56141

Document Preparation Services

See industry description for 561410.

56142

Telephone Call Centers

This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in answering telephone calls and relaying messages to clients and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing telemarketing services on a contract or fee basis for others, such as promoting clients' products or services by telephone; taking orders for clients by telephone; and soliciting contributions or providing information for clients by telephone. Telemarketing establishments never own the product or provide the service that they are representing and generally originate and/or receive calls for others. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

["Providing paging and beeper transmission services--are classified in Industry 51731, Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers;","Organizing and conducting fundraising campaigns on a contract or fee basis, that may include telephone solicitation services--are classified in Industry 56149, Other Business Support Services; and","Gathering, recording, tabulating, and presenting marketing and public opinion data, that may include telephone canvassing services--are classified in Industry 54191, Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling."]

56143

Business Service Centers

This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing mailbox rental and other postal and mailing services (except direct mail advertising); (2) establishments, generally known as copy centers or shops, primarily engaged in providing photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, and other document copying services without also providing printing services (i.e., offset printing, quick printing, digital printing, prepress services); and (3) establishments that provide a range of office support services (except printing services), such as mailing services, document copying services, facsimile services, word processing services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales. Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

["Operating contract post offices--are classified in Industry 49111, Postal Service;","Delivering letters and parcels (except under a universal service obligation)--are classified in Subsector 492, Couriers and Messengers;","Providing voice mailbox services--are classified in Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers;","Providing direct mail advertising services--are classified in Industry 54186, Direct Mail Advertising;","Providing full service office space, whether on a lease or service contract basis--are classified in Industry 53112, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses);","Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers--are classified in Industry 32311, Printing; and","Providing only one of the support services (e.g., word processing services) that establishments in this industry provide--are classified in the appropriate industry according to the service provided."]

56144

Collection Agencies

See industry description for 561440.

56145

Credit Bureaus

See industry description for 561450.

56149

Other Business Support Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services (except secretarial and other document preparation services; telephone answering or telemarketing services; private mail services or document copying services conducted as separate activities or in conjunction with other office support services; monetary debt collection services; and credit reporting services). Illustrative Examples: Address bar coding services Mail presorting services Bar code imprinting services Real-time (i.e., simultaneous) closed captioning of live television performances, meetings, conferences Court reporting services Repossession services Fundraising organization services on a contract or fee basis Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

["Providing secretarial and other document preparation services--are classified in Industry 56141, Document Preparation Services;","Providing telephone answering or telemarketing services--are classified in Industry 56142, Telephone Call Centers;","Providing private mail services; document copying services (except printing services); and/or a range of office support services (except printing)--are classified in Industry 56143, Business Service Centers;","Providing document copying services in combination with printing services, with or without a range of other office support services, and establishments known as quick or digital printers--are classified in Industry 32311, Printing;","Providing monetary debt collection services--are classified in Industry 56144, Collection Agencies;","Providing credit reporting services--are classified in Industry 56145, Credit Bureaus; and","Providing film or tape captioning or subtitling services--are classified in Industry 51219, Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries."]