926120 Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs

Official definition

This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the administration, regulation, licensing, planning, inspection, and investigation of transportation services and facilities. Included in this industry are government establishments responsible for motor vehicle and operator licensing, the Coast Guard (except the Coast Guard Academy), and parking authorities.

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:

• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating airports, railroads, depots, ports, toll roads and bridges, and other transportation facilities and systems are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating parking lots and parking garages are classified in Industry 812930, Parking Lots and Garages.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating automobile safety inspection and emission testing facilities are classified in Industry Group 8111, Automotive Repair and Maintenance.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in building and/or maintaining roads and highways are classified in Industry 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in providing air traffic control (except military) services are classified in U.S. Industry 488111, Air Traffic Control.
• Establishments of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, primarily engaged in providing military air traffic control services are classified in Industry 928110, National Security.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating college-level military service academies, including the Coast Guard Academy, are classified in Industry 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing motor vehicle license issuing services (except government) are classified in Industry 561990, All Other Support Services.
• Government establishments primarily engaged in operating weigh stations are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.

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

Activities listed under 926120

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

• Aircraft inspection, government
• Coast Guard (except academy)
• Federal Aviation Administration (except air traffic control)
• Licensing of transportation equipment, facilities, and services
• Merchant Marine (except academy)
• Motor carrier licensing and inspection offices
• Motor vehicle licensing offices, government
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Port authorities and districts, nonoperating
• Public transportation commissions, nonoperating
• Railroad and warehouse commissions, nonoperating
• Transit systems and authorities, nonoperating
• Transportation departments, nonoperating
• Transportation regulatory agencies
• Transportation safety programs, government

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

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: 8413, 8423), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 84130Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businessesUK SIC
• 84230Justice and judicial activitiesUK SIC

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

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