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 | 99,153 |
| 87420100 | Industrial and labor consulting services | 897 |
| 87420101 | Automation and robotics consultant | 934 |
| 87420102 | Industrial consultant | 789 |
| 87420103 | Industrial hygiene consultant | 151 |
| 87420104 | Maintenance management consultant | 673 |
| 87420105 | Management engineering | 346 |
| 87420106 | Manufacturing management consultant | 1,191 |
| 87420107 | Quality assurance consultant | 739 |
| 87420200 | Human resource consulting services | 4,674 |
| 87420201 | Compensation and benefits planning consultant | 1,445 |
| 87420202 | Incentive or award program consultant | 242 |
| 87420203 | Labor and union relations consultant | 125 |
| 87420204 | Personnel management consultant | 652 |
| 87420205 | Programmed instruction service | 423 |
| 87420206 | Training and development consultant | 7,624 |
| 87420300 | Marketing consulting services | 73,605 |
| 87420301 | Distribution channels consultant | 390 |
| 87420302 | Franchising consultant | 163 |
| 87420303 | Merchandising consultant | 296 |
| 87420304 | New products and services consultants | 465 |
| 87420305 | Sales (including sales management) consultant | 3,678 |
| 87420400 | Industry specialist consultants | 1,710 |
| 87420401 | Banking and finance consultant | 1,349 |
| 87420402 | Construction project management consultant | 2,384 |
| 87420403 | Food and beverage consultant | 1,020 |
| 87420404 | Hospital and health services consultant | 5,793 |
| 87420405 | Public utilities consultant | 233 |
| 87420406 | Real estate consultant | 6,308 |
| 87420407 | Restaurant and food services consultants | 1,522 |
| 87420408 | Retail trade consultant | 2,081 |
| 87420409 | School, college, univeristy consultant | 462 |
| 87420410 | Transportation consultant | 4,543 |
| 87420500 | Business planning and organizing services | 16,810 |
| 87420501 | Corporate objectives and policies consultant | 136 |
| 87420502 | Corporation organizing consultant | 251 |
| 87420503 | Materials mgmt. (purchasing, handling, inventory) consultant | 421 |
| 87420504 | New business start-up consultant | 640 |
| 87420505 | Planning consultant | 1,635 |
| 87429901 | Administrative services consultant | 2,078 |
| 87429902 | Business management consultant | 23,064 |
| 87429903 | Foreign trade consultant | 499 |
| 87429904 | General management consultant | 3,747 |
| 87429905 | Management information systems consultant | 1,858 |
| 87429906 | Productivity improvement consultant | 188 |
| 87429907 | Site location consultant | 138 |
| 87429908 | Financial consultant | 28,099 |
