485991 Special Needs Transportation

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing special needs transportation (except to and from school or work) for the disabled or elderly. These establishments may use specially equipped vehicles to provide passenger transportation.

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 school or employee bus transportation for the disabled or elderly are classified in Industry 485410, School and Employee Bus Transportation.
• Providing ambulance services for emergency and medical purposes are classified in Industry 621910, Ambulance Services.

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

Activities listed under 485991

The Census index assigns these 6 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Disabled or elderly passenger transportation services
• Nonemergency medical transportation services (except ambulance services)
• Paratransit transportation services
• Pet transportation services
• Senior citizens transportation services
• Special needs passenger transportation services

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 485991

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 485991, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $19 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: 4922), 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

• 485999All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation