U.S. Census Bureau

2007 NAICS Definitions


238910 Site Preparation Contractors

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as excavating and grading, demolition of buildings and other structures, and septic system installation. Earth moving and land clearing for all types of sites (e.g., building, nonbuilding, mining) is included in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in construction equipment rental with operator (except cranes) are also included.

Illustrative Examples:

Blasting, building demolition Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition Foundation drilling contractors Cutting new rights of way Grading construction sites Demolition, building and structure Line slashing or cutting (except maintenance) Dewatering contractors Septic system contractors Dirt moving for construction Trenching (except underwater) Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator Underground tank (except hazardous) removal Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors Wrecking, building or other structure

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2007
NAICS		2002
NAICS		1997
NAICS		 Corresponding Index Entries
238910238910234990 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator
238910238910235930 Backfilling, construction
238910238910234990 Backhoe rental with operator
238910238910234990 Blast hole drilling (except mining)
238910238910235940 Blasting, building demolition
238910238910234990 Blasting, construction site
238910238910235930 Boring, for building construction
238910238910235940 Building demolition
238910238910234990 Bulldozer rental with operator
238910238910235930 Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction
238910238910235110 Cesspool construction
238910238910235940 Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition
238910238910234990 Construction equipment (except crane) rental with operator
238910238910235990 Core drilling and test boring for construction
238910238910234990 Crawler tractor rental with operator
238910238910234990 Cutting new rights of way
238910238910235940 Demolition contractor
238910238910235940 Demolition, building and structure
238910238910235990 Dewatering contractors
238910238910235930 Digging foundations
238910238910235930 Dirt moving for construction
238910238910235940 Dismantling engineering structures (e.g., oil storage tank)
238910238910235110 Drainage system (e.g., cesspool, septic tank) installation
238910238910235930 Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors
238910238910235930 Drilled shaft (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction
238910238910235110 Dry well construction
238910238910234990 Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator
238910238910 Excavating, earthmoving or land clearing, mining (except overburden removal at open pit mine sites or quarries)
238910238910235930 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors
238910238910235930 Excavation contractors
238910238910235930 Foundation digging (i.e., excavation)
238910238910235930 Foundation drilling contractors
238910238910235930 Grading construction sites
238910238910235930 Grave excavation contractors
238910238910235930 Ground thawing for construction site digging
238910238910235940 House demolishing
238910238910235940 House razing
238910238910235940 Hydrodemolition (i.e., demolition with pressurized water) contractors
238910238910234990 Land clearing
238910238910234990 Land leveling contractors
238910238910234990 Line slashing or cutting (except maintenance)
238910238910234990 Machinery, construction (except cranes), rental with operator
238910238910 Mine site preparation and related construction activities, construction contractors
238910238910235930 Pile driving, building foundation
238910238910235930 Piling (i.e., bored, cast-in-place, drilled), building foundation, contractors
238910238910234990 Power shovel, construction, rental with operator
238910238910234990 Power, communication and pipe line right of way clearance (except maintenance)
238910238910234990 Right of way cutting (except maintenance)
238910238910235110 Septic system contractors
238910238910235110 Septic tank and weeping tile installation
238910238910234990 Soil compacting
238910238910235990 Soil test drilling
238910238910235990 Test boring for construction
238910238910234990 Trenching (except underwater)
238910238910235940 Underground tank (except hazardous material) removal
238910238910235110 Weeping tile installation
238910238910235940 Wrecking, building or other structure