1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES

Kind of Business Descriptions (SIC Major Groups 70 through 76)

=>SERVICE INDUSTRIES

Services, as defined in Division I of the 1987 Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) manual, includes establishments primarily
engaged in rendering a wide variety of services to individuals,
business and government establishments, and other organizations.
Establishments covered by the census were assigned kind-of-business
classifications according to the industry classifications defined
in the 1987 SIC manual.  When a more detailed classification than
defined in the SIC manual was needed, additional kinds of business
were identified within an SIC industry.

The basis for a kind-of-business classification is described above
in Method of Classifying Kinds of Business.  Descriptions of those
kinds of business for which data are provided in this report
follow.

=>HOTELS, HOUSES, CAMPS, AND OTHER LODGING (SIC MAJOR GROUP 70)

->SIC MAJOR GROUP 70

This group includes establishments engaged in providing lodging, or
lodging and meals, and camping facilities.  Hotels which provide
accommodations for permanent residents (e.g., apartment hotels) and
residential mobile home parks are classified in Real Estate, Major
Group 65.

->HOTELS AND MOTELS (SIC 7011)

Commercial establishments, known to the public as hotels, motor
hotels, motels, or tourist courts, primarily engaged in providing
lodging, or lodging and meals.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Hotels, 25 guestrooms or more.

Hotels, less than 25 guestrooms.

Motels, tourist courts.

Motor hotels.

->ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES (SIC 702)

Establishments renting rooms, with or without board, on a fee
basis.  Homes for the elderly, for children, and for the
handicapped that provide additional services, other than nursing
care, are classified in Industry 8361, and homes that provide
nursing and/or health-related care are classified in Industry Group
805.  Rooming and boarding houses operated by membership
organizations for their members only are classified in Industry
7041.

->SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL CAMPS (SIC 7032)

Sporting and recreational camps providing lodging and meals, or
lodging only. Included are children's camps, fishing camps, hunting
camps, and dude ranches.  Day camps and sports instructional camps,
such as baseball, basketball, or football camps, are classified in
Industry 7999.

->RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPSITES (SIC 7033)

Establishments providing overnight or short-term sites for
recreational vehicles, trailers, campers, or tents.  Residential
trailer and mobile home parks are classified in Real Estate, Major
Group 65.

->ORGANIZATION HOTELS AND HOUSES, ON MEMBERSHIP BASIS (SIC 704)

Lodging houses and hotels operated by membership organizations for
the benefit of their members and guests, and not open to the
general public.  Hotels operated by such organizations but open to
the public are classified in Industry 7011.  Residential homes for
the elderly and others in need of residential, social, and personal
care are classified in Industry 8361.

=>PERSONAL SERVICES (SIC MAJOR GROUP 72)

->SIC MAJOR GROUP 72

This group includes establishments primarily engaged in providing
services generally to individuals, such as barber and beauty shops,
drycleaning plants, laundries, and photographic studios.  For
establishments classified in Industry Group 721, collecting and
distributing units (branch outlets, pickup stations, terminals, or
depots) owned and operated by a firm which does its own laundry
work are not classified as separate establishments.  Data for these
units are merged with data for the plant where the work is done.

->LAUNDRY SERVICES (SIC 721)

>>POWER LAUNDRIES, FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL (SIC 7211)

Establishments primarily engaged in operating mechanical laundries
with steam or other power.  Excluded are establishments which have
power laundry equipment but which are primarily engaged in a
specialty, such as industrial laundering, linen rental, or diaper
service.  These establishments are classified in other categories
within Industry Group 721.  Independently owned agencies for
laundry plants are classified in Industry 7212.  Laundries using
small power equipment of household type are classified in Industry
7219.

>>GARMENT PRESSING, AND LAUNDRY AND DRYCLEANING AGENTS (SIC 7212)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing laundry and
drycleaning services but which have the laundry and/or drycleaning
work done by others.  Establishments in this industry may do their
own pressing or finishing work.  Independently owned collecting and
distributing agencies serving drycleaning plants or power laundries
are included in this classification.

>>LINEN SUPPLY (SIC 7213)

Establishments primarily engaged in supplying, on a rental basis,
such laundered items as uniforms, aprons, table covers, bed linens,
and towels.  Establishments included in this classification may or
may not operate their own laundry facilities.

>>COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRIES AND DRYCLEANING (SIC 7215)

Establishments primarily engaged in the operation of coin-operated
or similar self-service laundry and/or drycleaning equipment. 
Included are establishments known as laundromats, launderettes,
self-service drycleaners, etc.  Establishments which operate such
machinery in apartment houses, dormitories, and similar locations
are included. Establishments which rent such machinery (e.g., to
apartment houses) are classified in Industry 7359.

>>DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING (SIC 7216)

Establishments primarily engaged in drycleaning or dyeing apparel
and household fabrics other than rugs.  Establishments primarily
engaged in cleaning rugs are classified in Industry 7217. 
Independently owned agencies for cleaning plants are classified in
Industry 7212. Establishments known as "tailor shops" or "cleaners"
are included in this classification only if they do their own
cleaning.  Establishments primarily engaged in dyeing fabrics for
the trade are classified in Manufacturing, Major Group 22.

>>CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING (SIC 7217)

Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning carpets and
upholstered furniture.  Establishments primarily engaged in rug
repair are classified in Industry 7699, those primarily engaged in
reupholstering and repairing furniture are classified in Industry
7641, and those primarily engaged in building cleaning are
classified in Industry 7349.

>>INDUSTRIAL LAUNDERERS (SIC 7218)

Establishments primarily engaged in supplying laundered or
drycleaned work uniforms, wiping towels, protective apparel
(gloves, flame resistant clothing, etc.), dust control items
(treated mats or rugs, mops, cloths, etc.), and similar items to
industrial, commercial, and government users.  These items may
belong to the industrial launderers and be supplied to users on a
rental basis, or they may belong to the customers.  Establishments
included in this industry may or may not operate their own laundry
or drycleaning facilities.

>>LAUNDRY AND GARMENT SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7219)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing other laundry
services, including repair, alteration, and storage of clothes for
individuals; diaper service; and hand laundries.  Custom tailors,
dressmakers, and fur shops making fur apparel to custom order are
classified in Retail Trade.

->PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, PORTRAIT (SIC 722)

Establishments primarily engaged in still or video portrait
photography for the general public.  Included in this
classification are school, home, and transient portrait
photographers.  Establishments primarily engaged in commercial
photography are classified in Industry 7335; those primarily
engaged in video tape production other than portrait are classified
in Industry 7812; and those primarily engaged in film developing
and/or print processing for the trade or for the general public are
classified in Industry 7384.

->BEAUTY SHOPS (SIC 723)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing beauty services or
both beauty and barber services.  Beauty and cosmetology schools
are also included.  Beauty shop concessions (owned and operated by
concessionaires) in hotels, department stores, etc., are classified
in this industry and treated as separate establishments.  However,
beauty shops owned by and operated as part of other businesses
(e.g., hotels, department stores) are considered part of the main
establishment.

->BARBER SHOPS (SIC 724)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing barber and men's hair
styling services.  Barber colleges are also included.  Barber shop
concessions (owned and operated by concessionaires) in hotels,
department stores, etc., are classified in this industry and
treated as separate establishments.  However, barber shops owned by
and operated as part of other businesses (e.g., hotels, department
stores) are considered part of the main establishment.

->SHOE REPAIR SHOPS AND SHOESHINE PARLORS (SIC 725)

Establishments primarily engaged in repairing footwear or shining
shoes.  Also included are establishments engaged in cleaning and
blocking hats.  Shoe repair and shoeshine departments (owned and
operated by concessionaires) in hotels, department stores, etc.,
are classified in this industry and treated as separate
establishments.  However, shoe repair shops and shoeshine parlors
owned and operated as part of other businesses (e.g., hotels,
department stores) are considered part of the main establishment.

->FUNERAL SERVICE AND CREMATORIES (SIC 726)

Establishments primarily engaged in preparing the dead for burial,
conducting funerals, and cremating the dead.  Receipts include
sales of funeral merchandise, such as caskets and burial clothing,
and other services provided directly by the establishments.  Also
included in the receipts are reimbursements for cash advances made
to other establishments for funeral-related merchandise sales and
services, such as flowers.  Cemeteries, and crematories operated in
conjunction with cemeteries, are classified in Real Estate,
Industry 6553; crematories and burial services for pets are
classified in Agriculture, Industry 0752.

->TAX RETURN PREPARATION SERVICES (SIC 7291)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing tax return
preparation services without also providing accounting, auditing,
or bookkeeping services.  Establishments providing tax return
preparation services which also provide accounting, auditing, or
bookkeeping services are classified in Industry 8721.  Tax return
preparation services (owned and operated by concessionaires) in
department stores, etc., are classified in this industry and
treated as separate establishments. However, tax return preparation
services owned and operated as part of other businesses are
considered part of the main establishment.

->MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7299)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services,
not elsewhere classified, such as saunas; steam and Turkish baths;
costume and formal wear rental; operation of coin-operated personal
service machines, such as weighing machines, public lockers (except
cold storage), pay toilets, etc.; checkroom concessions; dating
service; diet or weight reducing workshops; and tanning salons. 
Establishments operating coin-operated amusement machines, such as
pinball machines and juke boxes, are classified in Industry 7993. 
The operation of physical fitness facilities, including health
fitness spas and reducing salons, is classified in Major Group 70
if lodging is also provided and in Industry 7991 if lodging is not
provided.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Massage parlors, tanning salons, and saunas.

Diet and weight reducing services.

Formal wear rental.

Other personal services, n.e.c.

=>BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC MAJOR GROUP 73)

->SIC MAJOR GROUP 73

This group includes establishments primarily engaged in providing
services, not elsewhere classified, to business establishments on
a contract or fee basis.

->ADVERTISING SERVICES (SIC 731)

>>ADVERTISING AGENCIES (SIC 7311)

Establishments primarily engaged in preparing advertising (writing
copy, art work, graphics, and other creative work) and placing such
advertising in periodicals, newspapers, radio, television, or other
advertising media for clients on a contract or fee basis. 
Establishments which place advertising with media, but perform no
creative services (media buying services), are classified in
Industry 7319.  Establishments which write advertising copy but do
not place the advertising with media are classified in Industry
8999.  Establishments which provide commercial art, graphics, or
other creative advertising services but do not place the
advertising with media are classified in Industry Group 733. 
Establishments which solicit advertising for nonaffiliated radio,
television, newspapers, or magazines are classified in Industry
7313.

>>OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SERVICES (SIC 7312)

Establishments primarily engaged in the preparation of poster
displays and painted and electric displays on billboards, panels,
bulletins, and frames, principally outdoors.  Such establishments
may (as incidental services) construct, repair, and maintain
display boards and may post advertisements.  Sign painting shops
are classified in Industry 7389.  Shops which make neon signs to
order are classified in Manufacturing.  Establishments primarily
engaged in erecting signs are classified in Construction.

>>RADIO, TV, AND PUBLISHERS' ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES (SIC 7313)

Establishments primarily engaged in soliciting advertising on a
contract or fee basis for (nonaffiliated) newspapers, magazines,
and other publications, or for radio and television stations. 
Advertising sales offices operated by the media are classified as
auxiliaries. 

>>ADVERTISING, N.E.C. (SIC 7319)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing advertising
services, not elsewhere classified, such as handbill distribution,
distribution of samples, and transit advertising.  Establishments
which provide commercial art, graphics, or other creative
advertising services, but do not place the advertising with the
media, are classified in Industry Group 733. Establishments
primarily engaged in direct mail advertising, compiling and selling
mailing lists, and related services are classified in Industry
7331.

->ADJUSTMENT AND COLLECTION SERVICES (SIC 7322)

Establishments primarily engaged in the collection or adjustment of
claims other than insurance.  Establishments providing insurance
adjustment services are classified in Insurance, Major Group 64. 
Establishments providing debt counseling or adjustment services for
individuals are classified in Industry 7299.  Centralized charge
services are classified in Finance, Major Group 61.

->CREDIT REPORTING SERVICES (SIC 7323)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing mercantile and
consumer credit reporting services.  Establishments primarily
engaged in conducting personal investigations (background) and
preparing reports for insurance companies and other business firms
are classified in Industry 7389.

->MAILING, REPRODUCTION, COMMERCIAL ART, AND SECRETARIAL (SIC 733)

>>DIRECT MAIL ADVERTISING SERVICES (SIC 7331)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing direct mail
advertising services, such as creating, producing, and mailing
direct mail advertising.  This industry also includes
establishments primarily engaged in compiling and selling mailing
lists.  Establishments primarily engaged in reproducing direct mail
copy to order but also providing other direct mail advertising
services are classified in Manufacturing if they print the copy,
and in Industry 7334 if they duplicate the copy by photocopying or
similar reproduction methods.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Mailing list compilers, brokers, and managers.

Direct mail advertising services, except mailing list services.

>>PHOTOCOPYING AND DUPLICATING SERVICES (SIC 7334)

Establishments primarily engaged in reproducing text, drawings,
plans, maps, or other copy by blueprinting, photocopying,
mimeographing, or other methods of duplication other than printing
or microfilming.  Printing, including "quick printing," is
classified in Manufacturing, and microfilming is classified in
Industry 7389.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Blueprinting and photocopying services.

Duplicating services, except printing and photocopying.

>>COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (SIC 7335)

Establishments engaged in providing commercial photography services
for advertising agencies, publishers, and other business and
industrial users.  Establishments engaged in still and video
portrait photography are classified in Industry 7221, and those
primarily engaged in mapmaking are classified in Industry 7389. 
Establishments primarily engaged in medical photography are
classified in Industry 8099.  Establishments primarily engaged in
producing commercial video tape or films are classified in Industry
7812.

>>COMMERCIAL ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN (SIC 7336)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing commercial art or
graphic design services for advertising agencies, publishers, and
other business and industrial users.  Producers of still and slide
films are classified here.  Establishments primarily engaged in
art, except commercial and medical art, are classified in Industry
8999; those engaged in medical art are classified in Industry 8099;
and those providing drafting services are classified in Industry
7389.

>>SECRETARIAL AND COURT REPORTING SERVICES (SIC 7338)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing secretarial, typing,
word processing, resume writing, and court reporting services.

->DISINFECTING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES (SIC 7342)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing disinfection and
termite, insect, rodent, and other pest control generally in
dwellings or other buildings.  Establishments primarily engaged in
pest control for lawns or agricultural production are classified in
Agriculture.

->BUILDING CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7349)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing building cleaning
and maintenance services, not elsewhere classified, such as window
cleaning, janitorial services, floor waxing, and office cleaning.
General contractors and special trade contractors primarily engaged
in building repair work, cleaning building exteriors by sand or
steam blasting, or cleaning up after construction are classified in
Construction.

->EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING (SIC 735)

>>MEDICAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING (SIC 7352)

Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except
finance leasing) medical equipment.  These establishments may also
sell medical supplies, but establishments primarily engaged in
selling medical supplies are classified in Wholesale or Retail
Trade.  Establishments engaged in finance leasing are classified in
Finance, Industry 6159.

>>HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING (SIC 7353)

Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except
finance leasing) heavy construction equipment, with or without
operators.  Establishments primarily engaged in finance leasing are
classified in Finance, Industry 6159.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Rental and leasing of heavy construction equipment without
operators.

Rental and leasing of heavy construction equipment with operators.

>>EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING, N.E.C. (SIC 7359)

Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except
finance leasing) equipment, not elsewhere classified, such as
tools, furniture, industrial equipment (except heavy construction),
televisions, appliances, party supplies, etc.  Establishments
primarily engaged in finance leasing are classified in Finance,
Industry 6159.

Establishments renting or leasing automobiles and trucks without
drivers are classified in Industry Group 751; those renting with
drivers, in Transportation.  Establishments renting (or leasing)
medical equipment are classified in Industry 7352; video tapes and
cassettes, in Industry 7841; amusement and recreation items, such
as bicycles, beach chairs, etc., in Industry 7999; personal items,
such as formal wear, lockers (other than refrigerated), and
pillows, in Industry 7299; commercial boats, in Water
Transportation, Major Group 44.  Direct leasing of machinery or
equipment by the manufacturer is classified in Manufacturing or
Wholesale Trade.  Establishments primarily leasing computer time,
including time-sharing services, are classified in Industry 7374;
those leasing or renting computers or data processing equipment, in
Industry 7377.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Equipment rental, except rent-to-own.

Equipment leasing, except finance leasing.

Rent-to-own.

->EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES (SIC 7361)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing placement and
employment services for employers or those seeking employment. 
Modeling agencies and nurses' registries are included.  Theatrical
employment agencies are classified in Industry 7922; motion picture
casting bureaus, in Industry 7819; and establishments engaged in
furnishing help to other businesses, in Industry 7363.

->HELP SUPPLY SERVICES (SIC 7363)

Establishments primarily engaged in supplying temporary or
continuing help (except agricultural) to other businesses on a
contract or fee basis.  The help supplied is on the payroll of the
supplying establishment but is under the direct or general
supervision of the business to whom the help is furnished. 
Establishments primarily engaged in providing placement and
employment services are classified in Industry 7361. 
Establishments which provide both management and staff to operate
a business are classified according to the type of activity of the
business.  Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing personnel
to perform a range of services in support of the operation of other
establishments are classified in Industry 8744.  Farm labor supply
is classified in Agriculture, Industry 0761.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Temporary help supply.

Employee leasing.

Other help supply services.

->COMPUTER SERVICES (SIC 737)

>>COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES (SIC 7371)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing custom computer
programming services on a contract or fee basis.  These
establishments often perform a variety of additional services, such
as computer software design and analysis, modification of existing
software, and training in the use of custom software. 
Establishments primarily engaged in the development and marketing
of prepackaged software are classified in Industry 7372.  Computer
processing services are classified in Industry 7374.

>>PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE (SIC 7372)

Establishments primarily engaged in designing and developing
prepackaged software, including operating, utility, and
applications programs.  These establishments may also prepare
software documentation for the user, install software for the user,
and train the user in the use of the software.  Establishments
primarily engaged in buying and selling prepackaged software are
classified in Wholesale or Retail Trade.  Custom computer software
services, including computer code authors, are classified in
Industry 7371.

>>COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS (SIC 7373)

Establishments primarily engaged in developing or modifying
computer software and packaging or bundling the software with
hardware (computers and peripheral equipment) to create an
integrated system for specific application.  These establishments
are involved in all phases of systems development, from design
through installation.  Establishments primarily engaged in buying
and selling computer software and/or hardware are classified in
Wholesale or Retail Trade, and establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing computers and/or peripheral equipment are classified
in Manufacturing.

>>COMPUTER PROCESSING AND DATA PREPARATION SERVICES (SIC 7374)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing computer processing
and data preparation services.  Service may consist of complete
processing and preparation of reports from data supplied by the
customer, or it may be specialized, such as data entry or making
data processing equipment available on an hourly or timesharing
basis.

>>INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES (SIC 7375)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing on-line information
retrieval services on a contract or fee basis.  The information
generally involves a range of subjects and is taken from other
primary sources.  Establishments which collect and originate the
data are classified in the industry associated with that activity.

>>COMPUTER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES (SIC 7376)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing on-site management
and operation of computer and data processing facilities on a
contract or fee basis.  Establishments primarily engaged in
providing computer and data processing at their own facilities are
classified in Industry 7374.

>>COMPUTER RENTAL AND LEASING (SIC 7377)

Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except
finance) computers and related data processing equipment on the
customers' site, whether or not also providing maintenance or
support services.  Establishments primarily engaged in both
manufacturing and leasing computers and related data processing
equipment are classified in Division D, Manufacturing, and separate
establishments owned by the manufacturer and primarily engaged in
leasing are classified in Wholesale Trade.  Establishments
primarily engaged in finance leasing of computers and related data
processing equipment are classified in Finance, Industry 6159, and
those primarily engaged in leasing computer time are classified in
Industry 7374.

>>COMPUTER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR (SIC 7378)

Establishments primarily engaged in the maintenance and repair of
computers and computer peripheral equipment.

>>COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7379)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing computer related
services, not elsewhere classified, such as computer consulting,
disk and diskette conversion, and tape recertification.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Computer consultants.

Miscellaneous computer services, n.e.c.

->MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 738 AND 739)

>>DETECTIVE, GUARD, AND ARMORED CAR SERVICES (SIC 7381)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing detective, guard, and
armored car services.  Fingerprint service, polygraph service, and
rental of dogs for protective service are included in this
classification.

>>SECURITY SYSTEMS SERVICES (SIC 7382)

Establishments primarily engaged in monitoring and maintaining
security systems devices, such as burglar and fire alarms.  These
establishments may also sell, lease, and/or install the security
systems which they monitor and maintain.  Establishments primarily
engaged in the sales and installation, or installation only, of
such devices are classified in Construction, Industry 1731.

>>NEWS SYNDICATES (SIC 7383)

Establishments primarily engaged in providing news, pictures,
features, and news reporting services to newspapers and
periodicals.  Separate establishments of newspaper and periodical
publishers which are engaged in gathering news are classified as
auxiliaries.

>>PHOTOFINISHING LABORATORIES (SIC 7384)

Establishments primarily engaged in developing film and
photographic prints and enlargements.  Data for retail outlets
(kiosks), which are owned and operated by photo finishing
laboratories for the pickup and delivery of film, are merged with
data for the laboratory which owns them and are not treated as
separate establishments.  Establishments primarily engaged in
processing motion picture and video film for the motion picture and
television industries are classified in Industry 7819.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Photofinishing laboratories, except "one-hour" (mini) labs.

"One-hour" (mini) photofinishing.

>>BUSINESS SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7389)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing business services,
not elsewhere classified, such as auctioneers' establishments
(service only), business brokers, drafting service, independent
lecture bureaus, inspection service, printing brokers, notaries
public, and shop window decoration or trimming, on a commission or
fee basis.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Sign painting shops - Establishments primarily engaged in making
signs to individual order or in doing office door and window
lettering.  Establishments primarily engaged in making signs other
than on a custom basis and neon sign manufacturers are classified
in Manufacturing.

Interior designing - Establishments primarily engaged in advising
clients on the selection of furniture, draperies, rugs, and other
interior decorations on a commission or fee basis.  Establishments
providing interior designing service but primarily engaged in the
sale of merchandise are not included.  Painting and papering
contractors who frequently call themselves "interior decorators"
are classified in Construction.

Telephone answering services - Establishments primarily engaged in
transmitting telephone messages to their clients.  Paging services
are classified in Communications.

Water softening and conditioning services - Establishments
primarily engaged in softening water by chemical treatment or other
methods.

Packaging and labeling services - Establishments primarily engaged
in packaging and labeling products, on a contract or fee basis, in
packages or other containers normally intended for retail
distribution.  Companies primarily engaged in packing, crating, and
otherwise preparing goods for shipping are classified in
Transportation.

Trading stamp services - Establishments primarily engaged in
selling trading stamps or merchandise coupons to merchants.  The
redemption stores of trading stamp companies are classified as
auxiliary to this industry.

Convention and trade show services - Establishments primarily
engaged in providing a variety of services to conventions and trade
shows on a contract or fee basis, including decoration services,
registration services, promotion, and other administrative
functions.

Private mail centers - Establishments primarily engaged in
providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing (except
advertising) services.  In addition, establishments may provide
typing, photocopying, and FAX services, and may sell office
supplies.

Miscellaneous business services, n.e.c. - Establishments primarily
engaged in furnishing business services, not elsewhere classified.

=>AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, SERVICES, AND PARKING (SIC MAJOR GROUP 75)

->SIC MAJOR GROUP 75

This group includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing
automotive repair, rental, leasing, parking, and other services. 
Similar facilities owned and operated by concerns for their own use
and not available to the general public are treated as auxiliary
establishments of those concerns and are not included here. 
Automotive repair shops operated by establishments engaged in the
sale of new automobiles are classified in Retail Trade, as are
those operated by gasoline service stations (where sales of
merchandise (including fuel) exceed repair receipts).  Automobile
driving instruction is classified in Industry 8299.

->TRUCK AND CAR RENTAL AND LEASING (SIC 751)

>>TRUCK RENTAL AND LEASING, WITHOUT DRIVERS (SIC 7513)

Establishments primarily engaged in short-term rental or extended-
term leasing (with or without maintenance) of trucks, truck
tractors, or semitrailers without drivers.  Establishments
primarily engaged in renting or leasing, except finance leasing, of
industrial trucks are classified in Industry 7359; those renting or
leasing trucks with drivers are classified in Transportation,
Industry Group 421; and those renting or leasing heavy construction
and earth moving equipment are classified in Industry 7353. 
Establishments primarily engaged in finance leasing are classified
in Finance, Major Group 61.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Truck rental, without drivers.

Truck leasing, except finance leasing.

>>PASSENGER CAR RENTAL (SIC 7514)

Establishments primarily engaged in short-term rental of passenger
cars without drivers.  Data for separate automotive rental offices
or concessions (e.g., airport locations) in the same metropolitan
area, for which a common fleet of cars is maintained, are merged
and not considered as separate establishments.  Establishments
primarily engaged in renting automobiles with drivers are
classified in Transportation, Industry 4119.

>>PASSENGER CAR LEASING (SIC 7515)

Establishments primarily engaged in extended-term leasing of
passenger cars without drivers.  These establishments may or may
not provide maintenance of vehicles as part of the lease contract. 
Establishments primarily engaged in renting automobiles with
drivers are classified in Transportation Industry 4119. 
Establishments primarily engaged in finance leasing are classified
in Finance, Major Group 61.

>>UTILITY TRAILER AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE RENTAL (SIC 7519)

Establishments primarily engaged in daily or extended-term rental
of utility trailers and recreational vehicles.  Establishments
primarily engaged in renting motorcycles, bicycles, golf carts,
gocarts, or recreational boats are classified in Industry 7999, and
those engaged in renting airplanes are classified in Industry 7359. 
Establishments primarily engaged in the rental of mobile homes on
site are classified in Real Estate, Industry 6515.

->AUTOMOBILE PARKING (SIC 7521)

Establishments primarily engaged in the temporary parking of
automobiles usually on an hourly, daily, or monthly contract or fee
basis.  Excluded are municipal parking lots and lots operated by
establishments or institutions primarily engaged in other
activities (e.g., department stores, hospitals, restaurants). 
Valet parking is classified in Industry 7299.  Establishments
primarily engaged in extended or dead storage of automobiles are
classified in Transportation, Industry 4226.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Parking lots.

Parking structures.

->AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR (SIC 753)

>>TOP, BODY, AND UPHOLSTERY REPAIR SHOPS AND PAINT SHOPS (SIC 7532)

Establishments primarily engaged in the repair of automotive tops,
bodies, and interiors, or automotive painting and refinishing. 
Also included in the industry are establishments primarily engaged
in customizing automobiles, trucks, and vans, except on a factory
basis.  Those engaged in customizing automobiles, trucks, and vans
on a factory basis are classified in Manufacturing, Industry Group
371.

>>AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPAIR SHOPS (SIC 7533)

Establishments primarily engaged in the installation, repair, or
sale and installation of automotive exhaust systems.  The sale of
mufflers, tailpipes, and catalytic converters is considered to be
incidental to the installation of these products.

>>TIRE RETREADING AND REPAIR SHOPS (SIC 7534)

Establishments primarily engaged in repairing and retreading
automotive tires.  Establishments classified here may either
retread customers' tires or retread tires for sale or exchange to
the user or the trade.

>>AUTOMOTIVE GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOPS (SIC 7536)

Establishments primarily engaged in the installation, repair, or
sale and installation of automotive glass.  The sale of the glass
is considered incidental to the replacement.

>>AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS (SIC 7537)

Establishments primarily engaged in the installation, repair, or
sale and installation of automotive transmissions.  The sale of
transmissions and related parts is considered incidental to
transmission installation or repair.

>>GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS (SIC 7538)

Establishments primarily engaged in general automotive repair, such
as engine repair shops (except industrial truck engines), general
repair and service garages, and diesel engine repair shops. 
Establishments primarily engaged in specialized repair of
individual engine components, not elsewhere classified, are
classified in Industry 7539.  Establishments primarily engaged in
repair of motorcycles are classified in Industry 7699.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

General automotive repair shops, except diesel.

Diesel repair shops.

>>AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS, N.E.C. (SIC 7539)

Establishments primarily engaged in specialized automotive repair,
not elsewhere classified, such as fuel service (carburetor repair),
brake relining, front end and wheel alignment, and radiator repair. 
Establishments primarily engaged in automotive welding are
classified in Industry 7692.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Radiator repair.

Brake, front end, and wheel alignment.

Carburetor repair shops.

Automotive electrical repair shops.

Other automotive repair shops, n.e.c. - Establishments primarily
engaged in specialized automotive repairs, not elsewhere
classified, such as frame repair, piston ring service and repair,
speedometer repair, and heater and air-conditioning repair.

->CARWASHES (SIC 7542)

Establishments primarily engaged in washing, waxing, and polishing
motor vehicles or furnishing facilities for the self-service
washing of motor vehicles.

->AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, EXCEPT REPAIR AND CARWASHES (SIC 7549)

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing automotive services,
except repair and carwashes, such as lubricating service, towing
service, diagnostic service, undercoating service, and inspection
service.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Lubrication shops

Towing services.

Other automotive services, n.e.c.

=>MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES (SIC MAJOR GROUP 76)

->SIC MAJOR GROUP 76

This group includes establishments primarily engaged in
miscellaneous repair services, not elsewhere classified.  Repair
departments of retail dealers or manufacturers are not included
unless operated as separate establishments and reported as such. 
This group does not include some repair services of which the more
important are: repair to structures (classified in Construction);
garment and shoe repair (classified in Major Group 72); automotive
repair services (classified in Major Group 75); electronic computer
and computer peripheral equipment repair services (classified in
Industry 7378); ship and boat repair (classified in Manufacturing);
and railroad repair (classified in Manufacturing).

->RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR SHOPS (SIC 7622)

Establishments primarily engaged in repairing radios, televisions,
phonographs, stereo equipment, and tape recorders.  Also included
are establishments engaged in installing and repairing television,
amateur, and citizens' band antennas, and those engaged in
installing and servicing similar equipment in homes, offices,
boats, automobiles, or other vehicles.  Establishments primarily
engaged in installation, repair, or maintenance of radio and
television broadcast transmitting antennas and towers are
classified in Construction.  Repair departments of radio and
television dealers are not included here unless operated and
reported as separate establishments.

->REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICE AND REPAIR (SIC 7623)

Establishments primarily engaged in servicing and repairing
household and commercial electrical refrigerators and air-
conditioning and refrigeration equipment.  Establishments primarily
engaged in servicing and repairing gas refrigeration equipment are
classified in Industry 7699, and those repairing automotive air-
conditioning equipment are classified in Industry 7539. 
Establishments primarily engaged in installing refrigeration and
air-conditioning systems are classified in Construction.

->ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC REPAIR SHOPS, N.E.C. (SIC 7629)

Establishments primarily engaged in servicing and repairing
electrical and electronic equipment, not else where classified,
such as electrical household appliances (washing machines, vacuum
cleaners, irons, toasters, etc.) and electrical and electronic
industrial equipment.  Electrical contractors and electrical shops
engaged primarily in house wiring are included in Construction,
Industry 1731.  The repair of electric motors is classified in
Industry 7694.  Repair of electronic computers and computer
peripheral equipment is classified in Industry 7378.

->WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELRY REPAIR (SIC 763)

Establishments primarily engaged in the repair of watches, clocks,
or jewelry.  Establishments primarily engaged in assembling watches
from purchased parts are classified in Manufacturing, Industry
3873.

->REUPHOLSTERY AND FURNITURE REPAIR (SIC 764)

Establishments primarily engaged in furniture reupholstery and
repair.  Establishments primarily engaged in selling upholstery
materials, making slipcovers, and draperies to order, or in
upholstering new frames to individual order are classified in
Retail Trade, as are establishments making furniture and cabinets
on a custom basis.

->WELDING REPAIR (SIC 7692)

Establishments primarily engaged in repair work by welding,
including automotive welding.  Welding in connection with the
manufacture of a product is classified in Manufacturing.  Welding
contractors doing welding work at construction sites are classified
in Construction, Industry 1799.

->ARMATURE REWINDING SHOPS (SIC 7694)

Establishments primarily engaged in rewinding armatures and
rebuilding or repairing electric motors.  Establishments classified
here may either repair customers' equipment or repair their own
equipment for sale or exchange to users or to the trade. 
Establishments primarily engaged in the repair of electrical
appliances are classified in Industry 7629.

->REPAIR SHOPS AND RELATED SERVICES, N.E.C. (SIC 7699)

Establishments primarily engaged in specialized repair services,
not elsewhere classified, such as farm machinery and equipment
repair; lawnmower, saw, knife, and tool sharpening and repair;
bicycle repair; lock and gun repair; musical instrument repair; and
the repair of typewriters.  Repair services which involve primarily
electrical or electronic equipment or components are classified in
Industry 7629; however, primarily mechanical repair of electrically
powered equipment, such as electric sewing machine repair, is
included here.

For large geographic areas, data are presented for the following
subdivisions of this classification:

Farm machinery and equipment repair.

Lawnmower and other small gasoline engine repair - Establishments
primarily engaged in saw, knife, and tool sharpening are also
included here.

Sewer and septic tank cleaning services - Establishments primarily
engaged in cleaning or repairing seers and septic tanks. 
Establishments which install septic tanks are classified in
Construction.

Other repair and related services, n.e.c. - Establishments
primarily engaged in specialized repair services, not elsewhere
classified, such as aircraft flight instrument repair (except
electrical), blacksmith shops, bicycle repair, boiler repair,
photographic equipment repair, dental instrument repair, furnace
and chimney cleaning, gunsmith shops, key duplicating shops,
motorcycle repair, musical instrument tuning and repair,
taxidermists, typewriter repair, umbrella repair, and venetian
blind repair.
