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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing

Industry Description

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.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing are:

  • 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

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Magazine & Periodical Publishing in the US (51112)

Revenue 2025

$40.2bn

Growth 2025

-2.90%

Key Trends

  • Niche journals have better transitioned to digital than lifestyle magazines

  • Advertising and circulation revenue per printed copy has been falling

  • Digital consumers will likely remain much less valuable than print subscribers

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing

US-SIC Code 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing sits in the 2-digit Miscellaneous Publishing sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2741 - Miscellaneous Publishing. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 274101 Art publishers
  • 274102 Publishers-brochure
  • 274103 Catalog compilers
  • 274104 Music publishers
  • 274105 Publishers
  • 274106 Publishers-legislative jud/pub record
  • 274107 Publishers-directory & guide
  • 274108 Test publishers-vocational/educational
  • 274109 Shoppers' news publications
  • 274110 Yellow pages-publishers
  • 274111 Patterns-clothing dress & etc (mfrs)
  • 274112 Indexing svc-book/periodical/etc (mfrs)
  • 274113 Music-printers & engravers
  • 274114 Publishers-art
  • 274115 Government-publishing nec
  • 274116 Publishers-microform
  • 274117 Tax publications (manufacturers)
  • 274118 Racing information (manufacturers)
  • 274119 Multimedia (manufacturers)
  • 274120 Music-sheet-manufacturers
  • 274121 Publishers-computer software
  • 274122 Instruction manuals

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 27410000 Miscellaneous publishing
  • 27410100 Art copy and poster publishing
  • 27410101 Art copy: publishing and printing
  • 27410102 Art copy: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410103 Posters: publishing and printing
  • 27410104 Posters: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410200 Atlas, map, and guide publishing
  • 27410201 Atlases: publishing and printing
  • 27410202 Atlases: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410203 Globe covers (maps): publishing and printing
  • 27410204 Globe covers (maps): publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410205 Guides: publishing and printing
  • 27410206 Guides: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410207 Maps: publishing and printing
  • 27410208 Maps: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410300 Telephone and other directory publishing
  • 27410301 Directories, nec: publishing and printing
  • 27410302 Directories, nec: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410303 Directories, telephone: publishing and printing
  • 27410304 Directories, telephone: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410400 Music book and sheet music publishing
  • 27410401 Music, book: publishing and printing
  • 27410402 Music, book: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410403 Music, sheet: publishing and printing
  • 27410404 Music, sheet: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410500 Newsletter publishing
  • 27410501 Business service newsletters: publishing and printing
  • 27410502 Shopping news: publishing and printing
  • 27410503 Shopping news: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410600 Technical manual and paper publishing
  • 27410601 Technical manuals: publishing and printing
  • 27410602 Technical manuals: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27410603 Technical papers: publishing and printing
  • 27410604 Technical papers: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27419900 Miscellaneous publishing, nec
  • 27419901 Catalogs: publishing and printing
  • 27419902 Catalogs: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27419903 Micropublishing
  • 27419904 Patterns, paper: publishing and printing
  • 27419905 Patterns, paper: publishing only, not printed on site
  • 27419906 Racing forms and programs: publishing and printing
  • 27419907 Racing forms and programs: publishing only, not printing
  • 27419908 Yearbooks: publishing and printing
  • 27419909 Internet publishing and broadcasting

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Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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