NAICS 2022 · in 53249
532490
Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
Analysis
NAICS 532490 is the 2022 national industry for other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, part of 53249 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing). Census lists 41 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 10,248 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 132,302 people at an average annual payroll of $74,379 per employee (61st percentile of national industries). 41% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 53241, 532420, 115 and 532120. 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 agricultural machinery and equipment rental or leasing, audio visual equipment rental or leasing, carpentry equipment rental or leasing and carpet and rug cleaning equipment rental or leasing, among 41 in all.
For example, renting or leasing heavy construction, off-highway transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators are classified in 53241 (Construction, Transportation, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing) instead.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 6% and employment rose 14%. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing nonconsumer-type machinery and equipment (except heavy construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators; and office machinery and equipment). Establishments in this industry rent or lease products, such as manufacturing equipment; metalworking, telecommunications, motion picture, theatrical machinery and equipment, or service industry machinery; institutional (i.e., public building) furniture, such as furniture for schools, theaters, or buildings; or agricultural equipment without operators.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Renting or leasing heavy construction, off-highway transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment without operators | 53241 Construction, Transportation, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing |
| Renting or leasing office machinery and equipment | 532420 Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing |
| Renting or leasing agricultural machinery and equipment with operators | 115 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry |
| Renting or leasing dump trucks without operator | 532120 Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing |
| Renting home furniture or medical equipment for home use | 53228 Other Consumer Goods Rental |
| Leasing nonconsumer machinery and equipment in combination with providing loans to buyers of such equipment | 52 Finance and Insurance |
Index entries (41)
- Agricultural machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Audio visual equipment rental or leasing
- Carpentry equipment rental or leasing
- Carpet and rug cleaning equipment rental or leasing
- Compressor, air and gas, rental or leasing
- Farm equipment rental or leasing
- Farm tractor rental or leasing
- Floor sanding machine rental or leasing
- Floor waxing equipment rental or leasing
- Furniture, institutional (i.e. public building), rental or leasing
- Garden tractor rental or leasing
- Generator rental or leasing
- Industrial truck rental or leasing
- Lawnmower rental or leasing
- Manufacturing machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Material handling machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Medical equipment (except home health furniture and equipment) rental or leasing
- Metalworking machinery and equipment rental or leasing
- Mobile office building rental or leasing, off-site
- Modular building rental or leasing, off-site
- Motion picture equipment rental or leasing
- Pallet rental or leasing
- Plumbing equipment rental or leasing
- Power washer rental or leasing
- Public address system rental or leasing
- Renting coin- or card-operated amusement devices (except concession operators)
- Sawmill machinery rental or leasing
- Scaffolding rental or leasing
- Scenery, theatrical, rental or leasing
- Skid rental or leasing
- Sound and lighting equipment rental or leasing
- Telecommunications equipment rental or leasing
- Textile machinery rental or leasing
- Theatrical equipment (except costumes) rental or leasing
- Tractor, farm, rental or leasing
- Tractor, garden, rental or leasing
- Traffic control equipment (e.g., barricades, cones, traffic signs) rental or leasing
- Truck, industrial, rental or leasing
- TV broadcasting and studio equipment rental or leasing
- Vending machine rental