27 Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries Lists

SIC CODE 27:

Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries Lists

This major group includes businesses engaged in printing by one or more common processes, such as letterpress; lithography (including offset), gravure, or screen; and those businesses that perform services for the printing trade, such as bookbinding and plate making. This major group also includes businesses engaged in publishing newspapers, books, and periodicals, regardless of whether or not they do their own printing. News syndicates are classified in Services, Industry 7383. Businesses primarily engaged in textile printing and finishing fabrics are classified in Major Group 22, and those engaged in printing and stamping on fabric articles are classified in Industry 2396. Businesses manufacturing products that contain incidental printing, such as advertising or instructions, are classified according to the nature of the products-for example, as cartons, bags, plastics film, or paper.