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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1982

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AMONG THE 12 GROUPS OF BUSINESS SERVICES, +ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND BOOKKEEPING SERVICES+ WAS THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AS WELL AS PERSONS ENGAGED. THERE WERE 421 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 6 311 PERSONS, ACCOUNTING FOR 22 PER CENT AND 24 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE SECTOR'S TOTALS. +LEGAL SERVICES RANKED SECOND, WITH 310 ESTABLISHMENTS AND 5 883 PERSONS ENGAGED, REPRESENTING 16 PER CENT AND 22 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE SECTOR'S TOTALS. WHILE THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN +ADVERTISING COMPANIES AND AGENCIES+ WAS THE SAME AS THAT IN +PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICES, MARKET RESEARCH COMPANIES AND OTHER ADVERTISING SERVICES+, EACH ACCOUNTING FOR 15 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, THE FORMER HAD A WORKFORCE TWICE AS LARGE AS THAT IN THE LATTER. +SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION SERVICES+ WITH A WORKFORCE OF 5 702 PERSONS OR 22 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, HOWEVER, ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR TWO PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

AVERAGE COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY AMONG THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF BUSINESS SERVICES, RANGING FROM THE HIGHEST AT $81 000 PER ANNUM IN +MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES+ TO THE LOWEST AT $19 000 PER ANNUM IN SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION SERVICES+. OTHER GROUPS WITH RELATIVELY HIGH COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE WERE +DATA PROCESSING AND TABULATING SERVICES+, +INTERIOR DECORATION AND OTHER DESIGNING SERVICES+ AND +OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES+, AT $52 000, $50 000 AND $53 000 PER ANNUM RESPECTIVELY.

+ADVERTISING COMPANIES AND AGENCIES+ INCURRED THE LARGEST OPERATING EXPENSES AT $951 MILLION, OVER 90 PER CENT OF WHICH WERE PAYMENTS TO OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS ON BEHALF OF CUSTOMERS AS CONTRACT WORK. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY +LEGAL SERVICES+ AT $148 MILLION AND +DATA PROCESSING AND TABULATING SERVICES+ AT $99 MILLION, HALF OF WHICH WERE SPENT ON PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SUPPLIES, NOTABLY PURCHASES OF ELECTRONIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES.

+ADVERTISING COMPANIES AND AGENCIES+, WITH $1 130 MILLION OF INCOME AND RECEIPTS WHICH INCLUDED COST OF PRODUCTION AND COMMISSIONS CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS ON THE ADVERTISING PROJECTS COMMISSIONED (OVER $880 MILLION), ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL RECEIPTS (31 PER CENT). OTHER GROUPS WITH SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF RECEIPTS WERE +LEGAL SERVICES+ (26 PER CENT) AND +ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND BOOKKEEPING SERVICES+ (12 PER CENT).

+MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING SERVICES+ ENGAGED ONLY ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, THEY, HOWEVER, OWNED OVER 65 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK AND ACCOUNTED FOR 61 PER CENT AND 68 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION OF FIXED ASSETS. THIS SUGGESTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FIXED ASSETS (1.E. MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT) IN THEIR BUSINESS.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1980 CENSUS. THE REPORT WILL DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE RESULTS OF THE CENSUS AND THE METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE 1980 CENSUS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SERVICES STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-661070).

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