Service Annual Survey (SA

Tracking America’s Service Sector fo

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Today’s Speakers

Host Neil Tillman

Chief, Media Relations BranchPublic Information Office

Presenters Mark Wallace

Chief, Service Sector Statistics DivisionRonald FarrarChief, Health Care and Consumer ServiBranchService Sector Statistics Division
Electronic Press Kit

• Today’s presentation• News release • Links to the statistics• Links to the Quarterly Services 

Survey
Overview

• What is the Service Annual Survey?• What estimates are being released today?• What patterns do we see in industry estimat

the service sector between 2005 and 2010?
Service Annual Survey

• Sample of 70,000 companies• Collected and published annually since 1982• Data items collected

• Revenue• Expenses• E-commerce revenue• Detailed Revenue and Expense items

• Estimates typically released 13 months after the 

the reference year
Industries Covered by the SA

NAICS Sectors: 

(Covers roughly 55% of US GDP)

• 22, Utilities• 48/49, Transportation and Warehousing (part)• 51, Information• 52, Finance & Insurance• 53, Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (part)• 54, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services• 56, Administrative & Support and Waste Management & 

Remediation Services

• 61, Educational Services (part)• 62, Health Care and Social Assistance• 71, Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation• 81, Other Services (except Public Administration)
SAS Sectors: Trends in 201
Products Being Released Tod

• Industry estimates from the SAS

• Separate Excel files for each NAICS S• Revenue for Companies with employe• Estimates spanning the years 2005 to 
How did service industries perfo

from 2005 to 2010?

• The period of recession defined by the National 

of Economic Research (NBER) http://www.nber.began in December 2007 and ended in June 20

• NBER defines a recession as two consecutive q

of negative GDP growth

• What patterns of growth or decline did selected 

industries show before, during, and after this pe
Finance Numbers Reveal the Rece

1. NAICS 523x includes NAICS 5231, 52392, and 52393 

$0

$100$200$300$400$500$600$700

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments Activities NA

523x1 ‐ Estimated Revenue for Employer Firms
Finance Numbers Reveal the Reces

• All industry data will be presented on a line char

connecting the six annual estimates

• The area shaded in red on each chart defines th

of the recession

• The lines connecting the annual estimates may 

quarterly fluctuations

• For more information on quarterly fluctuations, lo

data from the Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)
Finance Numbers Reveal the Reces

• The trend of growth and decline in sub-secto

roughly matches the period defined as the re

• Growth from 2005 to 2007• Revenue peaks in 2007• Significant drop between 2007 and 2008• Upswing again between 2008 and 2009

 In 2010, estimates returned to levels above 2

still below the peak level of 2007
Amusement, Gambling and Recre

$82$84$86$88$90$92$94$96$98

$100$102

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Amusement, Gambling and Recreation NAICS 7
Amusement, Gambling and Recrea

• The pattern is similar to that of finance

• Growth• Decline• Upturn

• The pattern is different from that of finance

• The decline comes a year later (08-09)• 2010 revenue is at approximately the sam

2007
Engineering Services

$0

$50

$100$150$200$250

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Engineering Services NAICS 54133
Engineering Services

• Growth from 2005 to 2008• We see a drop between 2008 and 2009, rath

between 2007 and 2008, as seen in Finance
Interior Design Services

$0$2$4$6$8

$10$12

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Interior Design Services NAICS 54141
Interior Design Services

• Growth from 2005 to 2007• Downturn between 2007 and 2009, though n

sharp as Finance

• Continued decline between 2009 and 2010, b

slower rate
Hospitals

$0

$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$800$900

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Hospitals NAICS 622
Hospitals

• Continuous growth throughout the entire peri

sample

• Growth pattern appears to be largely unaffec

period of recession
Ambulatory Health Care

$0

$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$800

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Ambulatory Health Care Services NAICS 62
Ambulatory Health Care

• Pattern very similar to that of hospitals• Continuous growth throughout the entire peri

sample

• Growth pattern appears to be largely unaffec

the period of recession
Cable and Other Program Distribu

$0

$20$40$60$80

$100$120$140

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201

Cable and Other Program Distribution NAICS 
Motion Picture and Video Industri

$68$70$72$74$76$78$80$82

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Motion Picture and Video Industries NAICS 5
Cable Distribution and Motion Pic

• Cable and Other Program Distribution (NAICS 5

continues much the same trend throughout the precession

• Motion Picture and Video Industries (NAICS 512

shows a pattern different from that of Cable Dist

• Growth from 2005 to 2007• Relatively flat trend from 2007 to 2008• Decline from 2008 to 2009• Sharp growth from 2009 to 2010
Emergency and Other Relief Servi

7.508.008.509.009.50

10.00

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Emergency and Other Relief Services NAICS 624230
Emergency and Other Relief Servi

• Trends quite different from any other industry 

• Decline from 2005 to 2007• Significant growth from 2007 to 2008• Maintains 2008 level thereafter

• Emergency and Other Relief Services affecte

natural disasters than what is going on in the 

• 2005: Hurricane Katrina• 2008: The busiest Atlantic hurricane season on re
Where to find the Estimates

• Estimates from the Service Annual Survey (SAS

counterpart, the Quarterly Services Survey (QSSbe found at: 

• http://www.census.gov/services
Where to find the Estimates
Recap

• The Service Annual Survey produces annual es

of revenue and other items within the service se

• Products being released today include 2010 ind

estimates for eleven sectors

• Estimates from the Service Annual Survey show

various sectors performed over the past six yea
Questions?
Upcoming Releases From the 

U.S. Census Bureau

• Quarterly Services Survey: 2011 4th Qua

(March 8 at 10 a.m.)

• 2010 Census Summary File 2 – Ongoing 

release of state files (Dec. 2011– April 2

• Educational Attainment: 2011 (Feb. 23)• Foreign-Born Population: 2010 (March)
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