2022 Edition

international industry 56143

Business Service Centers

Overview

This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services (except direct mail advertising); (2) establishments, generally known as copy centers or shops, primarily engaged in providing photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, and other document copying services without also providing printing services (i.e., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services); and (3) establishments that provide a range of office support services (except printing services), such as mailing services, document copying services, facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales.

The immediate parent of international industry 56143 is industry group 5614: Business Support Services

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Operating contract post offices--are classified in Industry 49111, 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 Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers;
  • Providing direct mail advertising services--are classified in Industry 54186, Direct Mail Advertising;
  • Providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis--are classified in Industry 53112, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses);
  • Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers--are classified in Industry 32311, Printing; and
  • 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.

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 56143
2007 56143
2012 56143
2017 56143
2022 56143

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