Table A8-8 Type of Payments made by Mail Pieces in Millions by Payee Type Years 2000 - 2007 (Diary Data)
Payee	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Financial
Credit Card	2,553	2,414	2,564	2,355	2,380	2,302	2,039	2,019
Bank, S&L, Credit Union	752	780	889	761	770	834	659	759
Insurance Company	858	750	908	756	867	805	781	785
Real Estate/Mortgage	368	332	353	310	380	398	356	369
Other Financial	168	130	100	99	57	78	90	96
Total Financial	4,699	4,407	4,814	4,282	4,454	4,418	3,924	4,028
Merchants
Department Store	481	381	488	364	356	433	329	329
Publisher	499	408	471	374	373	321	326	289
Mail Order Company	298	278	254	194	193	180	203	151
Other Merchants	239	212	187	177	176	164	209	214
Total Merchants	1,518	1,280	1,401	1,109	1,098	1,097	1,067	983
Services
Telephone Company	1,378	1,602	1,597	1,542	1,510	1,323	1,292	1,232
Utility Company	1,437	1,669	1,678	1,540	1,810	1,642	1,509	1,606
Medical and Other Professional	612	645	698	672	751	729	698	822
Cable TV	594	515	603	602	587	646	612	596
Other Service	538	445	462	400	392	396	383	384
Total Service	4,560	4,875	5,039	4,756	5,051	4,736	4,494	4,640
Manufacturers	24	47	31	54	41	34	24	30
Government	302	364	409	318	374	388	299	406
Social	139	68	144	64	4	35	27	0
Other/Don’t Know/Refused	84	171	160	123	131	101	113	114
Total – All Industries	11,327	11,212	11,996	10,707	11,152	10,809	9,949	10,202