{
    "code": "8249",
    "title": "Vocational Schools, Not Elsewhere Classified",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "82",
    "parent_code": "824",
    "parent_title": "Vocational Schools",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments primarily engaged in offering specialized vocational courses, not elsewhere classified. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in furnishing educational courses by mail. Offices maintained by such schools for the sale of correspondence courses are included.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/8249",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Aviation schools, excluding flying instruction",
        "Banking schools (training in banking)",
        "Commercial art schools",
        "Construction equipment operation schools",
        "Correspondence schools, including branch offices and solicitors",
        "Furnishing educational courses by mail"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [
        {
            "label": "Beauty Shops",
            "code": "7231",
            "title": "Beauty Shops",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/7231/beauty-shops"
        },
        {
            "label": "Barber Shops",
            "code": "7241",
            "title": "Barber Shops",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/7241/barber-shops"
        },
        {
            "label": "Schools and Educational Services, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "code": "8299",
            "title": "Schools and Educational Services, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/8299/schools-educational-services"
        },
        {
            "label": "Elementary and Secondary Schools",
            "code": "821",
            "title": "Elementary and Secondary Schools",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/821/elementary-secondary-schools"
        },
        {
            "label": "Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools, Junior Colleges, and Technical Institutes",
            "code": "822",
            "title": "Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools, Junior Colleges, and Technical Institutes",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/822/colleges-universities-professional-schools-junior-colleges-technical-institutes"
        }
    ],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "8243",
            "title": "Data Processing Schools",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/8243/data-processing-schools",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "8244",
            "title": "Business and Secretarial Schools",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/8244/business-secretarial-schools",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "8249",
            "title": "Vocational Schools, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/8249/vocational-schools",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "611512",
            "title": "Flight Training ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/611512/flight-training"
        },
        {
            "code": "611513",
            "title": "Apprenticeship Training ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/611513/apprenticeship-training"
        },
        {
            "code": "611519",
            "title": "Other Technical and Trade Schools ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/611519/technical-trade-schools"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Career Education Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/career-education-corp",
            "city": "Schaumburg",
            "state": "IL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Lincoln Educational Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/lincoln-educational-services",
            "city": "West Orange",
            "state": "NJ",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 3344,
    "email_contact_count": 1517,
    "phone_count": 2893,
    "website_count": 3318,
    "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/8249/vocational-schools",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/8249.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}