SIC Industry Description

Industry: 7389—Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing business services, not elsewhere classified, such as bondspersons, drafting services, lecture bureaus, notaries public, sign painting, speakers' bureaus, water softening services, and auctioneering services, on a commission or fee basis. Auctions of used cars and agricultural commodities, such as livestock and produce, are classified in Wholesale Trade.

Agents and brokers for authors and nonperforming artistMetal slitting and shearing on a contract or fee basis
Apparel pressing service for the tradeMeter readers, remote
Appraisers, except real estate appraisersMicrofilm recording and developing service
Arbitration and conciliation servicesMounting merchandise on cards on a contract or fee basis
Artists' agents and brokers, except performing artistsMusic distribution systems, except coin-operated
Auctioneering service on a commission or fee basisNotaries public
Authors' agents and brokersPackaging and labeling service (not packing and crating)
Automobile recovery serviceParalegal service
Automobile repossession serviceParcel packing service (packaging)
Automobile shows, flower shows, and home shows: promoters ofPatent brokers
Bartering services for businessesPatrol of electric transmission or gas lines
Batik work (handprinting on textiles)Photogrammetric mapping service (not professional engineers)
BondspersonsPhotographic library service, still
Bottle exchangesPhotography brokers
Bronzing baby shoesPipeline and power line inspection services
Business brokers (buying and selling business enterprises)Playwrights' brokers
Charge account service (shopping plates) collection by individualPost office contract stations
Check validation servicePresorting mail service
Cloth: cutting to length, bolting, or winding for textile distributorsPress clipping service
Contractors' disbursement controlPrinted circuitry graphic layout
Convention bureausProcess serving service
Convention decoratorsProduce weighing service, not connected with transportation
Copyright protection serviceProduct sterilization service
Correct time servicePromoters of home shows and flower shows
Cosmetic kits, assembling and packagingRacetrack cleaning, except buildings
Cotton inspection service, not connected with transportationRadio broadcasting music checkers
Cotton sampler serviceRadio transcription service
Coupon redemption service, except trading stampsRecording studios on a contract or fee basis
Credit card service (collection by individual firms)Redemption of trading stamps
Decoration service for special eventsRepossession service
Demonstration service, separate from saleRestaurant reservation service
Directories, telephone: distribution on a contract or fee basisRug binding for the trade
Divers, commercialSafety inspection service, except automotive
Drafting service, except temporary helpSalvaging of damaged merchandise, not engaged in sales
Drawback service, customsSampling of commodities, not connected with transportation
Drive-a-way automobile serviceScrap steel cutting on a contract or fee basis
Embroidering of advertising on shirts, etc.Shoe designers
Engrossing, e.g., diplomas and resolutionsShowcard painting
Exhibits, building of: by industrial contractorsShrinking textiles for tailors and dressmakers
Field warehousing, not public warehousingSign painting and lettering shops
Filling pressure containers (aerosol) with hair spray, insecticides, etc.Solvents recovery service on a contract or fee basis
Fire extinguishers, service ofSpeakers' bureaus
Firefighting service, other than forestry or publicSponging textiles for tailors and dressmakers
Flagging service (traffic control)Styling of fashions, apparel, furniture, and textiles
Floats, decoration ofStyling wigs for the trade
Florists' telegraph serviceSwimming pool cleaning and maintenance
Folding and refolding service: textile and apparelSwitchboard operation of private branch exchanges
Fundraising on a contract or fee basisTape slitting for the trade (cutting plastics, leather, etc. into widths)
Gas systems, contract conversion from manufactured to natural gasTax collection agencies: collecting for a city, county, or State
Handtool designersTax title dealers: agencies for city, county, or State
Handwriting analysisTelemarketing (telephone marketing) service on a contract or fee basis
Hosiery pairing on a contract or fee basisTelephone answering, except beeper service
Hotel reservation serviceTelephone solicitation service on a contract or fee basis
Identification engraving serviceTextile designers
Inspection of commodities, not connected with transportationTextile folding and packing services
Interior decorating consulting service, except painters and paperTime-share condominium exchanges
Interior designing service, except painters and paper hangersTobacco sheeting service on a contract or fee basis
Inventory computing serviceTourist information bureaus
Labeling bottles, cans, cartons, etc. for the trade: not printingTrade show arrangement
Laminating of photographs (coating photographs with plastics)Trading stamp promotion and sale to stores
Lecture bureausTrading stamp redemption
Lettering serviceTranslation service
Liquidators of merchandise on a contract or fee basisWater softener service
Mannequin decorating serviceWeighing foods and other commodities not connected with
Map drafting serviceWelcoming service
Mapmaking, including aerialWindow trimming service
Message service, telephone answering except beeper serviceYacht brokers
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
7389Business Services, Nec1,049,136
738900Business services, nec86,681
73890000Business services, nec86,681
738901Personal service agents, brokers, and bureaus27,480
73890100Personal service agents, brokers, and bureaus25,471
73890101Artists' agents and brokers742
73890102Authors' agents and brokers146
73890103Brokers, contract services721
73890104Lecture bureau161
73890105Playwrights' brokers16
73890106Speakers' bureau223
738902Inspection and testing services30,190
73890200Inspection and testing services14,322
73890201Air pollution measuring service204
73890202Athletic equipment inspection service20
73890203Building inspection service14,192
73890204Commodities sampling48
73890205Commodity inspection58
73890206Cotton sampling and inspection service6
73890207Industrial and commercial equipment inspection service278
73890208Petroleum refinery inspection service112
73890209Pipeline and power line inspection service367
73890210Safety inspection service467
73890211Sewer inspection service116
738903Advertising, promotional, and trade show services7,755
73890300Advertising, promotional, and trade show services2,827
73890301Convention and show services2,686
73890302Coupon redemption service83
73890303Demonstration service74
73890304Embroidery advertising533
73890305Exhibit construction by industrial contractors206
73890306Field audits, cable television60
73890307Mannequin decorating service8
73890308Promoters of shows and exhibitions511
73890309Trade show arrangement688
73890310Trading stamp promotion and redemption30
73890311Window trimming service49
738904Textile and apparel services3,517
73890400Textile and apparel services1,048
73890401Apparel designers, commercial545
73890402Apparel pressing service19
73890403Batik work4
73890404Cloth cutting, bolting, or winding76
73890405Corset representatives, fitting only11
73890406Hand painting, textile130
73890407Hosiery pairing2
73890408Rug binding13
73890409Styling of fashions, apparel, furniture, textiles, etc.1,200
73890410Styling, wigs254
73890411Textile designers187
73890412Textile folding and packing services21
73890413Textiles, sponging or shrinking7
738905Reservation services1,198
73890500Reservation services351
73890501Accomodation locating services410
73890502Hotel and motel reservation service262
73890503Restaurant reservation service175
738906Interior design services35,809
73890600Interior design services13,338
73890601Decoration service for special events3,026
73890602Interior designer14,997
73890603Interior decorating4,448
738907Finishing services1,142
73890700Finishing services853
73890701Bathroom fixture reglazing40
73890702Furniture finishing94
73890703Laminating service155
738908Mapmaking services490
73890800Mapmaking services139
73890801Mapmaking or drafting, including aerial156
73890802Photogrammatic mapping195
738909Financial services26,469
73890900Financial services23,616
73890901Charge account service70
73890902Check validation service51
73890903Credit card service2,714
738910Telephone services6,505
73891000Telephone services3,234
73891001Telephone answering service1,696
73891002Correct time service29
73891003Switchboard operation, private branch exchanges11
73891004Teleconferencing services138
73891005Telemarketing services1,231
73891006Telephone directory distribution, contract or fee basis52
73891007Telephone solicitation service21
73891008Pay telephone network93
738911Music and broadcasting services11,660
73891100Music and broadcasting services3,846
73891101Music copying service63
73891102Music distribution systems212
73891103Radio broadcasting music checkers53
73891104Radio transcription service148
73891105Recording studio, noncommercial records5,700
73891106Music recording producer1,586
73891107Audio cassette duplication services52
738912Packaging and labeling services2,964
73891200Packaging and labeling services2,910
73891201Labeling bottles, cans, cartons, etc.46
73891202Mounting merchandise on cards8
738913Legal and tax services25,165
73891300Legal and tax services2,816
73891301Arbitration and conciliation service1,587
73891302Bail bonding6,654
73891303Bondsperson295
73891304Copyright protection service49
73891305Drawback service, customs19
73891306Notary publics10,652
73891307Paralegal service1,361
73891308Patent brokers108
73891309Process serving service738
73891310Repossession service598
73891311Tax collection agency257
73891312Tax title dealers31
738914Auction, appraisal, and exchange services14,047
73891400Auction, appraisal, and exchange services3,278
73891401Appraisers, except real estate2,182
73891402Auctioneers, fee basis6,296
73891403Barter exchange116
73891404Bottle exchange15
73891405Bottle sorting27
73891406Flea market875
73891407Merchandise liquidators1,096
73891408Time-share condominium exchange162
738915Lettering and sign painting services1,067
73891500Lettering and sign painting services249
73891501Lettering service122
73891502Show card and poster painting10
73891503Sign painting and lettering shop686
738916Mailing and messenger services12,204
73891600Mailing and messenger services579
73891601Courier or messenger service2,627
73891602Florist telegraph service14
73891603Mailbox rental and related service8,791
73891604Post office contract stations121
73891605Presorted mail service72
738917Brokers' services6,663
73891700Brokers' services2,704
73891701Brokers, business: buying and selling business enterprises1,790
73891702Fish broker77
73891703Log and lumber broker146
73891704Photography brokers182
73891705Yacht brokers924
73891706Printing broker840
738918Design services234,868
73891800Design services233,277
73891801Design, commercial and industrial1,531
73891802Hand tool designers31
73891803Shoe designers29
738919Metal cutting services373
73891900Metal cutting services252
73891901Metal slitting and shearing56
73891902Scrap steel cutting65
738999Business services, nec, nec512,889
73899901Automobile recovery service1,226
73899902Balloons, novelty and toy114
73899903Bronzing, baby shoes14
73899904Building scale models59
73899905Child restraint seat, automotive: rental13
73899906Coffee service708
73899907Contractors' disbursement control101
73899908Cosmetic kits, assembling and packaging79
73899909Crane and aerial lift service747
73899910Divers, commercial335
73899911Document and office record destruction1,067
73899912Document embossing25
73899913Drafting service, except temporary help1,423
73899914Drive-a-way automobile service94
73899915Engraving service1,492
73899916Engrossing: diplomas, resolutions, etc.13
73899917Field warehousing121
73899918Filling pressure containers27
73899919Fire extinguisher servicing1,076
73899920Fire protection service other than forestry or public2,257
73899921Flagging service (traffic control)352
73899922Float decoration25
73899923Fund raising organizations5,244
73899924Gas system conversion36
73899925Grinding, precision: commercial or industrial272
73899926Handwriting analysis71
73899927Human skeleton preparation4
73899928Ice surface maintenance: hockey, curling, etc.10
73899929Inventory computing service594
73899930Marine reporting69
73899931Meter readers, remote47
73899932Microfilm recording and developing service173
73899933Office facilities and secretarial service rental3,265
73899934Patrol of electric transmission or gas lines23
73899935Personal investigation service1,161
73899936Photographic library service38
73899937Pilot car escort service148
73899938Plant care service332
73899939Press clipping service29
73899940Printed circuitry graphic layout90
73899941Product sterilization service40
73899942Purchasing service577
73899943Racetrack cleaning, except buildings7
73899944Relocation service729
73899945Salvaging of damaged merchandise, service only111
73899946Sewing contractor709
73899947Solvents recovery service24
73899948Swimming pool and hot tub service and maintenance12,067
73899949Tape slitting6
73899950Tobacco sheeting service1
73899951Tombstone engraving28
73899952Tourist information bureau1,199
73899953Translation services6,612
73899954Water softener service2,041
73899955Weighing, food and commodity45
73899956Welcoming services73
73899957Aquarium design and maintenance221
73899958Subscription fulfillment services: magazine, newspaper, etc.213
73899959Explosives recovery or extraction services23
73899960Estimating service, construction398
73899961Aquatic weed maintenance71
73899962Printers' services: folding, collating, etc.363
73899963Bicycle assembly service36
73899964Product endorsement service54
73899965Inventory stocking service96
73899966Document storage service263
73899967Tenant screening service56
73899999Business services at non-commercial site453,217