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2012 Edition
national industry 561421
Telephone Answering Services
Overview
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in answering telephone calls and relaying messages to clients.
The immediate parent of national industry 561421 is international industry 56142: Telephone Call Centers
2012 NAICS Edition Cross References
- Establishments primarily engaged in providing paging or beeper transmission services are classified in Industry 517210,Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite).
Sub-Descriptions
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 | 561421 | |
| 2007 | 561421 | |
| 2012 | 561421 | |
| 2017 | 561421 | |
| 2022 | 561421 |
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings
Insurance Industry Mappings
The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 561421, Telephone Answering Services:
- administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
- administrative and support service
- answering or paging service
- answering service
- answering service office
- answering service telephone
- business service not otherwise classified
- business support service
- call center operation except debt collection
- office answering service
- paging
- telemarketing and answering service
- telephone answering no service and repair
- telephone answering service
- telephone answering service company
- telephone answering service naic
- telephone answering service or telemarketing
- telephone call center
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