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NAICS 2022

484

Truck Transportation

Analysis

NAICS 484 is the 2022 subsector for truck transportation. Census lists 68 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 26% and employment rose 12%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.

County Business Patterns counts 170,286 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,693,228 people at an average annual payroll of $61,111 per employee (35th percentile of national industries). 73% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Across its national industries Census lists 68 index entries; typical ones are bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local, bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL), general freight trucking, long-distance… and furniture moving, used.

It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 4841 (General Freight Trucking) with 117,181.

Official definition

Industries in the Truck Transportation subsector provide over-the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers. The subsector is subdivided into general freight trucking and specialized freight trucking. This distinction reflects differences in equipment used, type of load carried, scheduling, terminal, and other networking services. General freight transportation establishments handle a wide variety of general commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. Specialized freight transportation is the transportation of cargo that, because of size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics, requires specialized equipment for transportation.

Each of these industry groups is further subdivided based on distance traveled. Local trucking establishments primarily carry goods within a single metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. Long-distance trucking establishments carry goods between metropolitan areas.

The Specialized Freight Trucking industry group includes a separate industry for Used Household and Office Goods Moving. The household and office goods movers are separated because of the substantial network of establishments that has developed to deal with local and long-distance moving and the associated storage. In this area, the same establishment provides both local and long-distance services, while other specialized freight establishments generally limit their services to either local or long-distance hauling.

Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.

Index entries (68)

  • Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local
  • Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL)
  • General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL)
  • Furniture moving, used
  • Agricultural products trucking, local
  • Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance