Analysis
NAICS 4859 is the 2022 industry group for other transit and ground passenger transportation, part of 485 (Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation).
It has only one more detailed code, 48599, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 6,205 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 90,958 people at an average annual payroll of $38,850 per employee (8th percentile of national industries). 55% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 16% 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.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 6 codes at this level within Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation, with 30.5% of them.