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This summary page of industry sector NAICS 48/49, Transportation and Warehousing, contains the NAICS definition for the industry sector as a whole, as well as the latest data available and links to the survey questionnaire forms that are used to collect the information. Please click on the links below or scroll down the page to go to your topic of interest.NAICS Industry Sector Description
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NAICS Industry Sector Description
The Transportation and Warehousing sector includes industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation. Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transportation related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.
The Transportation and Warehousing sector distinguishes three basic types of activities: subsectors for each mode of transportation, a subsector for warehousing and storage, and a subsector for establishments providing support activities for transportation. In addition, there are subsectors for establishments that provide passenger transportation for scenic and sightseeing purposes, postal services, and courier services.
A separate subsector for support activities is established in the sector because, first, support activities for transportation are inherently multimodal, such as freight transportation arrangement, or have multimodal aspects. Secondly, there are production process similarities among the support activity industries.
One of the support activities identified in the support activity subsector is the routine repair and maintenance of transportation equipment (e.g., aircraft at an airport, railroad rolling stock at a railroad terminal, or ships at a harbor or port facility). Such establishments do not perform complete overhauling or rebuilding of transportation equipment (i.e., periodic restoration of transportation equipment to original design specifications) or transportation equipment conversion (i.e., major modification to systems). An establishment that primarily performs factory (or shipyard) overhauls, rebuilding, or conversions of aircraft, railroad rolling stock, or a ship is classified in Subsector 336, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing according to the type of equipment.
Many of the establishments in this sector often operate on networks, with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over an extensive geographic area.
Warehousing establishments in this sector are distinguished from merchant wholesaling in that the warehouse establishments do not sell the goods.
Excluded from this sector are establishments primarily engaged in providing travel agent services that support transportation and other establishments, such as hotels, businesses, and government agencies. These establishments are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. Also, establishments primarily engaged in providing rental and leasing of transportation equipment without operator are classified in Subsector 532, Rental and Leasing Services.
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Latest Data
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NAICS Industry Data
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Estimated Revenue for Employer Firms
Estimated Coefficients of Variation
Tables are in both PDF and XLS format48/49 Appendix .xls
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Survey Forms
Below is a listing of the survey questionnaire forms that are used to collect data for the Service Annual Survey. We are currently collecting information for the 2004 survey year. The questionnaire forms are in PDF format. The questionnaire forms are in PDF format.| Form # | Title | Current Form | Archived Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA-484 | NAICS 484110 General Freight Trucking, Local | 2005 | |
| SA-484 | NAICS 484121 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload | 2005 | |
| SA-484 | NAICS 484122 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload | 2005 | |
| SA-484 | NAICS 484210 Used Household and Office Goods Moving | 2005 | |
| SA-484 | NAICS 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local | 2005 | |
| SA-484 | NAICS 484230 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance | 2005 | |
| SA-492 | NAICS 492110 Couriers | 2005 | |
| SA-492 | NAICS 492210 Local Messengers and Local Delivery | 2005 | |
| SA-493 | NAICS 493110 General Warehousing and Storage | 2005 | |
| SA-493 | NAICS 493120 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage | 2005 | |
| SA-493 | NAICS 493130 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage | 2005 | |
| SA-493 | NAICS 493190 Other Warehousing and
Storage |
2005 |
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