List of Economic Services
The following is a complete list of service industries, grouped into sectors. Parenthetical notations indicate how specific occupations and organizations can be regarded as service industries to the extent they provide an intangible service, as opposed to a tangible good.
- business functions (that apply to all organizations in general)
- consulting
- customer service
- human resources administrators (providing services like ensuring that employees are paid accurately)
- childcare
- cleaning, repair and maintenance services
- janitors (who provide cleaning services)
- gardeners
- mechanics
- construction
- carpentry
- electricians (offering the service of making wiring work properly)
- plumbing
- death care
- coroners (who provide the service of identifying cadavers and determining time and cause of death)
- funeral homes (who prepare corpses for public display, cremation or burial)
- dispute resolution and prevention services
- arbitration
- courts of law (who perform the service of dispute resolution backed by the power of the state)
- diplomacy
- incarceration (provides the service of keeping criminals out of society)
- law enforcement (provides the service of identifying and apprehending criminals)
- lawyers (who perform the services of advocacy and decisionmaking in many dispute resolution and prevention processes)
- mediation
- military (performs the service of protecting states in disputes with other states)
- negotiation (not really a service unless someone is negotiating on behalf of another)
- education (institutions offering the services of teaching and access to information)
- library
- museum
- school
- entertainment (when provided live or within a highly specialized facility)
- gambling
- movie theatres (providing the service of showing a movie on a big screen)
- performing arts productions
- sexual services
- sport
- television
- fabric care
- dry cleaning
- Self-service laundry (offering the service of automated fabric cleaning)
- financial services
- accountancy
- banks and building societies (offering lending services and safekeeping of money and valuables)
- real estate
- stock brokerages
- tax preparation
- foodservice industry
- personal grooming
- hairdressing
- manicurist / pedicurist
- body hair removal
- dental hygienist
- health care (all health care professions provide services)
- hospitality industry
- information services
- data processing
- database services
- Interpreting
- Translation
- risk management
- insurance
- security
- sex industry
- social services
- social work
- transport
- Public utility
- electric power
- natural gas
- telecommunications
- waste management
- water industry
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