
All Other Personal Services
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services (except personal care services, death care services, drycleaning and laundry services, pet care services, photofinishing services, or parking space and/or valet parking services). Illustrative Examples: Bail bonding or bondsperson services Shoeshine services Coin- or card-operated personal services machine (e.g., blood pressure, locker, photographic, scale, shoeshine) concession operators Social escort services Consumer buying services Wedding planning services Dating services Personal fitness training services
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Other Services (except Public Administration) sector comprises establishments engaged in providing services not specifically provided for elsewhere in the classification system. Establishments in this sector are primarily engaged in activities such as equipment and machinery repairing, promoting or administering religious activities, grantmaking, advocacy, and providing drycleaning and laundry services, personal care services, death care services, pet care (except veterinary) services, photofinishing services, temporary parking services, and dating services. Private households that engage in employing workers on or about the premises in activities primarily concerned with the operation of the household are included in this sector. Excluded from this sector are establishments primarily engaged in retailing new equipment and also performing repairs and general maintenance on equipment. These establishments are classified in Sector 44-45, Retail Trade. |
| 812 | Personal and Laundry Services 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Personal and Laundry Services subsector group establishments that provide personal and laundry services to individuals, households, and businesses. Services performed include: personal care services; death care services; laundry and drycleaning services; and a wide range of other personal services, such as pet care (except veterinary) services, photofinishing services, temporary parking services, and dating services. The Personal and Laundry Services subsector is by no means all-inclusive of the services that could be termed personal services (i.e., those provided to individuals rather than businesses). There are many other subsectors, as well as sectors, that provide services to persons. Establishments providing legal, accounting, tax preparation, architectural, portrait photography, and similar professional services are classified in Sector 54, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; those providing job placement, travel arrangement, home security, interior and exterior house cleaning, exterminating, lawn and garden care, and similar support services are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; those providing health and social services are classified in Sector 62, Health Care and Social Assistance; those providing amusement and recreation services are classified in Sector 71, Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; those providing educational instruction are classified in Sector 61, Educational Services; those providing repair services are classified in Subsector 811, Repair and Maintenance; and those providing spiritual, civic, and advocacy services are classified in Subsector 813, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations. |
| 8129 | Other Personal Services 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services (except personal care services, death care services, or drycleaning and laundry services). |
| 81299 | All Other Personal Services 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 812990. |
| 812990 | All Other Personal Services 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing personal services (except personal care services, death care services, drycleaning and laundry services, pet care services, photofinishing services, or parking space and/or valet parking services). Illustrative Examples: Bail bonding or bondsperson services Shoeshine services Coin- or card-operated personal services machine (e.g., blood pressure, locker, photographic, scale, shoeshine) concession operators Social escort services Consumer buying services Wedding planning services Dating services Personal fitness training services |
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Classification References
- 01Providing personal care services--are classified in Industry Group 8121, Personal Care Services;
- 02Providing death care services--are classified in Industry Group 8122, Death Care Services;
- 03Providing drycleaning and laundry services--are classified in Industry Group 8123, Drycleaning and Laundry Services;
- 04Providing pet care (except veterinary) services--are classified in Industry 812910, Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services;
- 05Practicing veterinary medicine--are classified in Industry 541940, Veterinary Services;
- 06Providing photofinishing services--are classified in Industry 81292, Photofinishing;
- 07Providing parking space for motor vehicles and/or valet parking services--are classified in Industry 812930, Parking Lots and Garages; and
- 08Providing non-medical home care or homemaker services for the elderly or persons with disabilities--are classified in Industry 624120, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities.
Index Items
Astrology services
Baby shoe bronzing services
Bail bonding services
Balloon-o-gram services
Blood pressure testing machine concession operators, coin- or card-operated
Bondsperson services
Check room services
Coin- or card-operated personal service machine (e.g., blood pressure, locker, photographic, scale, shoeshine) concession operators
Comfort station operation
Concierge services
Consumer buying services
Credit card notification services (i.e., lost or stolen card reporting)
Dating services
Discount buying services, including medical cards and similar negotiated discount plans for individuals
Doula services (providing coaching and support during childbirth)
Escort services, social
Fortune-telling services
Genealogical investigation services
House sitting services
Identity theft protection services
Introduction services, social
Lockers, coin- or card-operated, rental
Numerology services
Online dating services (through a website or mobile application)
Organizer services, personal
Palm reading services
Party planning services
Pay telephone equipment concession operators
Personal chef services
Personal fitness training services
Personal organizer services
Personal shopping services
Photographic machine concession operators, coin- or card-operated
Porter services
Psychic services
Rest room operation
Shoeshine parlors
Shoeshine services
Shopping services, personal
Singing telegram services
Sitting services, house
Social escort services
Telegram services, singing
Wedding chapels (except churches)
Wedding planning services
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 812990.
United States Chamber of Commerce
Official industry resources and business tools from the major US trade organization
Census.gov NAICS Search
Government data page defining the scope and statistics for the 'All Other Personal Services' category
National Federation of Personal Service Associations
Trade association dedicated to representing the interests of personal service and hospitality businesses