484230 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance specialized trucking. These establishments provide trucking between metropolitan areas that may cross North American country borders.

Examples Census gives

• Long-distance automobile carrier trucking
• Long-distance refrigerated product trucking
• Long-distance bulk liquid trucking
• Long-distance trucking of waste
• Long-distance hazardous material trucking

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Providing local specialized freight trucking (except used goods) are classified in Industry 484220, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local.
• Providing long-distance general freight trucking, including all North American international travel are classified in Industry 48412, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance.
• Providing trucking of used household and office goods are classified in Industry 484210, Used Household and Office Goods Moving.
• Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste, nonhazardous waste, and/or recyclable materials within a local area are classified in Industry 56211, Waste Collection.
• Providing independent truck driving services (except owner-operators) are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.
• Providing hot shot oil field services (on- and off-road) on a contract basis are classified in U.S. Industry 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 484230

The Census index assigns these 25 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance
• Boat hauling, truck, long-distance
• Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance
• Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance
• Farm products trucking, long-distance
• Flatbed trucking, long-distance
• Forest products trucking, long-distance
• Grain hauling, long-distance
• Gravel hauling, long-distance
• Livestock trucking, long-distance
• Log hauling, long-distance
• Mobile home towing services, long-distance
• Oil and gas field equipment trucking, long-distance
• Radioactive waste hauling, long-distance
• Recyclable material hauling, long-distance
• Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance
• Refuse hauling, long-distance
• Rubbish hauling without collection or disposal, truck, long-distance
• Sand hauling, long-distance
• Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance
• Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance
• Trash hauling, long-distance
• Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance
• Waste hauling, hazardous, long-distance
• Waste hauling, nonhazardous, long-distance

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 484230

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 484230, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 4923), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 49200Freight rail transportUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 484210Used Household and Office Goods Moving
• 484220Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local