Analysis
NAICS 562991 is the 2022 national industry for septic tank and related services, part of 56299 (All Other Waste Management Services). Census lists 9 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 4,054 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 32,666 people at an average annual payroll of $61,338 per employee (36th percentile of national industries). 59% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within All Other Waste Management Services, with 72.1% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 12% and employment rose 25%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include cesspool cleaning services, portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services, portable toilet renting and/or servicing and pumping (i.e., cleaning) cesspools and septic tanks, among 9 in all.
For example, installing septic tanks are classified in 238910 (Site Preparation Contractors) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) pumping (i.e., cleaning) septic tanks and cesspools and/or (2) renting and/or servicing portable toilets.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (9)
- Cesspool cleaning services
- Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services
- Portable toilet renting and/or servicing
- Pumping (i.e., cleaning) cesspools and septic tanks
- Pumping (i.e., cleaning) portable toilets
- Septic tank cleaning services
- Septic tank pumping (i.e., cleaning) services
- Tank cleaning services, septic
- Toilet renting and/or servicing, portable