Analysis
NAICS 482111 is the 2022 national industry for line-haul railroads, part of 48211 (Rail Transportation). Census lists 5 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include freight railways, line-haul, passenger railways, line-haul, railroad transportation, line-haul and railroads, line-haul, among 5 in all.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 488210, 482112 and 485112. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
For example, operating switching and terminal facilities as separate establishments are classified in 488210 (Support Activities for Rail Transportation) instead.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments known as line-haul railroads primarily engaged in operating railroads for the transport of passengers and/or cargo over a long distance within a rail network. These establishments provide for the intercity movement of trains between the terminals and stations on main and branch lines of a line-haul rail network (except for local switching services).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (5)
- Freight railways, line-haul
- Passenger railways, line-haul
- Railroad transportation, line-haul
- Railroads, line-haul
- Railway transportation, line-haul