Analysis
NAICS 562111 is the 2022 national industry for solid waste collection, part of 56211 (Waste Collection). Census lists 16 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Waste Collection, with 84.1% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 10,982 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 238,764 people at an average annual payroll of $70,390 per employee (53rd percentile of national industries). 44% 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 484230, 56221, 562112 and 562119. 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 ash collection services, ash hauling, local, garbage collection services and garbage hauling, local, among 16 in all.
For example, long-distance trucking of waste are classified in 484230 (Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) within a local area; (2) operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations; and (3) collecting and/or hauling mixed recyclable materials within a local area.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Long-distance trucking of waste | 484230 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance |
| Collecting and/or hauling in combination with disposal of nonhazardous waste materials | 56221 Waste Treatment and Disposal |
| Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste within a local area and/or operating hazardous waste transfer stations | 562112 Hazardous Waste Collection |
| Collecting and removing debris, such as brush or rubble, within a local area | 562119 Other Waste Collection |
| Operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) and/or for sorting commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, and metal cans, into distinct categories | 562920 Materials Recovery Facilities |
| Merchant wholesaling automotive, industrial, and other recyclable materials | 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers |
Index entries (16)
- Ash collection services
- Ash hauling, local
- Garbage collection services
- Garbage hauling, local
- Garbage pick-up services
- Recyclable material collection services
- Recyclable material hauling, local
- Refuse collection services
- Refuse hauling, local
- Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local
- Rubbish collection services
- Trash collection services
- Trash hauling, local
- Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid