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                                                  Exhibit 27

                    Financial Data Schedules
                 Quarter Ended November 30, 1994
             Pursuant to Section 601(c) of Regulation S-K

This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from 
National Service Industries, Inc. consolidated balance sheet as of 
November 30, 1994 and the consolidated statement of income for the three 
months ended November 30, 1994, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
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