SIC Codes - Division D - Major Group 27: Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries

Major Group 27: Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries

This major group includes establishments engaged in printing by one or more common processes, such as letterpress; lithography (including offset), gravure, or screen; and those establishments which perform services for the printing trade, such as bookbinding and platemaking. This major group also includes establishments engaged in publishing newspapers, books, and periodicals, regardless of whether or not they do their own printing. News syndicates are classified in Services, Industry 7383. Establishments primarily engaged in textile printing and finishing fabrics are classified in Major Group 22, and those engaged in printing and stamping on fabric articles are classified in Industry 2396. Establishments manufacturing products that contain incidental printing, such as advertising or instructions, are classified according to the nature of the products for example, as cartons, bags, plastics film, or paper.

Industry Group 271: Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
- 2711 Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  Establishments primarily engaged in publishing newspapers, or in publishing and printing newspapers. These establishments carry on the various operations necessary for issuing newspapers, including the gathering of news and the preparation of editorials and advertisements, but may or may not perform their own printing. Commercial printing is frequently carried on by establishments engaged in publishing and printing newspapers, but, even though the commercial printing may be of major importance, such establishments are included in this industry. Establishments not engaged in publishing newspapers, but which print newspapers for publishers, are classified in Industry Group 275. News syndicates are classified in Services, Industry 7383.
  - Commercial printing and newspaper publishing combined
  - Job printing and newspaper publishing combined
  - Newspaper branch offices, editorial and advertising
  - Newspapers: publishing and printing, or publishing only
Industry Group 272: Periodicals, Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
- 2721 Periodicals: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  Establishments primarily engaged in publishing periodicals, or in publishing and printing periodicals. These establishments carry on the various operations necessary for issuing periodicals, but may or may not perform their own printing. Establishments not engaged in publishing periodicals, but which print periodicals for publishers, are classified in Industry Group 275.
  - Comic books: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Magazines: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Periodicals: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Statistical reports (periodicals), publishing and printing, or publishing
  - Television schedules: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Trade journals, publishing and printing, or publishing only
Industry Group 273: Books
- 2731 Books: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing
  Establishments primarily engaged in publishing, or in publishing and printing, books and pamphlets. Establishments primarily engaged in printing or in printing and binding (but not publishing) books and pamphlets are classified in Industry 2732.
  - Book club publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Books: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Music books: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Pamphlets: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Textbooks: publishing and printing, or publishing only
- 2732 Book Printing
  Establishments primarily engaged in printing, or in printing and binding, books and pamphlets, but not engaged in publishing. Establishments primarily engaged in publishing, or in publishing and printing, books and pamphlets are classified in Industry 2731. Establishments engaged in both printing and binding books, but primarily binding books printed elsewhere, are classified in Industry 2789.
  - Books: printing or printing and binding, not publishing
  - Music books: printing or printing and binding, not publishing
  - Pamphlets: printing or printing and binding, not publishing
  - Textbooks: printing or printing and binding, not publishing
Industry Group 274 Miscellaneous Publishing
- 2741 Miscellaneous Publishing
  Establishments primarily engaged in miscellaneous publishing activities, not elsewhere classified, whether or not engaged in printing. Establishments primarily engaged in offering financial, credit, or other business services, and which may publish directories as part of this service, are classified in Division I, Services.
  - Atlases: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Business service newsletters: publishing and printing, or publishing
  - Calendars: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Catalogs: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Directories: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Globe covers (maps): publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Guides: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Maps: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Micropublishing
  - Multimedia educational kits: publishing and printing, or publishing
  - Music, sheet: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Patterns, paper, including clothing patterns: publishing and printing,
  - Race track programs: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Racing forms: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Shopping news: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Technical manuals and papers: publishing and printing, or publishing
  - Telephone directories: publishing and printing, or publishing only
  - Yearbooks: publishing and printing, or publishing only
Industry Group 275 Commercial Printing
- 2752 Commercial Printing, Lithographic
  Establishments primarily engaged in printing by the lithographic process. The greater part of the work in this industry is performed on a job or custom basis; but in some cases lithographed calendars, maps, posters, decalcomanias, or other products are made for sale. Offset printing, photo-offset printing, and photolithographing are also included in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in lithographing books and pamphlets, without publishing, are classified in Industry 2732. Establishments primarily engaged in publishing or printing greeting cards are classified in Industry 2771. Establishments primarily engaged in preparing lithographic or offset plates and in related services are classified in Industry 2796. Establishments primarily engaged in providing photocopying services are classified in Services, Industry 7334.
  - Advertising posters, lithographed
  - Atlases, lithographed
  - Billheads, lithographed
  - Bread wrappers, lithographed
  - Business forms, except manifold: lithographed
  - Calendars, lithographed: not published
  - Cards, lithographed
  - Circulars, lithographed
  - Color cards, paint: offset printing
  - Color lithography
  - Coupons, lithographed
  - Decalcomanias (dry transfers), lithographed
  - Fashion plates, lithographed
  - Instant printing, except photocopy service
  - Labels, lithographed
  - Letters, circular and form: lithographed
  - Lithographing on metal or paper
  - Maps, lithographed
  - Menus, lithographed
  - Newspapers, lithographed: not published
  - Offset printing
  - Periodicals, lithographed: not published
  - Photo-offset printing
  - Photolithographing
  - Planographing
  - Playing cards, lithographed
  - Postcards, picture: lithographed
  - Posters, lithographed
  - Printing from lithographic or offset plates
  - Printing, commercial or job: lithographic and offset
  - Printing, lithographic
  - Quick printing, except photocopy service
  - Schedules, transportation: lithographic
  - Seals, lithographed
  - Souvenir cards, lithographed
  - Tags, lithographed
  - Tickets, lithographed
  - Trading stamps, lithographed
  - Transferring designs (lithographing)
  - Transfers, decalcomania and dry: lithographed
  - Visiting cards, lithographed
  - Wrappers, lithographed
- 2754 Commercial Printing, Gravure
  Establishments primarily engaged in gravure printing. Establishments primarily engaged in making and preparing plates for printing are classified in Industry 2796.
  - Bread wrappers: gravure printing
  - Business forms, except manifold: gravure printing
  - Calendars, gravure printing not publishing
  - Cards, except greeting: gravure printing
  - Catalogs: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Circulars: gravure printing
  - Color printing: gravure
  - Coupons: gravure printing
  - Directories: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Envelopes: gravure printing
  - Facsimile letters: gravure printing
  - Fashion plates: gravure printing
  - Gravure printing
  - Imprinting: gravure
  - Intaglio printing
  - Labels: gravure printing
  - Letters, circular and form: gravure printing
  - Magazines: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Maps: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Menus: gravure printing
  - Music, sheet: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Newspapers: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Periodicals: gravure printing (not publishing)
  - Photogravure printing
  - Playing cards: gravure printing
  - Postcards, picture: gravure printing
  - Posters: gravure printing
  - Printing, commercial or job: gravure
  - Printing: gravure, photogravure, rotary photogravure, and rotogravure
  - Rotary photogravure printing
  - Rotogravure printing
  - Schedules, transportation: gravure printing
  - Seals: gravure printing
  - Souvenir cards: gravure printing
  - Stationery: gravure printing
  - Telephone directories, gravure printing not publishing
  - Tickets: gravure printing
  - Trading stamps: gravure printing
  - Visiting cards: gravure printing
  - Wrappers: gravure printing
- 2759 Commercial Printing, Not Elsewhere Classified
  Establishments primarily engaged in commercial or job printing, not elsewhere classified. This industry includes general printing shops, not elsewhere classified, as well as shops specializing in printing newspapers and periodicals for others.
  - Announcements, engraved
  - Bags, plastics: printed only, except lithographed or gravure (bags not
  - Banknotes, engraved
  - Bread wrappers, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Business forms, except manifold, lithographed or gravure printed
  - Calendars, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Cards, except greeting cards: engraving of
  - Cards, printed: except greeting, lithographed or gravure
  - Catalogs, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Circulars, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Color printing: except lithographed or gravure
  - Coupons, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Currency, engraving of
  - Decalcomanias, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Directories, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Embossing on paper
  - Envelopes, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Fashion plates, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Flexographic printing
  - Gummed labels and seals, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Half-tones, engraved
  - Imprinting, except lithographed or gravure
  - Invitations, engraved
  - Labels, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Letterpress printing
  - Letters, circular and form: except lithographed or gravure printed
  - Magazines, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Maps, engraved
  - Maps, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Menus, except lithographed or gravure printed
  - Music, sheet: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Newspapers, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Periodicals, printed: except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Plateless engraving
  - Playing cards, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Postcards, picture: except lithographed or gravure printed
  - Posters, including billboard: except lithographed or gravure
  - Printing from engraved and etched plates
  - Printing, commercial or job: engraved plate
  - Printing, commercial or job: except lithographic or gravure
  - Printing, flexographic
  - Printing, letterpress
  - Printing, screen: except on textiles or finished fabric articles
  - Schedules, transportation: except lithographed or gravure
  - Screen printing on glass, plastics, paper, and metal, including
  - Seals: printing except lithographic or gravure
  - Security certificates, engraved
  - Souvenir cards: except lithographed or gravure
  - Stationery: except lithographed or gravure
  - Stock certificates, engraved
  - Tags, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Telephone directories, except lithographed or gravure (not publishing)
  - Thermography, except lithographed or gravure
  - Tickets, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Trading stamps, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Visiting cards, printed: except lithographed or gravure
  - Wrappers, printed: except lithographed or gravure
Industry Group 276 Manifold Business Forms
- 2761 Manifold Business Forms
  Establishments primarily engaged in designing and printing, by any process, special forms for use in the operation of a business, in single and multiple sets, including carbonized or interleaved with carbon or otherwise processed for multiple reproduction.
  - Autographic register forms, printed
  - Business forms, manifold
  - Computer forms, manifold or continuous (excludes paper simply
  - Continuous forms, office and business carbonized or
  - Fanfold forms
  - Sales books
  - Strip forms (manifold business forms)
  - Tabulating card set forms (business forms)
  - Unit sets (manifold business forms)
Industry Group 277 Greeting Cards
- 2771 Greeting Cards
  Establishments primarily engaged in publishing, printing by any process, or both, of greeting cards for all occasions. Establishments primarily engaged In producing hand painted greeting cards are classified in Services, Industry 8999.
  - Birthday cards, except hand painted
  - Christmas cards, except hand painted
  - Easter cards, except hand painted
  - Greeting cards, except hand painted
  - Valentine cards, except hand painted
Industry Group 278 Blankbooks, Loose-leaf Binders, and Bookbinding and Related Work
- 2782 Blankbooks, Loose-leaf Binders and Devices
  Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing blankbooks, looseleaf devices, and library binders; and in ruling paper.
  - Account books
  - Albums
  - Binders, looseleaf
  - Blankbook making
  - Chart and graph paper, ruled
  - Checkbooks
  - Diaries
  - Inventory blankbooks
  - Ledgers and ledger sheets
  - Library binders, looseleaf
  - Looseleaf devices and binders
  - Looseleaf forms and fillers, pen ruled or printed only
  - Memorandum books, printed
  - Paper ruling
  - Passbooks
  - Receipt books
  - Record albums
  - Sample books
  - Scrapbooks
- 2789 Bookbinding and Related Work
  Establishments primarily engaged in edition, trade, job, and library book binding. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in book or paper bronzing, gilding, and edging; in map and sample mounting, and in other services related to bookbinding. Establishments primarily binding books printed elsewhere are classified in this industry, but those primarily binding books printed in the same establishment are classified in Industry Group 273.
  - Beveling of cards
  - Binding only books, pamphlets, magazines, etc.
  - Book gilding, bronzing, edging, deckling, embossing, and gold
  - Bookbinding edition, job, library, and trade
  - Bronzing books, cards, or paper
  - Display mounting
  - Edging books, cards, or paper
  - Magazines, binding only
  - Mounting of maps and samples, for the trade
  - Pamphlets, binding only
  - Paper bronzing, gilding, edging, and deckling
  - Paper cutting, except die-cutting
  - Rebinding books, magazines, or pamphlets
  - Repairing books (bookbinding)
  - Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade
  - Trade binding services
Industry Group 279 Service Industries for the Printing Trade
- 2791 Typesetting
  Establishments primarily engaged in typesetting for the trade, including advertisement typesetting.
  - Advertisement typesetting
  - Composition, hand: for the printing trade
  - Composition, machine: e.g., linotype, monotype - for the printing
  - Photocomposition
  - Phototypesetting
  - Typesetting for the printing trade
  - Typesetting, computer controlled
  - Typographic composition
- 2796 Platemaking and Related Services
  Establishments primarily engaged in making plates for printing purposes and in related services. Also included are establishments primarily engaged in making positives or negatives from which offset lithographic plates are made. These establishments do not print from the plates which they make, but prepare them for use by others. Engraving for purposes other than printing is classified in Industry 3479.
  - Color separations for printing
  - Electrotype plates
  - Electrotyping for the trade
  - Embossing plates for printing
  - Engraving on copper, steel, wood, or rubber plates for printing
  - Engraving on textile printing plates and cylinders
  - Engraving, steel line: for printing purposes
  - Etching on copper, steel, wood, or rubber plates for printing purposes
  - Flexographic plates, preparation of
  - Gravure plates and cylinders, preparation of
  - Letterpress plates, preparation of
  - Linecuts
  - Lithographic plates, positives or negatives: preparation of
  - Offset plates, positives or negatives: preparation of
  - Photoengraving for the trade
  - Plates and cylinders, rotogravure printing: preparation of
  - Plates, printing: preparation of
  - Stereotype plates
  - Stereotyping for the trade