2022 Edition
national industry 561440
Collection Agencies
Overview
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting payments for claims and remitting payments collected to their clients.
The immediate parent of national industry 561440 is international industry 56144: Collection Agencies
Illustrative Examples
- Account or delinquent account collection services
- Tax collection services on a contract or fee basis
- Bill or debt collection services
2022 NAICS Edition Cross References
- Repossessing tangible assets--are classified in U.S. Industry 561491, Repossession Services;
- Providing financing to others by factoring accounts receivables (i.e., assuming the risk of collection and credit losses)--are classified in U.S. Industry 522299, International, Secondary Market, and All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation; and
- Providing legal services for debt collection by offices of lawyers--are classified in Industry 541110, Offices of Lawyers.
Sub-Descriptions
- 561440 - Account collection services
- 561440 - Adjustment agencies (except insurance)
- 561440 - Bill collection services
- 561440 - Collection agencies
- 561440 - Collection agencies, accounts
- 561440 - Credit arrears collection services
- 561440 - Debt collection services
- 561440 - Delinquent account collection services
- 561440 - Tax collection services on a contract or fee basis
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 | 561440 | |
2007 | 561440 | |
2012 | 561440 | |
2017 | 561440 | |
2022 | 561440 |
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 561440, Collection Agencies:
- adjuster office
- adjustment and collection service
- administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
- administrative and support service
- business service not otherwise classified
- business support service
- collection agency
- collection agency condominium office
- collection agency naic
- collection agency office
- office adjuster
- office collection agency condominium office
- office collection agency office
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