Analysis
NAICS 48841 is the 2022 NAICS industry for motor vehicle towing, part of 4884 (Support Activities for Road Transportation).
It has only one more detailed code, 488410, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 10,566 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 73,320 people at an average annual payroll of $51,644 per employee (19th percentile of national industries). 61% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 14% and employment rose 15%. 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 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Support Activities for Road Transportation, with 74.7% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 488410.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.