Analysis
NAICS 48899 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other support activities for transportation, part of 4889 (Other Support Activities for Transportation). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 33% and employment rose 24%. 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 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 4881, 4882, 4883 and 4884. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 2,332 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 22,272 people at an average annual payroll of $63,751 per employee (40th percentile of national industries). 63% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Across its national industries Census lists 11 index entries; typical ones are crating goods for shipping and arrangement of car pools and vanpools (except ridesharing….
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 488991 (Packing and Crating) with 1,572.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities to transportation (except for air transportation; rail transportation; water transportation; road transportation; and freight transportation arrangement).
Illustrative Examples:
Arrangement of vanpools or car pools (except ridesharing arrangement services) Independent pipeline terminal facilities Stockyards (i.e., not for fattening or selling livestock)
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Providing support activities for air transportation | 4881 Support Activities for Air Transportation |
| Providing support activities for rail transportation | 4882 Support Activities for Rail Transportation |
| Providing support activities for water transportation | 4883 Support Activities for Water Transportation |
| Providing support activities for road transportation | 4884 Support Activities for Road Transportation |
| Arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers | 48851 Freight Transportation Arrangement |
| Operating car pools and vanpools | 48599 Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation |
| Providing pipeline transportation and storage of natural gas | 48621 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
| Providing ridesharing arrangement services and taxicab dispatch services | 48531 Taxi and Ridesharing Services |
| Providing tariff and freight rate consulting services | 54161 Management Consulting Services |
| Operating stockyards for fattening livestock | 112 Animal Production and Aquaculture |
| Providing packaging and labeling services (except warehousing) | 56191 Packaging and Labeling Services |
| Providing warehousing services | 4931 Warehousing and Storage |
Index entries (11)
- Crating goods for shipping
- Arrangement of car pools and vanpools (except ridesharing arrangement services)