Analysis
NAICS 484230 is the 2022 national industry for specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance, part of 48423 (Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance). Census lists 25 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 11,462 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 171,976 people at an average annual payroll of $67,570 per employee (48th percentile of national industries). 64% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 484220, 48412, 484210 and 56211. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include automobile carrier trucking, long-distance, boat hauling, truck, long-distance, bulk liquids trucking, long-distance and dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance, among 25 in all.
For example, providing local specialized freight trucking (except used goods) are classified in 484220 (Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local) instead.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 3% and employment fell 2%. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance specialized trucking. These establishments provide trucking between metropolitan areas that may cross North American country borders.
Illustrative Examples:
Long-distance automobile carrier trucking Long-distance refrigerated product trucking Long-distance bulk liquid trucking Long-distance trucking of waste Long-distance hazardous material trucking
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Providing local specialized freight trucking (except used goods) | 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local |
| Providing long-distance general freight trucking, including all North American international travel | 48412 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance |
| Providing trucking of used household and office goods | 484210 Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
| Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste, nonhazardous waste, and/or recyclable materials within a local area | 56211 Waste Collection |
| Providing independent truck driving services (except owner-operators) | 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation |
| Providing hot shot oil field services (on- and off-road) on a contract basis | 213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations |
Index entries (25)
- Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance
- Boat hauling, truck, long-distance
- Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance
- Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance
- Farm products trucking, long-distance
- Flatbed trucking, long-distance
- Forest products trucking, long-distance
- Grain hauling, long-distance
- Gravel hauling, long-distance
- Livestock trucking, long-distance
- Log hauling, long-distance
- Mobile home towing services, long-distance
- Oil and gas field equipment trucking, long-distance
- Radioactive waste hauling, long-distance
- Recyclable material hauling, long-distance
- Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance
- Refuse hauling, long-distance
- Rubbish hauling without collection or disposal, truck, long-distance
- Sand hauling, long-distance
- Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance
- Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance
- Trash hauling, long-distance
- Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance
- Waste hauling, hazardous, long-distance
- Waste hauling, nonhazardous, long-distance