562998 All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing waste management services (except waste collection, waste treatment and disposal, remediation, operation of materials recovery facilities, septic tank pumping and related services, and waste management consulting services).

Examples Census gives

• Beach cleaning and maintenance services
• Sewer or storm basin cleanout services
• Catch basin cleaning services
• Tank cleaning and disposal services, commercial or industrial
• Sewer cleaning and rodding 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:

• Collecting and/or hauling waste within a local area are classified in Industry 56211, Waste Collection.
• Long-distance trucking of waste are classified in Industry 484230, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance.
• Operating treatment or disposal facilities (except sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities) for waste are classified in Industry 56221, Waste Treatment and Disposal.
• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities.
• Remediation and cleanup of contaminated buildings, mine sites, soil, or ground water are classified in Industry 562910, Remediation Services.
• Operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) or for sorting commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, and metal cans, into distinct categories are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities.
• Pumping (i.e., cleaning) cesspools, portable toilets, and septic tanks or renting portable toilets are classified in U.S. Industry 562991, Septic Tank and Related Services.
• Providing waste management consulting services, such as developing remedial action plans are classified in Industry 541620, Environmental Consulting Services.
• Providing street cleaning services are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.
• Merchant wholesaling waste oil are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.

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

Activities listed under 562998

The Census index assigns these 11 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Beach maintenance and cleaning services
• Catch basin cleaning services
• Disaster recovery services (i.e., cleanup, salvaging), without providing remediation services
• Grease trap cleaning
• Lake maintenance and cleaning services
• Pond maintenance and cleaning services
• Reservoir maintenance and cleaning services
• Sewer cleaning and rodding services
• Sewer cleanout services
• Storm basin cleanout services
• Tank cleaning and disposal services, commercial or industrial

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 562998

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 562998, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $16.5 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: 3700), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 37000SewerageUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 562991Septic Tank and Related Services