NAICS 561611

What is the NAICS code 561611?

The NAICS code 561611 is applied to those industries related to Investigation and Personal Background Check Services.

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing investigation, detective, and personal background check services.

Illustrative examples:

• Fingerprint services
• Private detective services
• Polygraph services
• Private investigative services (except credit)

Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 561611 in the North American Industry Classification System.

This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:

• 56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
• 561 - Administrative and Support Services
• 5616 - Investigation and Security Services
• 56161 - Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services
• 561611 - Investigation and Personal Background Check Services

Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 561611

NAFTA

This code is only used in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It´s to say, it is not used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Related codes

The NAICS industry 561611 has the following cross-references:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing credit checks are classified in Industry 561450, Credit Bureaus.

Related activities

Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Investigation and Personal Background Check Services industry (NAICS Code 561611):

• Background check services
• Bounty hunting services
• Detective agencies
• Fingerprint services
• Investigation services (except credit), private
• Investigators, private
• Lie detection services
• Missing person tracing services
• Polygraph services
• Private detective services
• Private investigation services (except credit)
• Skip tracing services