Analysis
NAICS 486910 is the 2022 national industry for pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products, part of 48691 (Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products). Census lists 6 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 36% and employment rose 11%. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 849 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 9,350 people at an average annual payroll of $145,469 per employee (96th percentile of national industries). 48% 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, refined petroleum products…, gasoline pipeline transportation, natural gas liquids pipeline transportation and petroleum pipelines, refined, among 6 in all.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (6)
- Booster pumping station, refined petroleum products transportation
- Gasoline pipeline transportation
- Natural gas liquids pipeline transportation
- Petroleum pipelines, refined
- Pipeline transportation, gasoline and other refined petroleum products
- Refined petroleum products pipeline transportation