This major group covers establishments engaged in printing, publishing, and related services. It includes businesses that perform printing by common processes such as letterpress, lithography (including offset), gravure, and screen printing, as well as firms that provide support services to the trade like bookbinding, typesetting, and platemaking. The group also includes publishers of newspapers, periodicals, books, and other printed matter, whether or not they operate their own printing presses. Certain printing activities—such as textile printing, printing incidental to the manufacture of other products, or news syndication—are classified in other industry groups.
An establishment is classified in the appropriate industry group according to its primary publishing or printing activity. If printing is incidental to the production of another product, classification follows the primary product; service firms supporting the printing trade are classified in the service industries listed below.
Industry Group 271: Newspapers — Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
- 2711 Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
Industry Group 272: Periodicals — Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
- 2721 Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
Industry Group 273: Books
- 2731 Books: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
- 2732 Book Printing
Industry Group 274: Miscellaneous Publishing
- 2741 Miscellaneous Publishing
Industry Group 275: Commercial Printing
- 2752 Commercial Printing, Lithographic
- 2754 Commercial Printing, Gravure
- 2759 Commercial Printing, Not Elsewhere Classified
Industry Group 276: Manifold Business Forms
- 2761 Manifold Business Forms
Industry Group 277: Greeting Cards
Industry Group 278: Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, And Bookbinding
- 2782 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders and Devices
- 2789 Bookbinding and Related Work
Industry Group 279: Service Industries For The Printing Trade
- 2791 Typesetting
- 2796 Platemaking and Related Services