Variant of NAICS 2012 - Labour Force

8.2.5 - Business, building and other support services

This classification variant comprises establishments coded to 'Management of companies and enterprises' (NAICS 55) and to 'Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services' (NAICS 56).

Management of companies and enterprises comprises establishments primarily engaged in managing companies and enterprises and/or holding the securities or financial assets of companies and enterprises, for the purpose of owning a controlling interest in them and/or influencing their management decisions. They may undertake the function of management, or they may entrust the function of financial management to portfolio managers.

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services comprises establishments of two different types: those primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations; and those primarily engaged in waste management activities.

The first type of establishment is engaged in activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken, in-house, by establishments found in many sectors of the economy. The establishments classified to this sector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households.

Waste management establishments are engaged in the collection, treatment and disposal of waste material, the operation of material recovery facilities, the remediation of polluted sites and the cleaning of septic tanks.

56 - Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

This sector comprises establishments of two different types: those primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations; and those primarily engaged in waste management activities.

The first type of establishment is engaged in activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken, in-house, by establishments found in many sectors of the economy. The establishments classified to this sector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households.

Waste management establishments are engaged in the collection, treatment and disposal of waste material, the operation of material recovery facilities, the remediation of polluted sites and the cleaning of septic tanks.

561 - Administrative and support services

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations. This includes activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken in-house by establishments found in many sectors of the economy. The establishments of this subsector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. The individual industries of this subsector are defined on the basis of the particular process in which they are engaged and the particular services they provide.

5611 - Office administrative services

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in administering, directing or coordinating a range of day-to-day business operations, such as financing, billing and record keeping; personnel; physical distribution; and providing other administrative and managerial services. These establishments do not provide the operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a client's business.

56111 - Office administrative services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in administering, directing or coordinating a range of day-to-day business operations, such as financing, billing and record keeping; personnel; physical distribution; and providing other administrative and managerial services. These establishments do not provide the operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a client's business.

561110 - Office administrative services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in administering, directing or coordinating a range of day-to-day business operations, such as financing, billing and record keeping; personnel; physical distribution; and providing other administrative and managerial services. These establishments do not provide the operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a client's business.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • administrative management services
  • business management services
  • management service, with no operating staff furnished (except complete operations of client business)
  • managing doctors' offices

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • providing farm management services(11)
  • providing construction management services is classified by the type of project managed (See 23 Construction)
  • providing computer facilities management services (See 541514 Computer systems design and related services (except video game design and development))
  • providing management advice (See 54161 Management consulting services)
  • holding the securities of other businesses, for the purpose of exercising control (See 551113 Holding companies)
  • providing general management and/or administrative support services to affiliated establishments (See 551114 Head offices)
  • providing both management and operating staff, on contract, for the complete operation of a client's establishment, such as a hotel, restaurant or hospital (classified according to the primary activity of the establishment operated)