SIC 2761 Manifold Business Forms

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SIC 2761

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in designing and printing, by any process, special forms for use in the operation of a business, in single and multiple sets, including carbonized or interleaved with carbon or otherwise processed for multiple reproduction.

NAICS CODE(S)

323116

Manifold Business Form Printing

The status of the manifold business form industry is directly tied to the overall health of the U.S. business sector. A bustling economy, with established businesses reporting growth and new enterprises entering the field and surviving during their first years of operation, breeds a demand for business products. The establishments engaged in printing and manufacturing manifold business forms generally limit their product lines to such forms. The number of these establishments grew steadily throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, reaching nearly 950 by the turn of twenty-first century.

U.S. Census Bureau figures put the number of industry establishments at 705 in 2004. The value of shipments for 2005 was $5.43 billion, down from $6.69 billion in 2002. Shipments have been on the decline since the late 1990s, due in part to increasing imports, decreasing exports, increased laser printer usage for custom business forms, and rising paper costs. Industry leaders in the mid-2000s were Standard Register Co., of Dayton, Ohio, which posted sales of $902 million in 2005; New England Business Service Inc., of Groton, Massachusetts; and Sierra Coatings Technologies, formerly called Shade/Allied Inc., of De Pere, Wisconsin. The states with the greatest number of establishments in this industry are California, Texas, and Illinois.

Manifold business forms are printed by commercial printing establishments and then sold to other businesses for use in all manner of transactions. Many of the establishments in this industry are regional in scope, gearing their sales and distribution efforts to a limited area. Such companies may market their products through an in-house sales team that targets area businesses, or they may sell their wares through retail office supply outlets or local printing shops. The products can be classified into two sub-categories: custom and stock. Custom forms are printed for a specific enterprise's particular needs, while stock forms can be sold to and used by a wide range of establishments. Stock manifold business forms include sequentially numbered tickets...