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.
The NAICS 7389 category, encompassing various business services not elsewhere classified, continues to evolve with several notable qualitative trends. One key trend is the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. Companies within this category are increasingly leveraging AI and ML for tasks such as data analytics, customer service automation, and operational efficiencies. The use of AI is expected to grow as businesses seek more personalized and scalable solutions.
Another significant trend is the rising demand for professional consulting services driven by digital transformation initiatives. With businesses across all sectors seeking to modernize their operations, demand for expertise in IT consulting, cybersecurity, and digital strategy is increasing. This trend is likely to continue as firms respond to rapidly changing technological landscapes and market demands.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend towards remote and hybrid work models, which has increased the need for virtual collaboration tools and remote project management services. This shift is likely to persist as companies recognize the benefits of flexible working arrangements, thereby fueling growth in these sub-sectors.
Sustainability and corporate social responsibility are also becoming prominent themes. Businesses are increasingly valuing vendors that can provide environmentally friendly services and promote sustainable practices. This trend reflects broader societal pressures for corporate environmental stewardship, which are expected to intensify in the coming years.
Looking ahead, these trends suggest a continuous growth trajectory for the sector, driven by technological advancements, digital transformation, remote work arrangements, and a greater emphasis on sustainability.
Agents and brokers for authors and nonperforming artist
Apparel pressing service for the trade
Appraisers, except real estate appraisers
Arbitration and conciliation services
Artists' agents and brokers, except performing artists
Auctioneering service on a commission or fee basis
Authors' agents and brokers
Automobile recovery service
Automobile repossession service
Automobile shows, flower shows, and home shows: promoters of
Bartering services for businesses
Batik work (handprinting on textiles)
Bondspersons
Bottle exchanges
Bronzing baby shoes
Business brokers (buying and selling business enterprises)
Charge account service (shopping plates) collection by individual
Check validation service
Cloth: cutting to length, bolting, or winding for textile distributors
Contractors' disbursement control
Convention bureaus
Convention decorators
Copyright protection service
Correct time service
Cosmetic kits, assembling and packaging
Cotton inspection service, not connected with transportation
Cotton sampler service
Coupon redemption service, except trading stamps
Credit card service (collection by individual firms)
Decoration service for special events
Demonstration service, separate from sale
Directories, telephone: distribution on a contract or fee basis
Divers, commercial
Drafting service, except temporary help
Drawback service, customs
Drive-a-way automobile service
Embroidering of advertising on shirts, etc.
Engrossing, e.g., diplomas and resolutions
Exhibits, building of: by industrial contractors
Field warehousing, not public warehousing
Filling pressure containers (aerosol) with hair spray, insecticides, etc.
Fire extinguishers, service of
Firefighting service, other than forestry or public
Flagging service (traffic control)
Floats, decoration of
Florists' telegraph service
Folding and refolding service: textile and apparel
Fundraising on a contract or fee basis
Gas systems, contract conversion from manufactured to natural gas
Handtool designers
Handwriting analysis
Hosiery pairing on a contract or fee basis
Hotel reservation service
Identification engraving service
Inspection of commodities, not connected with transportation
Interior decorating consulting service, except painters and paper
Interior designing service, except painters and paper hangers
Inventory computing service
Labeling bottles, cans, cartons, etc. for the trade: not printing
Laminating of photographs (coating photographs with plastics)
Lecture bureaus
Lettering service
Liquidators of merchandise on a contract or fee basis
Mannequin decorating service
Map drafting service
Mapmaking, including aerial
Message service, telephone answering except beeper service
Metal slitting and shearing on a contract or fee basis
Meter readers, remote
Microfilm recording and developing service
Mounting merchandise on cards on a contract or fee basis
Music distribution systems, except coin-operated
Notaries public
Packaging and labeling service (not packing and crating)
Paralegal service
Parcel packing service (packaging)
Patent brokers
Patrol of electric transmission or gas lines
Photogrammetric mapping service (not professional engineers)
Photographic library service, still
Photography brokers
Pipeline and power line inspection services
Playwrights' brokers
Post office contract stations
Presorting mail service
Press clipping service
Printed circuitry graphic layout
Process serving service
Produce weighing service, not connected with transportation
Product sterilization service
Promoters of home shows and flower shows
Racetrack cleaning, except buildings
Radio broadcasting music checkers
Radio transcription service
Recording studios on a contract or fee basis
Redemption of trading stamps
Repossession service
Restaurant reservation service
Rug binding for the trade
Safety inspection service, except automotive
Salvaging of damaged merchandise, not engaged in sales
Sampling of commodities, not connected with transportation
Scrap steel cutting on a contract or fee basis
Shoe designers
Showcard painting
Shrinking textiles for tailors and dressmakers
Sign painting and lettering shops
Solvents recovery service on a contract or fee basis
Speakers' bureaus
Sponging textiles for tailors and dressmakers
Styling of fashions, apparel, furniture, and textiles
Styling wigs for the trade
Swimming pool cleaning and maintenance
Switchboard operation of private branch exchanges
Tape slitting for the trade (cutting plastics, leather, etc. into widths)
Tax collection agencies: collecting for a city, county, or State
Tax title dealers: agencies for city, county, or State
Telemarketing (telephone marketing) service on a contract or fee basis
Telephone answering, except beeper service
Telephone solicitation service on a contract or fee basis
Textile designers
Textile folding and packing services
Time-share condominium exchanges
Tobacco sheeting service on a contract or fee basis
Tourist information bureaus
Trade show arrangement
Trading stamp promotion and sale to stores
Trading stamp redemption
Translation service
Water softener service
Weighing foods and other commodities not connected with
Welcoming service
Window trimming service
Yacht brokers
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