381 Detective, guard, and armored car services 11,578 9,192,630 482,355 5,794,223 1,400,930
7381 pt. Detective agencies and guard services 10,888 8,328,346 461,817 5,396,315 1,302,180
7381 pt. Armored car services 690 864,284 20,538 397,908 98,750
7382 Security systems services 2,968 3,414,640 51,755 1,183,008 296,799
7383 News syndicates 598 1,020,825 8,209 326,771 80,113
7384 Photofinishing laboratories* 7,768 4,414,559 69,265 1,200,393 281,372
7384 pt. Photofinishing laboratories, except "one-hour" (mini) labs* 3,842 3,546,424 52,311 997,303 233,665
7384 pt. "One-hour" (mini) photofinishing* 3,926 868,135 16,954 203,090 47,707
7389 Business services, n.e.c. 52,375 32,885,901 523,650 9,783,317 2,268,873
7389 pt. Sign painting shops 2,562 523,726 9,241 155,716 35,533
7389 pt. Interior designing 6,202 2,332,065 20,648 519,298 119,899
7389 pt. Telephone answering services 3,191 1,043,064 37,914 452,590 107,377
7389 pt. Other business services 40,420 28,987,046 455,847 8,655,713 2,006,064
7389 pt. Water softening and conditioning services 1,725 1,023,679 13,469 294,723 68,895
7389 pt. Packaging and labeling services 2,075 2,725,464 45,100 758,001 168,987
7389 pt. Trading stamp services 84 131,698 608 21,530 4,436
7389 pt. Miscellaneous business services 36,536 25,106,205 396,670 7,581,459 1,763,746
7389 pt. Convention and trade show services 2,456 2,709,356 39,134 863,014 208,360
7389 pt. Private mail centers 2,514 840,645 14,266 175,941 40,074
7389 pt. Miscellaneous business services, n.e.c. 31,566 21,556,204 343,270 6,542,504 1,515,312

Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Service Industries (taxable firms)
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