SVC

Industry Archetype

Human Service & Hospitality

Industries where the primary product is a human-delivered service — hospitality, healthcare, education, administrative support, arts, and personal services. The lowest average risk archetype (2.72) with the lowest Regulatory & Political exposure (RP mean: 2.37) of any archetype. Risk is concentrated in market dynamics, workforce management, and operational standardisation.

78 Industries
2.61 Average Risk
2.11–3.13 Risk Range

Risk Profile

SVC industries should not be penalised for low RP and SU scores — these are structurally appropriate for human service businesses. The meaningful risks are in Market Dynamics (MD: 2.98 mean), workforce elasticity (CS08), and operational standardisation (DT). When a SVC industry shows elevated RP, it typically indicates a heavily regulated service sector — healthcare, financial advisory, or government-adjacent administration.

Structural Insight

Despite the lowest overall risk mean (2.72), SVC industries face a distinctive concentration of risk in the CS (Community & Society) pillar — Social Displacement (CS07, r=0.327) and Demographic Dependency (CS08, r=0.244) are meaningful signals because human service businesses are acutely dependent on workforce availability, cultural fit, and community acceptance in ways that manufacturing industries are not.

Average attribute scores across 78 industries. Highlighted cells are top risk amplifiers.

Key Risk Amplifiers

Attributes in the primary signal pillars that most strongly predict overall industry risk elevation. Click any attribute code to explore it in depth.

ER03 Asset Rigidity & Capital Barrier T1 r=0.567
ER04 Operating Leverage & Cash Cycle Rigidity T1 r=0.53
MD02 Trade Network Topology & Interdependence T2 r=0.475
ER08 Resilience Capital Intensity T2 r=0.461
ER02 Global Value-Chain Architecture T2 r=0.46

Pearson r = correlation with overall industry risk score across 123 analysed industries. Tier 1 (r ≥ 0.50) are the strongest structural predictors. T1 = Tier 1, T2 = Tier 2.

78 Industries in Human Service & Hospitality

Sorted by overall risk score — highest first.

8530 Higher education
3.1
8610 Hospital activities
3.1
8620 Medical and dental practice activities
3.1
8690 Other human health activities
3
8710 Residential nursing care facilities
3
8720 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
3
9000 Creative, arts and entertainment activities
3
9200 Gambling and betting activities
3
5510 Short term accommodation activities
2.9
5629 Other food service activities
2.9
7911 Travel agency activities
2.9
9102 Museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings
2.9
55 Accommodation
2.8
5610 Restaurants and mobile food service activities
2.8
5621 Event catering
2.8
7710 Renting and leasing of motor vehicles
2.8
7730 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods
2.8
7912 Tour operator activities
2.8
8230 Organization of conventions and trade shows
2.8
8730 Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
2.8
9101 Library and archives activities
2.8
9103 Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
2.8
9311 Operation of sports facilities
2.8
9312 Activities of sports clubs
2.8
7740 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
2.7
7990 Other reservation service and related activities
2.7
8010 Private security activities
2.7
8020 Security systems service activities
2.7
8291 Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus
2.7
9321 Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
2.7
9511 Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
2.7
9512 Repair of communication equipment
2.7
9603 Funeral and related activities
2.7
5590 Other accommodation
2.6
7721 Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
2.6
7729 Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
2.6
7820 Temporary employment agency activities
2.6
7830 Other human resources provision
2.6
8110 Combined facilities support activities
2.6
8121 General cleaning of buildings
2.6
8292 Packaging activities
2.6
8521 General secondary education
2.6
8790 Other residential care activities
2.6
9319 Other sports activities
2.6
9329 Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
2.6
9602 Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
2.6
5520 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks
2.5
5630 Beverage serving activities
2.5
7810 Activities of employment placement agencies
2.5
8030 Investigation activities
2.5
8129 Other building and industrial cleaning activities
2.5
8219 Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities
2.5
8220 Activities of call centres
2.5
8299 Other business support service activities n.e.c.
2.5
8510 Pre-primary and primary education
2.5
8549 Other education n.e.c.
2.5
8810 Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
2.5
9521 Repair of consumer electronics
2.5
9522 Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment
2.5
9529 Repair of other personal and household goods
2.5
7722 Renting of video tapes and disks
2.4
8130 Landscape care and maintenance service activities
2.4
8522 Technical and vocational secondary education
2.4
8541 Sports and recreation education
2.4
8542 Cultural education
2.4
8550 Educational support activities
2.4
8890 Other social work activities without accommodation
2.4
9491 Activities of religious organizations
2.4
9492 Activities of political organizations
2.4
9601 Washing and (dry-) cleaning of textile and fur products
2.4
9700 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
2.3
9411 Activities of business and employers membership organizations
2.2
9412 Activities of professional membership organizations
2.2
9420 Activities of trade unions
2.2
9499 Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
2.2
9523 Repair of footwear and leather goods
2.2
8211 Combined office administrative service activities
2.1
9524 Repair of furniture and home furnishings
2.1
9609 Other personal service activities n.e.c.
2.1
9810 Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
1.8
9820 Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
1.7

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