{
    "code": "272",
    "title": "Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry group",
    "major_group_code": "27",
    "parent_code": "27",
    "parent_title": "Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries",
    "plain_english_definition": "SIC 272 - Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing is an SIC industry group within SIC 27 - Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries. It groups SIC 2721 - Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing.\n\nUse SIC 272 when referring to this industry group as a whole. When the establishment's specific activity is known, use the appropriate 4-digit SIC industry within the group.",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/data/sic-manual/major-group-27",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [],
    "excluded_activities": [],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "271",
            "title": "Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/271/newspapers-publishing-publishing-printing",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "272",
            "title": "Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/272/periodicals-publishing-publishing-printing",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "273",
            "title": "Books",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/273/books",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "274",
            "title": "Miscellaneous Publishing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/274/publishing",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "275",
            "title": "Commercial Printing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/275/commercial-printing",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "276",
            "title": "Manifold Business Forms",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/276/manifold-business-forms",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "277",
            "title": "Greeting Card",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/277/greeting-card",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "278",
            "title": "Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, and Bookbinding",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/278/blankbooks-looseleaf-binders-bookbinding",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "279",
            "title": "Service Industries for the Printing Trade",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/279/service-industries-printing-trade",
            "label": "Industry group"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [
        {
            "code": "2721",
            "title": "Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2721/periodicals-publishing-publishing-printing",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "3231",
            "title": "Printing and Related Support Activities",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/3231/printing-support-activities"
        },
        {
            "code": "5111",
            "title": "Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/5111/newspaper-periodical-book-directory-publishers"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Sandhills Publishing Co",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/sandhills-publishing-co",
            "city": "Lincoln",
            "state": "NE",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Macmillan",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/macmillan",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "The Daily Beast",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/the-daily-beast",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Penn Well Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/penn-well-corp",
            "city": "Tulsa",
            "state": "OK",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Future US Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/future-us-inc",
            "city": "South San Francisco",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Playboy Enterprises Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/playboy-enterprises-inc",
            "city": "Beverly Hills",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Taylor And Francis Group Llc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/taylor-and-francis-group-llc",
            "city": "Boca Raton",
            "state": "FL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Rodale Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/rodale-inc",
            "city": "Emmaus",
            "state": "PA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "FT Media Holdings, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/ft-media-holdings-llc",
            "city": "Greensboro",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Mansueto Ventures, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/mansueto-ventures-llc",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Time Out North America",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/time-out-north-america",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 3963,
    "email_contact_count": 1497,
    "phone_count": 3233,
    "website_count": 4083,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/272/periodicals-publishing-publishing-printing",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/272.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}