Analysis
NAICS 48411 is the 2022 NAICS industry for general freight trucking, local, part of 4841 (General Freight Trucking).
It has only one more detailed code, 484110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 40% and employment rose 38%. 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 46,302 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 284,101 people at an average annual payroll of $51,807 per employee (19th percentile of national industries). 78% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within General Freight Trucking, with 39.5% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 484110.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.