48899 Other Support Activities for Transportation

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities to transportation (except for air transportation; rail transportation; water transportation; road transportation; and freight transportation arrangement).

Examples Census gives

• Arrangement of vanpools or car pools (except ridesharing arrangement services)
• Independent pipeline terminal facilities
• Stockyards (i.e., not for fattening or selling livestock)

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 support activities for air transportation are classified in Industry Group 4881, Support Activities for Air Transportation.
• Providing support activities for rail transportation are classified in Industry Group 4882, Support Activities for Rail Transportation.
• Providing support activities for water transportation are classified in Industry Group 4883, Support Activities for Water Transportation.
• Providing support activities for road transportation are classified in Industry Group 4884, Support Activities for Road Transportation.
• Arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers are classified in Industry 48851, Freight Transportation Arrangement.
• Operating car pools and vanpools are classified in Industry 48599, Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation.
• Providing pipeline transportation and storage of natural gas are classified in Industry 48621, Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas.
• Providing ridesharing arrangement services and taxicab dispatch services are classified in Industry 48531, Taxi and Ridesharing Services.
• Providing tariff and freight rate consulting services are classified in Industry 54161, Management Consulting Services.
• Operating stockyards for fattening livestock are classified in Subsector 112, Animal Production and Aquaculture.
• Providing packaging and labeling services (except warehousing) are classified in Industry 56191, Packaging and Labeling Services.
• Providing warehousing services are classified in Industry Group 4931, Warehousing and Storage.
• Providing packing and crating services for agricultural products are classified in Industry 11511, Support Activities for Crop Production.

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

Codes in 48899

• 488991Packing and Crating
• 488999All Other Support Activities for Transportation