Analysis
NAICS 4852 is the 2022 industry group for interurban and rural bus transportation, part of 485 (Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation).
It has only one more detailed code, 485210, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 615 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 17,592 people at an average annual payroll of $45,676 per employee (13th percentile of national industries). 32% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 6th of the 6 codes at this level within Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation, with 3% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 6% and employment fell 7%. 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.