{
    "code": "72",
    "title": "Personal Services",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Major group",
    "major_group_code": "",
    "parent_code": "70-89",
    "parent_title": "Services",
    "plain_english_definition": "SIC 72 - Personal Services covers establishments whose primary activities fall within providing services generally to individuals.\n\nIt includes laundries, drycleaning plants, portrait photographic studios, and beauty and barber shops.\n\nMore specific 3-digit industry groups and 4-digit industries within SIC 72 provide the detailed classification.",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "This major group includes establishments primarily engaged in providing services generally to individuals, such as laundries, drycleaning plants, portrait photographic studios, and beauty and barber shops. Also included are establishments operating as industrial launderers and those primarily engaged in providing linen supply services to commercial and business establishments.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/data/sic-manual/major-group-72",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [],
    "excluded_activities": [],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "70",
            "title": "Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps, and other Lodging Places",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/70/hotels-rooming-houses-camps-lodging-places",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "72",
            "title": "Personal Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/72/personal-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "73",
            "title": "Business Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/73/business-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "75",
            "title": "Automotive Repair, Services, and Parking",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/75/automotive-repair-services-parking",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "76",
            "title": "Miscellaneous Repair Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/76/repair-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "78",
            "title": "Motion Pictures",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/78/motion-pictures",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "79",
            "title": "Amusement and Recreation Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/79/amusement-recreation-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "80",
            "title": "Health Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/80/health-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "81",
            "title": "Legal Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/81/legal-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "82",
            "title": "Educational Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/82/educational-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "83",
            "title": "Social Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/83/social-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "84",
            "title": "Museums, Art Galleries, and Botanical and Zoological Gardens",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/84/museums-art-galleries-botanical-zoological-gardens",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "86",
            "title": "Membership Organizations",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/86/membership-organizations",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "87",
            "title": "Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, and Related Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/87/engineering-accounting-research-management-services",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "88",
            "title": "Private Households",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/88/private-households",
            "label": "Major group"
        },
        {
            "code": "89",
            "title": "Miscellaneous Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/89/services",
            "label": "Major group"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [
        {
            "code": "721",
            "title": "Laundry, Cleaning, and Garment Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/721/laundry-cleaning-garment-services",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "722",
            "title": "Photographic Studios, Portrait",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/722/photographic-studios-portrait",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "723",
            "title": "Beauty Shops",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/723/beauty-shops",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "724",
            "title": "Barber Shops",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/724/barber-shops",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "725",
            "title": "Shoe Repair Shops and Shoeshine Parlors",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/725/shoe-repair-shops-shoeshine-parlors",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "726",
            "title": "Funeral Service and Crematories",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/726/funeral-service-crematories",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "729",
            "title": "Miscellaneous Personal Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/729/personal-services",
            "label": "Industry group"
        }
    ],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "532",
            "title": "Rental and Leasing Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/532/rental-leasing-services"
        },
        {
            "code": "561",
            "title": "Administrative and Support Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/561/administrative-support-services"
        },
        {
            "code": "611",
            "title": "Educational Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/611/educational-services"
        },
        {
            "code": "811",
            "title": "Repair and Maintenance",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/811/repair-maintenance"
        },
        {
            "code": "812",
            "title": "Personal and Laundry Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/812/personal-laundry-services"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Nu Skin Enterprises Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/nu-skin-enterprises-inc",
            "city": "Provo",
            "state": "UT",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Sally Beauty Holdings Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/sally-beauty-holdings-inc",
            "city": "Denton",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Body Shop International, PLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/body-shop-international-plc",
            "city": "Wake Forest",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Creditors Interchange Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/creditors-interchange-inc",
            "city": "Skokie",
            "state": "IL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Mana Products Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/mana-products-inc",
            "city": "Long Island City",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Dellaria Salons And Spa",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/dellaria-salons-and-spa",
            "city": "Allston",
            "state": "MA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Concord Custom Cleaners",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/concord-custom-cleaners",
            "city": "Lexington",
            "state": "KY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Allconnect Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/allconnect-inc",
            "city": "Atlanta",
            "state": "GA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Service Corp. International",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/service-corp-international",
            "city": "Houston",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "KAO USA Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/kao-usa-inc",
            "city": "Cincinnati",
            "state": "OH",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Mr. Formal",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/mr-formal",
            "city": "Portland",
            "state": "OR",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 377275,
    "email_contact_count": 68889,
    "phone_count": 341762,
    "website_count": 376665,
    "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/72/personal-services",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/72.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}