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2012 Edition

national industry 561320

Temporary Help Services

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of the client. The individuals provided are employees of the temporary help service establishment. However, these establishments do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites.

The immediate parent of national industry 561320 is international industry 56132: Temporary Help Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Help supply services Model supply services
  • Labor (except farm) contractors (i.e., personnel suppliers) Temporary employment or temporary staffing services Manpower pools

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Providing human resources and human resource management services to clients:are classified in Industry 561330, Professional Employer Organizations;
  • Supplying farm labor:are classified in U.S. Industry 115115, Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders;
  • Providing operating staff to perform a combination of services to support operations within a client's facilities:are classified in Industry 561210, Facilities Support Services;
  • Listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment:are classified in U.S. Industry 561311, Employment Placement Agencies; and
  • Representing models, entertainers, athletes, and other public figures as their agent or manager:are classified in Industry 711410, Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures.

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 561320
2007 561320
2012 561320
2017 561320
2022 561320

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 7363 - Help Supply Services

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 561320, Temporary Help Services:

  1. administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
  2. administrative and support service
  3. employment agency career counseling and outplacement company
  4. employment agency headhunter or exec search firm or contingency agency ot internet based
  5. employment agency personnel agency including headhunter and recruiter permanent placement only
  6. employment agency personnel agency temporary office placement only
  7. employment agency personnel agency temporary placement other than office employee
  8. employment agency temporary help provider
  9. employment contractor temporary hardware store wholesale staff de pa
  10. employment contractor temporary marketing staff de pa
  11. employment contractor temporary medical staffing de pa
  12. employment contractor temporary retail store not otherwise classified staff de pa
  13. employment contractor temporary staff heavy service de pa
  14. employment contractor temporary staff maintenance or service de pa
  15. employment contractor temporary staff manufacturing or light industrial operation not otherwise classified de pa
  16. employment contractor temporary staff mercantile operation not otherwise classified de pa
  17. employment service
  18. help supply service
  19. information technology staffing
  20. other consulting service
  21. temporary help service

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