Research, Development and Testing Services

Establishments primarily engaged in commercial physical and biological research and development on a contract or fee basis. Sample business functions include agricultural research, commercial biological research, chemical laboratories for commercial research (excluding testing), engineering laboratories for commercial research (excluding testing), commercial food research, industrial laboratories for commercial research (excluding testing), commercial physical research, and commercial research and development in physical and biological sciences.

Establishments primarily engaged in conducting commercial business, marketing, opinion, and other economic, sociological, and educational research on a contract or fee basis. Sample business functions include business economists, commercial business research, economic research, educational research, commercial market research, commercial opinion research, and commercial economic, sociological, and educational research.

Establishments primarily engaged in conducting noncommercial research and disseminating information related to public health, education, or general welfare. These organizations typically operate using funds from endowments, contributions, and grants, and often contract out the research they fund. Sample business functions include archaeological expeditions, noncommercial biological research, economic research, noncommercial educational research, noncommercial medical research, physical research, general noncommercial research, noncommercial scientific research, and noncommercial sociological research.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing testing services. Sample business functions include assaying services, automobile proving and testing grounds, calibration and certification testing, radiation dosimetry, film badge services for radiation detection, food testing services, forensic laboratories, hydrostatic testing laboratories, product testing laboratories not associated with manufacturing auxiliaries, and metallurgical testing laboratories.