SIC Industry Description

Industry: 8742—Management Consulting Services
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 consultantsMarketing consultants
General management consultantsOperations research consultants
Human resource consultantsPersonnel management consultants, except employment service
Management engineering consultantsPhysical distribution consultants
Management information systems consultantsSite location consultants
Manufacturing management consultants
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
8742Management Consulting Services312,134
874200Management consulting services102,269
87420000Management consulting services102,269
874201Industrial and labor consulting services5,855
87420100Industrial and labor consulting services863
87420101Automation and robotics consultant954
87420102Industrial consultant829
87420103Industrial hygiene consultant158
87420104Maintenance management consultant709
87420105Management engineering362
87420106Manufacturing management consultant1,202
87420107Quality assurance consultant778
874202Human resource consulting services15,301
87420200Human resource consulting services4,713
87420201Compensation and benefits planning consultant1,498
87420202Incentive or award program consultant247
87420203Labor and union relations consultant132
87420204Personnel management consultant698
87420205Programmed instruction service442
87420206Training and development consultant7,571
874203Marketing consulting services78,952
87420300Marketing consulting services73,604
87420301Distribution channels consultant411
87420302Franchising consultant175
87420303Merchandising consultant316
87420304New products and services consultants486
87420305Sales (including sales management) consultant3,960
874204Industry specialist consultants28,329
87420400Industry specialist consultants1,753
87420401Banking and finance consultant1,435
87420402Construction project management consultant2,506
87420403Food and beverage consultant1,136
87420404Hospital and health services consultant5,998
87420405Public utilities consultant243
87420406Real estate consultant6,347
87420407Restaurant and food services consultants1,606
87420408Retail trade consultant2,064
87420409School, college, univeristy consultant482
87420410Transportation consultant4,759
874205Business planning and organizing services21,333
87420500Business planning and organizing services18,071
87420501Corporate objectives and policies consultant145
87420502Corporation organizing consultant257
87420503Materials mgmt. (purchasing, handling, inventory) consultant468
87420504New business start-up consultant662
87420505Planning consultant1,730
874299Management consulting services, nec60,095
87429901Administrative services consultant2,115
87429902Business management consultant23,442
87429903Foreign trade consultant521
87429904General management consultant3,884
87429905Management information systems consultant1,914
87429906Productivity improvement consultant207
87429907Site location consultant151
87429908Financial consultant27,790