Analysis
NAICS 488999 is the 2022 national industry for all other support activities for transportation, part of 48899 (Other Support Activities for Transportation). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 80% and employment rose 59%. 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 760 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 3,853 people at an average annual payroll of $138,107 per employee (96th percentile of national industries). 83% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Other Support Activities for Transportation, with 32.6% of them.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 112, 541614, 488991 and 4931. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include arrangement of car pools and vanpools (except ridesharing…, arrangement of nonemergency medical transportation, without…, car pools, arrangement of (except ridesharing arrangement… and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals (liquefaction and…, among 8 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities to transportation (except for air transportation; rail transportation; water transportation; road transportation; freight transportation arrangement; and packing and crating).
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 |
|---|---|
| Operating stockyards for fattening livestock | 112 Animal Production and Aquaculture |
| Providing tariff and freight rate consulting services | 541614 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services |
| Providing packing and crating services for transportation (except warehousing) | 488991 Packing and Crating |
| Providing warehousing services | 4931 Warehousing and Storage |
| Operating car pools and vanpools | 485999 All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation |
| Providing pipeline transportation and storage of natural gas | 486210 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
| Providing support activities for air transportation | 4881 Support Activities for Air Transportation |
| Providing support activities for rail transportation | 488210 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 | 488510 Freight Transportation Arrangement |
| Providing ridesharing arrangement services and taxicab dispatch services | 485310 Taxi and Ridesharing Services |
Index entries (8)
- Arrangement of car pools and vanpools (except ridesharing arrangement services)
- Arrangement of nonemergency medical transportation, without providing social assistance services
- Car pools, arrangement of (except ridesharing arrangement services)
- Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals (liquefaction and regasification)
- Pipeline terminal facilities, independently operated
- Precooling of fruits and vegetables in connection with transportation
- Stockyards (i.e., not for fattening or selling livestock), transportation
- Vanpools, arrangement of (except ridesharing arrangement services)