According to research done by Dun and Bradstreet, there are about 455,000 consumer services businesses in the U.S. These companies brought in a combined $300 billion in annual revenue in 2015. The field of consumer services includes retail and wholesale, leisure and hospitality, health and social, and education.
Companies that provide consumer services now require IT and computer specialists to provide data collection, cloud storage, and information security. To create effective and efficient customer experiences, they also need data analysts, software engineers, UX designers, and web developers.