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title: "Linen & Uniform Supply — NAICS 81233"
url: "https://vantainsights.com/industry/81233-linen-uniform-supply"
naics: "81233"
naics_frame: "2017"
updated: "2026-09-17"
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# Linen & Uniform Supply

NAICS 81233

## Key Figures

| Figure | Value | Source | Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Establishments | 2,326 | Census CBP | 2023 |
| Employment | 121,839 | Census CBP | 2023 |
| Market size | $18.6B | Census Economic Census | 2022 |

Figures are published for NAICS 81233 directly.

## Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying, on a rental or contract basis, laundered items, such as uniforms, gowns and coats, table linens, bed linens, towels, clean room apparel, and treated mops or shop towels.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.

## Which code does this activity belong in?

Linen and Uniform Supply (81233) covers establishments that provide laundered items on a rental or contract basis, supplying clean uniforms, gowns, bed linens, towels and similar textile products to customers for repeated use. This differs from Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) (81232), which cleans customer-owned garments and textiles for return to the owner, rather than supplying items that remain in the launderer's ownership under a rental arrangement.

*VantaInsights Analysis, AI-drafted.*

## Where this sits

- [81 Other Services (except Public Administration)](https://vantainsights.com/industry/81-other-services)
- [812 Personal and Laundry Services](https://vantainsights.com/industry/812-personal-laundry-services)
- [8123 Drycleaning and Laundry Services](https://vantainsights.com/industry/8123-drycleaning-laundry-services)

## Related classifications

- [81231 Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners](https://vantainsights.com/reports/81231-coin-operated-laundries-drycleaners)
- [81232 Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated)](https://vantainsights.com/industry/81232-drycleaning-laundry-services-except-coin-operated)

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