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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Users' Guide
Industry Definition and Related Industries
Industry Establishments, Sales & Employment Trends
Industry Ratios
Establishments, Firms & Payroll
Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Number of Establishments
Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Number of Employees
5-Year Trend - Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
5-Year Trend - Estimated Number of Establishments
5-Year Trend - Estimated Number of Employees
2010 U.S. States - Estimated Number of Establishments
2010 U.S. States - Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
2010 U.S. States - Estimated Number of Employees
2011 U.S. States - Estimated Number of Establishments
2011 U.S. States - Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
2011 U.S. States - Estimated Number of Employees
2010 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Number of Establishments
2010 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
2010 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Number of Employees
2011 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Number of Establishments
2011 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
2011 U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Estimated Number of Employees
Definitions and Terms
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
USERS' GUIDE
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
Industry Definition and Related Industries
NAICS 56131: Employment Placement Agencies. This industry comprises
establishments primarily engaged in listing employment vacancies and in
referring or placing applicants for employment. The individuals referred or
placed are not employees of the employment agencies.
Related Industries
Human Resources & Executive Search Consulting
Temporary Help Services
Professional Employer Organizations
U.S. Census Categories
NAICS 56131 – Employment Placement Agencies is
47% comparable to SIC 7361 – Employment Placement Agencies
7% comparable to SIC 7922 – Casting Agencies
Sub-Industries
Employment agencies
Placement agencies
Executive placement
Labor contractors (employment agency)
Ship crew agency
Teachers' agency
Registries
Chauffeur registry
Maid registry
Model registry
Nurses' registry
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
Industry Establishments, Sales & Employment Trends
Year Percent Chg. Year-to-Year
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
Establishments 8,816 8,973 8,730 8,630 8,541 1.8% -2.7% -1.1% -1.0%
Sales ($Millions) 18,609 18,885 17,187 16,650 16,300 1.5% -9.0% -3.1% -2.1%
Employment 246,971 251,180 244,618 241,640 239,132 1.7% -2.6% -1.2% -1.0%
Industry Ratios
Year Percent Chg. Year-to-Year
(Industry Averages) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
Sales ($M)/Estab. 2.11 2.10 1.97 1.93 1.91 -0.3% -6.5% -2.0% -1.1%
Sales ($)/Emp. 75,347 75,184 70,261 68,903 68,164 -0.2% -6.5% -1.9% -1.1%
Emps. per Estab. 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 -0.1% 0.1% -0.1% 0.0%
Establishments, Firms & Payroll
Employee Size of Firm or Establishment
2009 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-99 100-499 500+ Total
Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps.
Firms 9,353 2,077 1,437 2,130 886 285 16,169
Establishments 699 619 1,093 5,104 5,441 3,214 16,169
Payroll ($000) 516 313 425 1,479 1,947 2,114 6,794
* Firms (total company) are represented by employee size of firm.
Establishments (individual locations) are represented by employee size of establishments.
"Total establishments" do not include "unknown employees" so will not match "total establishments" in other parts of the report.
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
Sub-Industries – 2009 Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
Total
Sub-Industries Sales
Employment agencies $5,342.9
Placement agencies $653.3
Executive placement $1,151.7
Labor contractors (employment $468.5
Ship crew agency $36.7
Teachers' agency $24.9
Registries $35.1
Chauffeur registry $1.4
Maid registry $1.4
Model registry $4.2
Nurses' registry $873.5
Sub-Industries – 2009 Estimated Number of Establishments
Total
Sub-Industries Establishments
Employment agencies 2,808
Placement agencies 264
Executive placement 771
Labor contractors (employment agenc 158
Ship crew agency 8
Teachers' agency 41
Registries 43
Chauffeur registry 3
Maid registry 3
Model registry 5
Nurses' registry 259
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
Sub-Industries – 2009 Estimated Number of Employees
Total
Sub-Industries Employment
Employment agencies 81,064
Placement agencies 7,279
Executive placement 12,833
Labor contractors (employment agenc 7,539
Ship crew agency 171
Teachers' agency 328
Registries 876
Chauffeur registry 18
Maid registry 16
Model registry 52
Nurses' registry 12,133
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Employment Placement Agencies Industry
(NAICS 56131)
5-Year Trend – Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions)
Employee Size of Establishment Total
Year 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 >1000 Un- Industry
Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. known Sales
Emps.
2007 756 670 1,184 2,647 2,879 3,572 2,320 1,800 1,680 1,100 18,609
2008 768 681 1,202 2,688 2,924 3,627 2,356 1,828 1,706 1,105 18,885
2009 699 619 1,093 2,445 2,659 3,299 2,142 1,662 1,551 1,018 17,187
2010 677 600 1,059 2,370 2,577 3,197 2,077 1,611 1,504 977 16,650
2011 663 587 1,037 2,320 2,523 3,130 2,033 1,577 1,472 956 16,300
5-Year Trend – Estimated Number of Establishments
Employee Size of Establishment Total
Year 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 >1000 Un- Establish-
Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. known ments
Emps.
2007 4,728 1,117 789 854 488 376 116 45 21 280 8,816
2008 4,812 1,137 803 869 497 383 118 46 21 285 8,970
2009 4,682 1,106 781 846 483 372 115 45 21 277 8,731
2010 4,628 1,093 772 836 478 368 114 44 21 274 8,628
2011 4,581 1,082 764 827 473 364 112 44 20 271 8,539
5-Year Trend – Estimated Number of Employees
Employee Size of Establishment Total
Year 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 >1000 Un- Employ-
Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. known ment