Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

54161 - Management Consulting Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to other organizations on management issues, such as strategic and organizational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices and planning; and production scheduling and control planning.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • planning and designing industrial processes and systems (See 54133 Engineering Services)
  • planning and designing computer systems (See 54151 Computer Systems Design and Related Services)
  • developing and implementing public relations plans (See 54182 Public Relations Services)
  • developing and conducting marketing research or public opinion polling studies (See 54191 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling)
  • providing office or general administrative services on a day-to-day basis (See 56111 Office Administrative Services)
  • providing professional and management development training (See 61143 Professional and Management Development Training)

541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to other organizations on administrative management issues, such as financial planning and budgeting; equity and asset management; records management; office planning; strategic and organizational planning; site selection; new business start-up; and business process improvement. This Canadian industry also includes general management consultants that provide a full range of administrative; human resource; marketing; process, physical distribution and logistics; or other management consulting services to clients.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • providing office or general administrative services on a day-to-day basis (See 561110 Office Administrative Services)

• Example Activities:

  • Business start-up consulting services
  • Financial management consulting services (except investment advice)
  • General management consulting services
  • Records management consulting services
  • Reorganization consulting service
  • Site selection consulting services
  • Strategic planning consulting services
  • Administrative management consultants

541612 - Human Resource and Executive Search Consulting Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to other organizations on human resource management issues, such as human resource and personnel policies, practices and procedures; employee benefits planning, communication, and administration; compensation systems planning; wage and salary administration; and executive search and recruitment.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • providing professional and management development training (See 611430 Professional and Management Development Training)

• Example Activities:

  • Benefit consulting services
  • Compensation consulting services
  • Consulting services, labour relations
  • Consulting services, personnel management
  • Employee assessment consulting services
  • Employee compensation consulting services
  • Executive placement consulting services
  • Executive search consulting services
  • Actuarial consulting services
  • Human resource consulting services
  • Labour relation consulting services
  • Organization development consulting services
  • Personnel management consulting services

541619 - Other Management Consulting Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to other organizations on management issues.

• Example Activities:

  • Customer services management consulting services
  • Customs consulting services
  • Efficiency experts
  • Freight rate consulting service
  • Inventory planning and control management consulting services
  • Logistics management consulting services
  • Manufacturing operations improvement consulting services
  • Marketing consulting services
  • Materials management consulting services
  • New product development consulting services
  • Operations research consulting services
  • Physical distribution consulting services
  • Auditors, freight rate
  • Production planning and control consulting services
  • Productivity improvement consulting services
  • Sales management consulting services
  • Tariff consulting services
  • Telecommunications management consulting services