2022 NAICS national industry in sector 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
562111 Solid Waste Collection
NAICS 562111 is the US industry code for solid waste collection. This U.S.
- Code
- 562111 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Solid Waste Collection
- Part of
- Waste Collection
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $47 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 38110 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) within a local area; (2) operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations; and (3) collecting and/or hauling mixed recyclable materials within a local area.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Long-distance trucking of waste are classified in Industry 484230, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance.
- Collecting and/or hauling in combination with disposal of nonhazardous waste materials are classified in Industry 56221, Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste within a local area and/or operating hazardous waste transfer stations are classified in U.S. Industry 562112, Hazardous Waste Collection.
- Collecting and removing debris, such as brush or rubble, within a local area are classified in U.S. Industry 562119, Other Waste Collection.
- Operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) and/or for sorting commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, and metal cans, into distinct categories are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities.
- Merchant wholesaling automotive, industrial, and other recyclable materials are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 562111
The Census index assigns these 16 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Ash collection services
- Ash hauling, local
- Garbage collection services
- Garbage hauling, local
- Garbage pick-up services
- Recyclable material collection services
- Recyclable material hauling, local
- Refuse collection services
- Refuse hauling, local
- Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local
- Rubbish collection services
- Trash collection services
- Trash hauling, local
- Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid
SBA size standard for 562111
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 562111, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 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: 3811), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.