NAICS 561990 all other support services contract obligations

Ten billion dollars in a residual support bin

“All other support services” is not a product name. It is the leftover six-digit code in the administrative and support services group after janitorial, telemarketing, and other specific 561 codes are assigned. Residual status does not mean small: this hub holds $10,036,158,185.04. Readers looking for a single activity — packing, court reporting, or another support trade — will not find that split in the packet.

Five thousand ninety-one awards produced a mean of about $2.0 million. That average can mix modest support task orders with large catch-all facilities or mission-support vehicles that the officer tagged 561990. The packet does not list those activity types. Award descriptions on the industry page are the place to see what USAspending stored.

Because residual codes absorb leftovers, coding practice can shift work into or out of 561990 when a more specific code is preferred. Dollar comparisons across extracts can move with that practice even if the underlying support work is stable.

The 561 administrative-and-support group contains specific codes (janitorial, contact centers) and this leftover bin. All other support services (561990) holds $10,036,158,185.04 on 5,091 awards. Janitorial (561720) and contact centers (561422) are not automatically inside that leftover total. Each 561 hub is its own tagged slice.

Services obligations versus invoices paid

Support-services contracts often use task-order vehicles. An agency can obligate $10.0 billion against tagged 561990 awards while billing — outlays — follows labor actually ordered. The headline is the commitment total, not a payroll already paid.

The 5,091-award count is not a headcount of support workers. One award can cover a large contractor team; many awards can go to the same firm. This packet does not collapse recipients.

Specific 561 codes are not inside this total

Janitorial services (561720) and telemarketing bureaus and contact centers (561422) have their own industry pages. Those dollars are not a subset of $10,036,158,185.04. A reader totaling “all federal support services” would need several 561 codes plus any untagged assistance — a sum this packet does not compute.

Professional consulting NAICS codes in the 541 group are also separate. Support services and professional consulting are different Census groups even when a statement of work mixes both.

Professional consulting in the 541 group is a different Census family from 561 support services. A statement of work can mix advice and support; the action still carries one principal NAICS. Only 561990-tagged actions add to this $10.0 billion.

How to read the 561990 hub

Start from the residual title: this is the leftover support-services tag at $10.0 billion and 5,091 awards. Rank it on the all-industries index against other 561 codes. Open the all other support services industry page for award-level rows.

Do not treat “all other” as a reason to skip the number. Residual NAICS codes can be among the larger contract tags on SpendingVault.

What the catch-all cannot specify

The aggregate cannot name the support trades inside 561990. It cannot say how much was janitorial-like work that an officer declined to tag 561720. It can say only that USAspending attributes $10,036,158,185.04 in contract obligations to this code on 5,091 awards.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside. Extract updates will move both figures with the source.

How to read leftover support dollars

Open the all other support services industry page and read descriptions. The residual title will not tell you whether an award was packing, court reporting, or another support trade. The descriptions might. This guide does not invent that mix.

Rank 561990 among 561 codes by dollars and by award count. Five thousand ninety-one awards at about $2.0 million mean is a mid-thickness book. Cite USAspending.gov contract awards. Assistance without NAICS stays outside. Extract updates will move both coordinates.

Leftover support services at $10,036,158,185.04 on 5,091 awards are a $10.0 billion filing bin, not a named trade. The mean of about $2.0 million can mix modest task orders with large catch-all vehicles. Award descriptions on the industry page do the work the residual title cannot.

Janitorial, contact-center, and 541 consulting codes have their own hubs. This page stays on NAICS 561990. Rank 561 codes by dollars and by award count. Cite USAspending.gov. Assistance without NAICS is excluded. Coding practice can shift work into or out of a leftover bin even when the underlying support work is stable.

Questions

What is NAICS 561990 in USAspending?

It is the residual All Other Support Services class. SpendingVault’s aggregate from USAspending contract awards is $10,036,158,185.04 in obligations across 5,091 awards. The code holds support work not tagged to a more specific 561 NAICS. It is obligations, not outlays, and it excludes assistance without NAICS.

Does $10.0 billion include janitorial contracts?

Only if those actions were tagged 561990 instead of 561720. Janitorial services have a dedicated NAICS and a separate industry page. This residual total does not automatically include 561720 dollars. Check each code’s hub rather than assuming leftover means “everything else plus janitorial.”

What is the average 561990 award?

Dividing $10,036,158,185.04 by 5,091 awards yields about $2.0 million. That mean mixes small support orders with large catch-all vehicles. The packet does not publish a median or a labor-hour total. Award-level amounts are on the industry page. Award-level amounts on the industry page are the check against treating $2.0 million as a typical small support order.

Why is a residual code this large?

Contracting officers assign one principal NAICS per action. Work that does not fit a tighter 561 code lands in 561990. Enough of those actions exist in USAspending to sum to $10.0 billion on 5,091 awards. Residual is a classification label, not a size prediction.