Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing operating counsel and assistance to managements of private, nonprofit, and public organizations. These establishments generally perform a variety of activities, such as strategic and organizational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; information systems planning, evaluation and selection; human resource policies and practices planning; and production scheduling and control planning. These establishments are characterized by the breadth and scope of the problems they address.
| Administrative management consultants | Marketing consultants |
| General management consultants | Operations research consultants |
| Human resource consultants | Personnel management consultants, except employment service |
| Management engineering consultants | Physical distribution consultants |
| Management information systems consultants | Site location consultants |
| Manufacturing management consultants | |
| Codes |
Titles | Total Marketable US Businesses |
| 87420000 | Management consulting services | 94,320 |
| 87420100 | Industrial and labor consulting services | 758 |
| 87420101 | Automation and robotics consultant | 928 |
| 87420102 | Industrial consultant | 768 |
| 87420103 | Industrial hygiene consultant | 156 |
| 87420104 | Maintenance management consultant | 666 |
| 87420105 | Management engineering | 357 |
| 87420106 | Manufacturing management consultant | 1,144 |
| 87420107 | Quality assurance consultant | 745 |
| 87420200 | Human resource consulting services | 4,415 |
| 87420201 | Compensation and benefits planning consultant | 1,477 |
| 87420202 | Incentive or award program consultant | 244 |
| 87420203 | Labor and union relations consultant | 129 |
| 87420204 | Personnel management consultant | 698 |
| 87420205 | Programmed instruction service | 429 |
| 87420206 | Training and development consultant | 7,127 |
| 87420300 | Marketing consulting services | 66,351 |
| 87420301 | Distribution channels consultant | 398 |
| 87420302 | Franchising consultant | 179 |
| 87420303 | Merchandising consultant | 308 |
| 87420304 | New products and services consultants | 467 |
| 87420305 | Sales (including sales management) consultant | 3,650 |
| 87420400 | Industry specialist consultants | 1,707 |
| 87420401 | Banking and finance consultant | 1,408 |
| 87420402 | Construction project management consultant | 2,417 |
| 87420403 | Food and beverage consultant | 1,100 |
| 87420404 | Hospital and health services consultant | 5,824 |
| 87420405 | Public utilities consultant | 242 |
| 87420406 | Real estate consultant | 5,932 |
| 87420407 | Restaurant and food services consultants | 1,473 |
| 87420408 | Retail trade consultant | 1,749 |
| 87420409 | School, college, univeristy consultant | 487 |
| 87420410 | Transportation consultant | 4,011 |
| 87420500 | Business planning and organizing services | 17,762 |
| 87420501 | Corporate objectives and policies consultant | 140 |
| 87420502 | Corporation organizing consultant | 244 |
| 87420503 | Materials mgmt. (purchasing, handling, inventory) consultant | 447 |
| 87420504 | New business start-up consultant | 646 |
| 87420505 | Planning consultant | 1,666 |
| 87429901 | Administrative services consultant | 1,872 |
| 87429902 | Business management consultant | 21,994 |
| 87429903 | Foreign trade consultant | 511 |
| 87429904 | General management consultant | 3,833 |
| 87429905 | Management information systems consultant | 1,777 |
| 87429906 | Productivity improvement consultant | 203 |
| 87429907 | Site location consultant | 146 |
| 87429908 | Financial consultant | 26,550 |
