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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).

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

  1. 7389 - Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

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:

  1. administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
  2. administrative and support service
  3. answering or paging service
  4. answering service
  5. answering service office
  6. answering service telephone
  7. business service not otherwise classified
  8. business support service
  9. office answering service
  10. telephone answering no service and repair
  11. telephone answering service
  12. telephone answering service company
  13. telephone answering service naic
  14. telephone answering service or telemarketing
  15. telephone call center

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