North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2007 - Labour Force Survey

8.2 - Service-Producing Industries

This special aggregation comprises establishments coded to 'Wholesale Trade' (NAICS 41), 'Retail Trade' (NAICS 44-45), 'Transportation and storage' (NAICS 48-49), 'Information and Cultural Industries' (NAICS 51), 'Finance and Insurance' (NAICS 52), 'Real Estate and Rental and Leasing' (NAICS 53), 'Professional, Scientific and Technical Services' (NAICS 54), 'Management of Companies and Enterprises' (NAICS 55), 'Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services' (NAICS 56), 'Educational Services' (NAICS 61), 'Health Care and Social Assistance' (NAICS 62), 'Arts, Entertainment and Recreation' (NAICS 71), 'Accommodation and Food Services' (NAICS 72), 'Other Services (except Public Administration)' (NAICS 81) and to 'Public Administration (NAICS 91)

8.2.3 - Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental and Leasing

This special aggregation comprises establishments coded to 'Finance and Insurance' (NAICS 52) and to 'Real Estate and Rental and Leasing' (NAICS 53)

53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting, leasing or otherwise allowing the use of tangible or intangible assets. Establishments primarily engaged in managing real estate for others; selling, renting and/or buying of real estate for others; and appraising real estate, are also included.

532 - Rental and Leasing Services

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, consumer goods, and industrial machinery and equipment, to customers in return for a periodic payment.

The subsector includes two main types of establishments:

- those that are engaged in renting consumer goods and equipment; and

- those that are engaged in leasing machinery and equipment of the kind often used for business operations.

The first type typically operates from a retail-like or store-front facility and maintains inventories of goods that are rented for short periods of time.

The latter type typically does not operate from retail-like locations or maintain inventories, and offers longer-term leases. These establishments work directly with clients by providing or arranging financing to enable them to acquire the use of equipment on a lease basis; or they work with equipment vendors or dealers to support the marketing of equipment to their customers under lease arrangements. Equipment lessors generally structure lease contracts to meet the specialized needs of their clients and use their remarketing expertise to find other users for previously leased equipment. Establishments that provide operating and financial leases are included in this subsector.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • renting or leasing intangibles or intellectual property (see 51 Information and Cultural Industries or 533 Lessors of Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except CopyrightedWorks) or 54 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services or 71 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation)
  • leasing and providing loans to buyers of goods and equipment, or to vendors and dealers to finance their inventories (See 52222 Sales Financing)
  • leasing real property (See 531 Real Estate)
  • employee leasing services (See 56133 Professional Employer Organizations)
  • renting or leasing equipment with operators (classified in various subsectors of NAICS depending on the nature of the service provided)

5321 - Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing vehicles, such as passenger cars, passenger vans, trucks, truck tractors, buses, semi-trailers, utility trailers and RVs (recreational vehicles), without drivers. These establishments generally operate from a retail-like facility, some offer only short-term rental, others only longer-term leases, and some provide both type of services.

53212 - Truck, Utility Trailer and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing trucks, truck tractors, buses, semi-trailers, utility trailers and RVs (recreational vehicles), without drivers.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • retailing vehicles commonly referred to as RVs through sales or lease arrangements (See 44121 Recreational Vehicle Dealers)
  • leasing and providing loans to buyers of goods and equipment, or to vendors and dealers to finance their inventories (See 52222 Sales Financing)
  • renting or leasing mobile home sites (See 53119 Lessors of Other Real Estate Property)
  • renting recreational goods, such as pleasure boats, canoes, motorcycles, mopeds or bicycles (See 53229 Other Consumer Goods Rental)
  • renting or leasing industrial trucks, such as forklifts, materials handling equipment, farm tractors and other industrial equipment (See 53249 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing)

532120 - Truck, Utility Trailer and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing trucks, truck tractors, buses, semi-trailers, utility trailers and RVs (recreational vehicles), without drivers.

• Example Activities:

  • Bus rental, without driver
  • Motor home rental
  • Recreational trailer rental
  • Rental of trailers
  • Renting travel, camping, or recreational trailers
  • Tractor rental (truck), without drivers
  • Truck rental (except industrial), without drivers
  • Utility trailer rental