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2017 Edition

national industry 561431

Private Mail Centers

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing (except direct mail advertising) services or (2) establishments engaged in providing these mailing services along with one or more other office support services, such as facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales.

The immediate parent of national industry 561431 is international industry 56143: Business Service Centers

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Operating contract post offices--are classified in Industry 491110, Postal Service;
  • Delivering letters and parcels (except under a universal service obligation)--are classified in Subsector 492, Couriers and Messengers;
  • Providing voice mailbox services--are classified in U.S. Industry 561421, Telephone Answering Services;
  • Providing direct mail advertising services--are classified in Industry 541860, Direct Mail Advertising;
  • Providing only one of the support services (e.g., word processing services) that establishments in this industry provide--are classified in the appropriate industry according to the service provided; and
  • Providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis--are classified in Industry 531120, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses).

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 561431
2007 561431
2012 561431
2017 561431
2022 561431

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 561431, Private Mail Centers:

  1. addressing or mailing co
  2. addressing or mailing company
  3. addressing or mailing company or letter service shop
  4. administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
  5. administrative and support service
  6. business service center
  7. business service not otherwise classified
  8. business support service
  9. copying and duplicating store with mailbox service
  10. lithographing with mailbox service
  11. mail box and packaging service
  12. mail box or packaging store
  13. mail box or packaging store cgl
  14. mail box or packaging store including preparing good for shipping
  15. mail box or packaging store no preparing good for shipping
  16. mail box or packaging store packaging service except packing and crating for transportation
  17. mail box or packaging store packaging service not for shipping
  18. mail box or packaging store packing and preparing good for shipping
  19. mailbox and packaging store
  20. mailing and letter service
  21. mailing and packaging store
  22. mailing and shipping store by independent contractor
  23. mailing co or mailing or addressing company or letter service shop
  24. mailing or addressing co
  25. mailing or addressing company
  26. mailing or addressing company including incidental printing
  27. mailing or addressing company or letter service shop
  28. mailing or addressing company or letter service shop clerical
  29. mailing or addressing company or letter service shop clerical staff
  30. mailing or addressing company retail
  31. mailing or addressing service
  32. printing with mailbox service
  33. private mail center
  34. the up store

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