486110

Analysis

NAICS 486110 is the 2022 national industry for pipeline transportation of crude oil, part of 48611 (Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil). Census lists 4 example activities under it in the official index.

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.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include booster pumping station, crude oil transportation, crude oil pipeline transportation, petroleum pipelines, crude and pipeline transportation, crude oil.

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.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 486210, 486910 and 21. 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.

For example, providing the pipeline transportation of natural gas are classified in 486210 (Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas) instead.