486990

Analysis

NAICS 486990 is the 2022 national industry for all other pipeline transportation, part of 48699 (All Other Pipeline Transportation). Census lists 4 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 46% and employment fell 32%. 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 35 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 209 people at an average annual payroll of $134,096 per employee (95th percentile of national industries). 63% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include booster pumping station (except natural gas, petroleum), coal pipeline transportation, pipeline transportation (except crude oil, natural gas… and slurry pipeline transportation.

Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 486110, 486210, 486910 and 221310. 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 pipeline transportation of crude oil are classified in 486110 (Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil) instead.