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Industry: 2721—Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing

Establishments primarily engaged in publishing periodicals, or in publishing and printing periodicals. These establishments carry on the various operations necessary for issuing periodicals, but may or may not perform their own printing. Establishments not engaged in publishing periodicals, but which print periodicals for publishers, are classified in Industry Group 275.

Comic books: publishing and printing, or publishing only	Statistical reports (periodicals), publishing and printing, or publishing only
Magazines: publishing and printing, or publishing only	Television schedules: publishing and printing, or publishing only
Periodicals: publishing and printing, or publishing only	Trade journals, publishing and printing, or publishing only

Codes	Titles	Total Marketable US Businesses
2721	Periodicals	5,296
272100	Periodicals	948
27210000	Periodicals	948
272101	Periodicals, publishing only	3,101
27210100	Periodicals, publishing only	211
27210101	Comic books: publishing only, not printed on site	58
27210102	Magazines: publishing only, not printed on site	2,580
27210103	Statistical reports (periodicals): publishing only	34
27210104	Television schedules: publishing only, not printed on site	6
27210105	Trade journals: publishing only, not printed on site	212
272102	Periodicals, publishing and printing	1,247
27210200	Periodicals, publishing and printing	115
27210201	Comic books: publishing and printing	51
27210202	Magazines: publishing and printing	951
27210203	Statistical reports (periodicals): publishing and printing	22
27210204	Television schedules: publishing and printing	7
27210205	Trade journals: publishing and printing	101