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For some industries, the common titles are inadequate. The following list gives examples of inadequate and adequate entries:
Inadequate Adequate
Agency Collection agency, advertising agency, real
estate agency, employment agency, travel agency,
insurance agency
Aircraft parts or Airplane engine parts factory, propeller
Aircraft components manufacturing, electronic instruments factory,
wholesale aircraft parts
Automobile parts Auto clutch manufacturing, retail sales and
installation of auto mufflers, etc.
Automobile components auto battery factory
Bakery Bakery plant (bakes and sells to wholesalers,
retail stores, restaurants, or home delivery),
wholesale bakery (buys from a bakery plant and
sells to grocers, restaurants, hotels, etc.),
retail bakery (sells only on premises to private
individuals but may bake its own goods on
premises)
Box factory Paper box factory, wooden box factory, metal box
factory
City or City Government City Street Repair Department, City Board of
Health, City Board of Education
Club, private Golf club, fraternal club, night club, resident
club
Coal company Coal mine, retail coal yard, wholesale coal
County or County Government See "City" above
Credit company Credit rating bureau, loan company
Dairy Dairy farm, dairy depot, dairy bar, wholesale
dairy products, retail dairy products, dairy
products manufacturing
Discount House Discount Store Retail drug store, retail electrical appliances,
retail general merchandise, retail clothing store
Electrical Components Mfg. Electronic tube factory, memory core
Electrical Parts Mfg. manufacturing, transistor factory, mfg. tape
readers
Engineering company Civil engineering consultants, general
contracting, wholesale heating equipment,
construction machinery factory
Express company Motor freight, railway express agency, railroad
car rental (for Union Tank Car Co., etc.),
armored car service
Factory, mill Steel rolling mill, hardware factory, aircraft
factory, flour mill, hosiery mill, commercial
printing plant, cotton textiles mill
Farm Report whether crops or livestock are principal
products of a farm. If the crops raised are used
primarily to feed their own animals, report the
farm as an "animal farm." Examples of crop farms
are: wheat farm, corn farm, crop farm, orchard,
vegetable farm. Examples of livestock farms are:
dairy farm, feed lot, hog farm, turkey farm.
Foundry Iron foundry, brass foundry, aluminum foundry
Freight company Motor freight, air freight, railway, water
transportation
Fur company Fur dressing plant, fur garment factory, retail
fur store, wholesale fur, fur repair shop
Laundry a. Own home laundry (for a person doing laundry
for pay in his/her own home)
b. Laundering for private family (for a person
working in the home of a private family)
c. Commercial laundry (for a person working in a
steam laundry, hand laundry, Chinese laundry,
French laundry, or similar establishment)
d. Selfservice laundry (for a person working in
an establishment where the customer brings
his/her own laundry and pays a fee to use the
washing machine or other equipment)
Lumber company Sawmill, retail lumber yard, planing mill,
logging camp, wholesale lumber
Manufacturer's Agent Specify product being sold, such as jewelry
Manufacturer's Representative manufacturer's representative, lumber
manufacturer's agent, electric appliance
manufacturer's representative, chemical
manufacturer's agent
Mine Coal mine, gold mine, bauxite mine, iron mine,
copper mine, lead mine, marble quarry, sand and
gravel pit
Nylon factory Nylon chemical factory (where chemicals are made
into fibers); nylon textile mill (where fibers
are made into yarn or woven into cloth); women's
nylon hosiery factory (where yarn is made into
hosiery)
Office Dentist's office, physician's office, public
stenographer's office
Oil company Oil drilling, petroleum refinery, retail gasoline
Oil industry station, petroleum pipeline, wholesale oil
Oil plant distributor, retail fuel oil
Packing house Meat packing plant, fruit cannery, fruit packing
shed (wholesale packers and shippers)
Pipeline Natural gas pipeline, gasoline pipeline,
petroleum pipeline, pipeline construction
Plastic factory Plastic materials factory (where plastic
materials are made), plastic products plant
(where articles are actually manufactured from
plastic materials)
Public utility Electric light and power utility, gas utility,
telephone utility, water supply utility. If the
company provides more than one service, specify
the services; such as gas utility, electric and
water utility
Railroad car shop Railroad car factory, locomotive repair ship,
locomotive manufacturing plant
Repair shop Shoe repair shop, television repair shop, radio
repair shop, blacksmith shop, welding shop, auto
repair shop machine repair shop
Ranch See "Farm" for examples
Research Distinguish among three kinds of research
agencies:
a. A research department doing research for the
use of the company itself ("in-house" research).
b. A commercial research company doing research
for other companies.
c. An organization doing non commercial research.
School City elementary school, private kindergarten,
private college, State university. Distinguish
between public and private, including parochial,
and identify the highest level of instruction
provided, such as junior college, senior high
school
Terminal Bus terminal, railroad terminal, boat terminal,
airport terminal
Textile mill Cotton cloth mill, woolen cloth mill, cotton yarn
mill, nylon thread mill
Transportation company Motor trucking, moving and storage, water
transportation, airline, taxicab service, subway,
railroad, petroleum pipeline, car loading service
Water company Water supply, irrigation system, water filtration
plant
Well Oil drilling, oilwell, saltwell, waterwell
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