Analysis
NAICS 4861 is the 2022 industry group for pipeline transportation of crude oil, part of 486 (Pipeline Transportation).
It has only one more detailed code, 486110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 725 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 11,939 people at an average annual payroll of $153,021 per employee (97th percentile of national industries). 49% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Pipeline Transportation, with 20.6% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% 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.