NAICS 48-49—Transportation and Warehousing
Sector · North American Industry Classification System (2022)
Where 48-49 sits
- 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing
Contains 11 narrower codes
- 481 Air Transportation
- 482 Rail Transportation
- 483 Water Transportation
- 484 Truck Transportation
- 485 Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
- 486 Pipeline Transportation
- 487 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation
- 488 Support Activities for Transportation
- 491 Postal Service
- 492 Couriers and Messengers
- 493 Warehousing and Storage
Description
The Transportation and Warehousing sector includes industries providing:
Transportation of passengers Transportation of cargo Warehousing and storage of goods Scenic and sightseeing transportation Support activities related to transportation modes
Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transportation-related facilities as productive assets. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation.
The primary modes of transportation are:
Air Rail Water Road Pipeline Structure of the Sector
The Transportation and Warehousing sector distinguishes three basic types of activities:
1. Transportation by Mode
Separate subsectors exist for each mode of transportation, including air, rail, water, road, and pipeline transportation.
2. Warehousing and Storage
A dedicated subsector covers establishments engaged in warehousing and storage of goods.
3. Support Activities for Transportation
A separate subsector includes establishments providing support services for transportation operations.
In addition, the sector includes subsectors for:
Scenic and sightseeing transportation Postal services Courier and messenger services Support Activities for Transportation
A separate subsector for support activities exists because:
Many support activities are inherently multimodal, such as freight transportation arrangement, or have significant multimodal aspects. There are common production processes among support activity industries. Transportation Equipment Maintenance and Repair
One support activity identified within the Support Activities for Transportation subsector is the routine repair and maintenance of transportation equipment, including:
Aircraft at airports Railroad rolling stock at railroad terminals Ships at harbors and port facilities
These establishments perform routine maintenance and repair but do not perform:
Complete overhauls or rebuilding of transportation equipment Major equipment conversions or system modifications
Establishments primarily engaged in factory (or shipyard) overhauls, rebuilding, or conversions of:
Aircraft Railroad rolling stock Ships
Are classified in Subsector 336 – Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, according to the type of equipment involved.
Network-Based Operations
Many establishments in this sector operate extensive networks with:
Physical facilities distributed across wide geographic areas Labor forces spread across regions Transportation equipment deployed throughout those networks Warehousing vs. Merchant Wholesaling
Warehousing establishments are distinguished from merchant wholesalers because:
Warehousing establishments store goods but do not sell them. Merchant wholesalers buy and sell goods.
48-49 in other systems
- I Transport, postal and warehousing approximate via ISIC H
- 4900 Air and Space Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5010 Scenic and Sightseeing Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5309 Other Warehousing and Storage Services inferred via ISIC H
- 4623 Taxi and Other Road Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4621 Interurban and Rural Bus Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4810 Water Freight Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4820 Water Passenger Transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and Storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.22 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transport, storage and mail exact via ISIC H
- 49.1 Rail and metro transport inferred via ISIC H
- 50.2 Inland waterway transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Air cargo transport inferred via ISIC H
- 50.1 Coastal and long-distance maritime transport inferred via ISIC H
- 52.2 Auxiliary activities of land transport inferred via ISIC H
- 52.3 Auxiliary activities of water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49.3 Road freight transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transport and Storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Storage and warehousing inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Air freight and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Transport of goods via inland waterways inferred via ISIC H
- 51.10 Air passenger transport inferred via ISIC H
- 52.32 Passenger transport intermediation activities inferred via ISIC H
- 50.30 Passenger transport via inland waterways inferred via ISIC H
- 49.50 Pipeline transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation, storage, postal and courier services exact via ISIC H
- 510 Air transport inferred via ISIC H
- 491 Railway and cable transport inferred via ISIC H
- 492 Land transport by road inferred via ISIC H
- 499 Other land transport services inferred via ISIC H
- 53 Postal and courier activities inferred via ISIC H
- 521 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 502200 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- G Transportation, warehousing and postal industry exact via ISIC H
- 5512 Inland passenger transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5523 Inland river cargo transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5320 Railway cargo transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5611 Air passenger transport inferred via ISIC H
- 60 Postal industry inferred via ISIC H
- 5438 Moving transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 582 Transportation agency inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact
- E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities approximate via ISIC 48-49
- D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply approximate via ISIC E
- O Administrative and support service activities approximate via ISIC E
- S Arts, sports and recreation approximate via ISIC I
- I Accommodation and food service activities approximate via ISIC I
- Q Education approximate via ISIC I
- J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities approximate via ISIC I
- H Transport and postal services approximate via ISIC H
- I Wholesale and retail trade approximate via ISIC H
- Q Compound services approximate via ISIC H
- 4721 Refrigerated warehousing inferred via ISIC H
- 4512 Oceangoing freight transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4511 Oceangoing passenger transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4711 Ordinary warehousing, except refrigerated warehousing inferred via ISIC H
- 4531 Harbor passenger transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 5210 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 502 Inland water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 501 Sea and coastal water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51200 Freight air transport inferred via ISIC H
- 4921 Urban and suburban passenger land transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51100 Passenger air transport inferred via ISIC H
- 491 Transport via railways inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and Storage exact via ISIC H
- 5210 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 5229 Other transportation support activities inferred via ISIC H
- 51 Air transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5221 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5222 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 492 Other land transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5012 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.22 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and warehousing exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Air transportation of cargo and transport space inferred via ISIC H
- 49.50 Pipeline transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Waterway transportation of freight inferred via ISIC H
- 51.10 Air transportation of passengers inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Services auxiliary to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.30 Waterway transportation of passengers inferred via ISIC H
- 48-49 Transportation and warehousing exact
- 485210 Interurban and rural bus transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 485410 School and employee bus transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 493190 Other warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 493110 General warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 486990 All other pipeline transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 493120 Refrigerated warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 493130 Farm product warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 5210 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 51 Air Transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5229 Other support activities for transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5221 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5222 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 492 Other land transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5012 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and Storage exact via ISIC H
- 5210 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 5221 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5222 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 5020 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 5040 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 512 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transport and Storage Management exact via ISIC H
- 51.2 Air freight and space transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage of goods inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and pipeline transport inferred via ISIC H
- 50.30 Inland passenger water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal transport of goods inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland waterway transport of goods inferred via ISIC H
- 50.10 Sea and coastal passenger transport inferred via ISIC H
- 48-49 Transport, mail and storage exact
- 4931 Storage services inferred via ISIC H
- 485410 School and staff transpor inferred via ISIC H
- 481111 Scheduled air transport on national airlines inferred via ISIC H
- 483113 Maritime transport of oil and natural gas inferred via ISIC H
- 481112 Scheduled air transport on foreign airlines inferred via ISIC H
- 483112 Coastal maritime transport, except for oil and natural gas inferred via ISIC H
- 485111 Urban and suburban public passenger transport by fixed route buses inferred via ISIC H
- E Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services approximate
- I Services approximate
- 4131 Intercity and Rural Bus Transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 4449 Water Transportation Of Freight inferred via ISIC H
- 4221 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage inferred via ISIC H
- 4222 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage inferred via ISIC H
- 4412 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight inferred via ISIC H
- 4432 Freight Transportation On The Great Lakes inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and Storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.22 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 53 Postal and courier activities inferred via ISIC H
- 5224 Cargo Handling inferred via ISIC H
- 52101 General warehousing inferred via ISIC H
- 52102 Refrigerated warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 500 Water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 5229 Other Transportation Support Activities inferred via ISIC H
- 510 Air transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.22 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
- H Transportation and storage exact via ISIC H
- 52.10 Warehousing and storage inferred via ISIC H
- 52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 52.22 Service activities incidental to water transportation inferred via ISIC H
- 50.20 Sea and coastal freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines inferred via ISIC H
- 50.40 Inland freight water transport inferred via ISIC H
- 51.2 Freight air transport and space transport inferred via ISIC H
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