493120 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating refrigerated warehousing and storage facilities. Establishments primarily engaged in the storage of furs for the trade are included in this industry. The services provided by these establishments include blast freezing, tempering, and modified atmosphere storage services.

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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning and storing furs (except for the trade) and garments are classified in Industry 812320, Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated).

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

Businesses that use this code

• Warehouse or fulfilment centre

Activities listed under 493120

The Census index assigns these 9 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bonded warehousing, refrigerated
• Cold storage locker services
• Cold storage warehousing
• Farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated
• Fur storage warehousing for the trade
• Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated
• Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated
• Refrigerated warehousing
• Warehousing, refrigerated

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 493120

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 493120, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $36.5 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: 5210), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 52101Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activitiesUK SIC
• 52102Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for air transport activitiesUK SIC
• 52103Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activitiesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 493110General Warehousing and Storage
• 493130Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
• 493190Other Warehousing and Storage