488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services (except motor vehicle towing) to road network users.

Examples Census gives

• Bridge, tunnel, and highway operations
• Pilot car services (i.e., wide load warning services)
• Truck or weighing station operations
• Driving services, independent (e.g., automobile, truck delivery)

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 automotive repair and maintenance are classified in Industry Group 8111, Automotive Repair and Maintenance.
• Providing towing services to motor vehicles are classified in Industry 488410, Motor Vehicle Towing.
• Providing a network for busing in combination with providing terminal services are classified in Industry 485210, Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation.
• Providing a network for trucking in combination with providing terminal services are classified in Subsector 484, Truck Transportation.
• Providing transportation services as owner-operators are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing, according to primary activity.

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

Activities listed under 488490

The Census index assigns these 15 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bridge, tunnel, and highway operations
• Bus terminal operation, independent
• Cargo surveyors, truck transportation
• Driving services, independent (e.g., automobile, truck delivery)
• Independent truck driver (except owner-operators)
• Inspection or weighing services, truck transportation
• Loading and unloading at truck terminals
• Pilot car services (i.e., wide load warning services)
• Shunting of trailers in truck terminals
• Snow clearing, highways and bridges, road transportation
• Snow removal, highway
• Street cleaning service
• Toll road operations, highway
• Truck weighing station operation
• Trucking terminals, independently operated

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 488490

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 488490, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $18 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: 5221, 5224, 5229, 8129), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 52211Operation of rail freight terminalsUK SIC
• 52212Operation of rail passenger facilities at railway stationsUK SIC
• 52213Operation of bus and coach passenger facilities at bus and coach stationsUK SIC
• 52219Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c.UK SIC
• 52241Cargo handling for water transport activitiesUK SIC
• 52242Cargo handling for air transport activitiesUK SIC
• 52243Cargo handling for land transport activitiesUK SIC
• 52290Other transportation support activitiesUK SIC
• 81291Disinfecting and exterminating servicesUK SIC
• 81299Other cleaning servicesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 488410Motor Vehicle Towing