NAICS for "would-a-business-broker-or-business-intermediary-be-listed-under-naics-56149"
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611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional SchoolsThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and granting degrees at baccalaureate or graduate levels. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the …Examples: Academies, college or university, Business colleges or schools offering baccalaureate or
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425120 - Wholesale Trade Agents and BrokersThis industry comprises wholesale trade agents and brokers acting on behalf of buyers or sellers in the wholesale distribution of goods, including those that use the Internet or other electronic means to bring together buyers and sellers. Agents and brokers do not take title to the goods being sold but rather receive a commission or fee for their service. Agents and brokers for all durable and …Examples: Agents and brokers, durable goods, wholesale trade, Agents and brokers, nondurable goods, wholesale
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541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on administrative management issues, such as financial planning and budgeting, equity and asset management, records management, office planning, strategic and organizational planning, site selection, new business start-up, and business process …Examples: Business management consulting services, Business start-up consulting services, Medical office management
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531210 - Offices of Real Estate Agents and BrokersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents and/or brokers in one or more of the following: (1) selling real estate for others; (2) buying real estate for others; and (3) renting real estate for others. …Examples: Auctioning real estate for others (i.e., agents, brokers), Brokerages, real estate,
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561311 - Employment Placement AgenciesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in listing employment vacancies and in recruiting, referring, or placing applicants for employment. The individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies. …Examples: Casting agencies, motion picture or video, Casting bureaus, motion picture or video, Employment agencies,
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323113 - Commercial Screen PrintingThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in screen printing without publishing (except books, fabric grey goods, and manifold business forms). This industry includes establishments engaged in screen printing on purchased stock materials, such as stationery, invitations, labels, and similar items, on a job-order basis. Establishments primarily engaged in printing on apparel …Examples: Business directories screen printing without publishing, Business forms (except manifold)
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323111 - Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing (except screen printing, books printing) without publishing (except fabric grey goods printing). The printing processes used in this industry include, but are not limited to, lithographic, gravure, flexographic, letterpress, engraving, and various digital printing technologies. This industry includes …Examples: Stationery, commercial printing (except screen), on a job-order basis, Telephone directories commercial
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513140 - Directory and Mailing List PublishersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in publishing directories, mailing lists, and collections or compilations of fact. The products are typically protected in their selection, arrangement and/or presentation. Examples are lists of mailing addresses, telephone directories, directories of businesses, collections or compilations of proprietary drugs or legal case results, …Examples: Business directory publishers, Business directory publishers (except exclusive Internet
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561110 - Office Administrative ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning; billing and recordkeeping; personnel; and physical distribution and logistics, for others on a contract or fee basis. These establishments do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business. …Examples: Business management services, Hotel management services (except complete operation of client's business),
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522310 - Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan BrokersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in arranging loans by bringing borrowers and lenders together on a commission or fee basis. …Examples: Brokers' offices, mortgage, Loan brokerages, Loan brokers' or agents' offices (i.e.,
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541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the provision of professional, scientific, or technical services (except legal services; accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and related services; architectural, engineering, and related services; specialized design services; computer systems design and related services; management, scientific, and technical consulting services; …Examples: Arbitration and conciliation services (except by attorney, paralegal), Business brokers (except
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523150 - Investment Banking and Securities IntermediationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in underwriting, originating, and/or maintaining markets for issues of securities, or acting as agents (i.e., brokers) between buyers and sellers in buying or selling securities on a commission or transaction fee basis. Investment bankers act as principals (i.e., investors who buy or sell on their own account) in firm commitment …Examples: Bond brokerages, Bond dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors),
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541618 - Other Management Consulting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing management consulting services (except administrative and general management consulting; human resources consulting; marketing consulting; or process, physical distribution, and logistics consulting). Establishments providing telecommunications or utilities management consulting services are included in this industry. …Examples: Telecommunications management consulting services, Utilities management consulting services
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611410 - Business and Secretarial SchoolsThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills and may offer courses in basic office skills, such as word processing. In addition, these establishments may offer such classes as office machine operation, reception, communications, and other skills designed for individuals pursuing a clerical or secretarial …Examples: Business colleges or schools not offering academic degrees, Business schools not offering academic
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813910 - Business AssociationsThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in promoting the business interests of their members. These establishments may conduct research on new products and services; develop market statistics; sponsor quality and certification standards; lobby public officials; or publish newsletters, books, or periodicals for distribution to their members. …Examples: Agricultural organizations (except youth farming organizations, farm granges), Better business
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561320 - Temporary Help ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of the client. The individuals provided are employees of the temporary help services establishment. However, these establishments do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites. …Examples: Construction labor supply services, Labor (except farm) contractors (i.e., personnel suppliers),
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523999 - Miscellaneous Financial Investment ActivitiesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents and/or brokers (except securities brokerages and commodity contracts brokerages) in buying or selling financial contracts and those providing financial investment services (except securities and commodity exchanges; portfolio management; investment advice; and trust, fiduciary, and custody services) on a fee or …Examples: Business start-up fundraising using a crowdfunding platform, Clearinghouses, commodity exchange or
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561439 - Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)This U.S. industry comprises (1) 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 (e.g., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services) and (2) establishments (except private mail centers) engaged in providing a range …Examples: Business service centers (except private mail centers), Business service centers (except private mail
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926110 - Administration of General Economic ProgramsThis industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, promotion, and development of economic resources, including business, industry, and tourism. Included in this industry are government establishments responsible for the development of general statistical data and analyses and promotion of the general economic well-being of the governed area. …Examples: Cultural and arts development support program administration, Labor statistics agencies, Small
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523160 - Commodity Contracts IntermediationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as principals (i.e., investors who buy or sell for their own account) in buying or selling spot or futures commodity contracts or options, such as precious metals, foreign currency, oil, or agricultural products, generally on a spread basis, or acting as agents (i.e., brokers) in buying or selling spot or futures commodity …Examples: Brokerages, commodity contracts, Commodity contract pool operators, Commodity contracts
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561990 - All Other Support ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing day-to-day business and other organizational support services (except office administrative services, facilities support services, employment services, business support services, travel arrangement and reservation services, security and investigation services, services to buildings and other structures, packaging and labeling …Examples: Diving services on a contract or fee basis, Float decorating services, Inventory computing
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424120 - Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant WholesalersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of stationery, office supplies, and/or gift wrap. …Examples: Books, sales or receipt, merchant wholesalers, Desk accessories, office, merchant wholesalers,
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541612 - Human Resources Consulting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations in one or more of the following areas: (1) human resource and personnel policies, practices, and procedures; (2) employee benefits planning, communication, and administration; (3) compensation systems planning; and (4) wage and salary administration. …Examples: Labor relations consulting services, Organization development consulting services
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541613 - Marketing Consulting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on marketing issues, such as developing marketing objectives and policies, sales forecasting, new product developing and pricing, licensing and franchise planning, and marketing planning and strategy. …Examples: Customer service management consulting services, Marketing consulting services, Marketing management consulting
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541614 - Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations in: (1) manufacturing operations improvement; (2) productivity improvement; (3) production planning and control; (4) quality assurance and quality control; (5) inventory management; (6) distribution networks; (7) warehouse use, operations, and …Examples: Freight rate auditor services, Inventory planning and control management consulting services, Tariff rate
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541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on scientific and technical issues (except environmental). …Examples: Horticultural consulting services
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561499 - All Other Business Support ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering and telemarketing services; private mail services or document copying services conducted as separate activities or in conjunction with other office support services; monetary debt collection services; credit reporting …Examples: Charitable fundraising campaign organization services on a contract or fee basis, Charitable fundraising
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813990 - Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations)This industry comprises establishments (except religious organizations, social advocacy organizations, civic and social organizations, business associations, professional organizations, labor unions, and political organizations) primarily engaged in promoting the interests of their members. …Examples: Athletic associations, regulatory, Condominium corporations, Sports governing bodies,
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926150 - Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial SectorsThis industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the regulation, licensing, and inspection of commercial sectors, such as retail trade, professional occupations, manufacturing, mining, construction, and services. Included in this industry are government establishments maintaining physical standards, regulating hazardous conditions not elsewhere classified, and enforcing …Examples: Banking regulatory agencies, Inspection for labor standards, Labor management negotiations
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623210 - Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability FacilitiesThis industry comprises establishments (e.g., group homes, hospitals, intermediate care facilities) primarily engaged in providing residential care services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These facilities may provide some health care, though the focus is room, board, protective supervision, and counseling. …Examples: Homes with or without health care, intellectual and developmental disability, Intellectual and developmental
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531120 - Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as lessors of buildings (except miniwarehouses and self-storage units) that are not used as residences or dwellings. Included in this industry are: (1) owner-lessors of nonresidential buildings; (2) establishments renting real estate and then acting as lessors in subleasing it to others; and (3) establishments providing full …Examples: Amusement facility rental or leasing, Arena, no promotion of events, rental or leasing, Auditorium
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561330 - Professional Employer OrganizationsThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing human resources and human resource management services to client businesses and households. Establishments in this industry operate in a co-employment relationship with client businesses or organizations and are specialized in performing a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties, such as payroll, payroll …Examples: Labor leasing services, PEO (professional employer organizations), Professional employer
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522292 - Real Estate CreditThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in lending funds with real estate as collateral. …Examples: Farm mortgage lending, Loan correspondents (i.e., lending funds with real estate as collateral),
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221122 - Electric Power DistributionThis U.S. industry comprises electric power establishments primarily engaged in either (1) operating electric power distribution systems (i.e., consisting of lines, poles, meters, and wiring) or (2) operating as electric power brokers or agents that arrange the sale of electricity via power distribution systems operated by others. …Examples: Electric power brokers
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221210 - Natural Gas DistributionThis industry comprises: (1) establishments primarily engaged in operating gas distribution systems (e.g., mains, meters); (2) establishments known as gas marketers that buy gas from the well and sell it to a distribution system; (3) establishments known as gas brokers or agents that arrange the sale of gas over gas distribution systems operated by others; and (4) establishments primarily engaged …Examples: Natural gas brokers
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524210 - Insurance Agencies and BrokeragesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents (i.e., brokers) in selling annuities and insurance policies. …Examples: Brokerages, insurance, Brokers' offices, insurance, Insurance brokerages
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488510 - Freight Transportation ArrangementThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers. These establishments are usually known as freight forwarders, marine shipping agents, or customs brokers and offer a combination of services spanning transportation modes but do not directly provide shipping services. …Examples: Customs brokers, Freight forwarding, Shipping agents (freight forwarding)
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213112 - Support Activities for Oil and Gas OperationsThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for oil and gas operations (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Services included are exploration; excavating slush pits and cellars, well surveying; running, cutting, and pulling casings, tubes, and …Examples: ...Contract services (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and
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423420 - Office Equipment Merchant WholesalersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of office machines and related equipment (except computers and computer peripheral equipment). …Examples: Coin sorting machines merchant wholesalers, Forms handling machines merchant wholesalers,
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481111 - Scheduled Passenger Air TransportationThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air transportation of passengers or passengers and freight over regular routes and on regular schedules. Establishments in this industry operate flights even if partially loaded. Scheduled air passenger carriers including commuter and helicopter carriers (except scenic and sightseeing) are included in this industry. …Examples: Passenger air transportation, scheduled, Scheduled air passenger transportation
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482111 - Line-Haul RailroadsThis U.S. industry comprises establishments known as line-haul railroads primarily engaged in operating railroads for the transport of passengers and/or cargo over a long distance within a rail network. These establishments provide for the intercity movement of trains between the terminals and stations on main and branch lines of a line-haul rail network (except for local switching services). …Examples: Railroad transportation, line-haul, Railway transportation, line-haul
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482112 - Short Line RailroadsThis U.S. industry comprises establishments known as short-line railroads primarily engaged in operating railroads for the transport of cargo over a short distance on local rail lines not part of a rail network. …Examples: Freight railways, short-line or beltline, Railroad transportation, short-line or
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488210 - Support Activities for Rail TransportationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized services for railroad transportation, including servicing, routine repairing (except factory conversion, overhaul, or rebuilding of rolling stock), and maintaining rail cars; loading and unloading rail cars; and operating independent terminals. …Examples: Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding)
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541219 - Other Accounting ServicesThis U.S. industry comprises establishments (except offices of CPAs) engaged in providing accounting services (except tax return preparation services only or payroll services only). These establishments may also provide tax return preparation or payroll services. Accountant (except CPA) offices, bookkeeper offices, and billing offices are included in this industry. …Examples: Accountants' (except CPAs) offices, Accountants' (except CPAs) private practices, Accounting services (except CPAs),
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541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and HumanitiesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in conducting research and analyses in cognitive development, sociology, psychology, language, behavior, economic, and other social science and humanities research. …Examples: Behavioral research and development services, Business research and development services, Historic
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541922 - Commercial PhotographyThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing commercial photography services, generally for advertising agencies, publishers, and other business and industrial users. …Examples: Video taping services for legal depositions
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561210 - Facilities Support ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating staff to perform a combination of support services within a client's facilities. Establishments in this industry typically provide a combination of services, such as janitorial, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry, and related services to support operations within …Examples: Base facilities operation support services, Correctional facilities, privately operated,
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561920 - Convention and Trade Show OrganizersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in organizing, promoting, and/or managing events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences, and meetings (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place). …Examples: Automobile show organizers, Convention or trade show event planners, Convention organizers, Craft
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611420 - Computer TrainingThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in conducting computer training (except computer repair), such as instruction in computer programming, software applications, computerized business systems, computer electronics technology, computer operations, and local area network management. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's …Examples: Computer operator training, Computer programming, software, and systems training, online (through a website
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611699 - All Other Miscellaneous Schools and InstructionThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in offering instruction (except academic schools, colleges, and universities; business, computer, and management instruction; technical and trade instruction; and fine arts, sports, recreation, language, exam preparation, tutoring, and automobile driving instruction). …Examples: Pilates instruction, camps or schools, Yoga instruction, camps or schools
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722320 - CaterersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing single event-based food services. These establishments generally have equipment and vehicles to transport meals and snacks to events and/or prepare food at an off-premise site. Banquet halls with catering staff are included in this industry. Examples of events catered by establishments in this industry are graduation …Examples: Banquet halls with catering staff, Bartender services including supply of equipment and alcohol, Bartender services on
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812310 - Coin-Operated Laundries and DrycleanersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating facilities with coin- or card-operated or similar self-service laundry and drycleaning equipment for customer use on the premises and/or (2) supplying and servicing coin- or card-operated or similar self-service laundry and drycleaning equipment for customer use in places of business operated by others, such as apartments …Examples: Coin-operated laundry and drycleaning routes (i.e., concession operators), Drycleaning machine routes (i.e.,
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522390 - Other Activities Related to Credit IntermediationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in facilitating credit intermediation (except mortgage and loan brokerage; and financial transactions processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities). …Examples: Money order issuance services
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517121 - Telecommunications ResellersThis U.S. industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services to businesses and households (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications services). Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; they do …Examples: Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) (except agents), Resellers, telecommunication (except satellite
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541620 - Environmental Consulting ServicesThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on environmental issues, such as the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, and hazardous materials. These establishments identify problems (e.g., inspect buildings for hazardous materials), measure and evaluate risks, and recommend …Examples: Ecological restoration consulting services, Wetland restoration planning services
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561450 - Credit BureausThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in compiling information, such as credit and employment histories, and providing the information to financial institutions, retailers, and others who have a need to evaluate the creditworthiness of individuals and businesses. …Examples: Commercial credit reporting bureaus, Consumer credit reporting bureaus, Credit reporting bureaus,
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561591 - Convention and Visitors BureausThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in marketing and promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers through a range of activities, such as assisting organizations in locating meeting and convention sites; providing travel information on area attractions, lodging accommodations, restaurants; providing maps; and organizing group tours of local …Examples: Convention and visitors bureaus, Tourist information bureaus, Visitor information centers,
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424460 - Fish and Seafood Merchant WholesalersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of fish and seafood (except canned or packaged frozen). …Examples: Fish, salted or preserved (except canned), merchant wholesalers
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441222 - Boat DealersThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) retailing new and/or used boats or retailing new boats in combination with activities, such as repair services and selling replacement parts and accessories, and/or (2) retailing new and/or used outboard motors, boat trailers, marine supplies, parts, and accessories. …Examples: Outboard motor dealers
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484121 - General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, TruckloadThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance general freight truckload (TL) trucking. These long-distance general freight truckload carrier establishments provide full truck movement of freight from origin to destination. The shipment of freight on a truck is characterized as a full single load not combined with other shipments. …Examples: Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL), Motor freight carrier, general,
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484122 - General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than TruckloadThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance, general freight, less than truckload (LTL) trucking. LTL carriage is characterized as multiple shipments combined onto a single truck for multiple deliveries within a network. These establishments are generally characterized by the following network activities: local pick-up, local sorting and terminal …Examples: Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL)
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531390 - Other Activities Related to Real EstateThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing real estate related services (except lessors of real estate, offices of real estate agents and brokers, real estate property managers, and offices of real estate appraisers). …Examples: Agencies, real estate escrow, Agents' offices, real estate escrow, Consultants', real estate (except appraisers),
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325194 - Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical ManufacturingThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) distilling wood or gum into products, such as tall oil and wood distillates; (2) distilling coal tars; (3) manufacturing wood or gum chemicals, such as naval stores, natural tanning materials, charcoal briquettes, and charcoal (except activated); and (4) manufacturing cyclic crudes or cyclic …Examples: Camphor, natural, manufacturing, Chlorobenzene manufacturing, Chloronaphthalene manufacturing,
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325199 - All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingThis U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic organic chemical products (except aromatic petrochemicals, industrial gases, synthetic organic dyes and pigments, gum and wood chemicals, cyclic crudes and intermediates, and ethyl alcohol). …Examples: Sodium organic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing, Sodium pentachlorophenate
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424690 - Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant WholesalersThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes). …Examples: Chlorine merchant wholesalers, Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, merchant wholesalers, Cyclic
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522180 - Savings Institutions and Other Depository Credit IntermediationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in accepting deposits, making mortgage, real estate, and other consumer and commercial loans, and investing in high-grade securities (except commercial banking and credit unions). Savings and loan associations, savings banks, private banks (i.e., unincorporated banks), and establishments known as industrial banks or Morris Plans and …Examples: Banks, industrial (i.e., known as), depository, Banks, private (i.e., unincorporated), Industrial banks
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522299 - International, Secondary Market, and All Other Nondepository Credit IntermediationThis U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing working capital funds to U.S. exporters, lending funds to foreign buyers of U.S. goods, and/or lending funds to domestic buyers of imported goods; (2) establishments primarily engaged in buying, pooling, and repackaging loans for sale to others on the secondary market; and (3) establishments primarily providing other …Examples: Agencies of foreign banks (i.e., trade financing), Agreement corporations (i.e., international trade
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523910 - Miscellaneous IntermediationThis industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as principals (except investment bankers, securities dealers, and commodity contracts dealers) in buying or selling financial contracts generally on a spread basis. Principals are investors that buy or sell for their own account. …Examples: Mineral royalties or leases dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing royalties or leases to