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NAICS 48421
Used household and office goods moving

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
484	Truck transportation	112,642	164,218,769	47,750,111	1,435,210
4842	Specialized freight trucking	53,631	53,979,668	13,629,576	446,018
48421	Used household & office goods moving	8,642	12,638,114	3,092,317	110,992
484210	Used household & office goods moving	8,642	12,638,114	3,092,317	110,992

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
N = Not available
48-49	Transportation & warehousing	1,008,617	422,849,549	808,999	80.2	40,697,509	9.6	199,618	382,152,040
484	Truck transportation	525,742	192,943,014	413,100	78.6	28,724,245	14.9	112,642	164,218,769
4842	Specialized freight trucking	105,366	57,160,891	51,735	49.1	3,181,223	5.6	53,631	53,979,668
48421	Used household & office goods moving	N	N	N	N	N	N	8,642	12,638,114

Definition: NAICS 48421 Used household and office goods moving

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing local or long-distance trucking of used household, used institutional, or used commercial furniture and equipment. Incidental packing and storage activities are often provided by these establishments.

Historical comparability

NAICS 48421, Used household and office goods moving, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 48421 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Used household and office goods moving: 2002

Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Indus-
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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

8,642

12,638,114

100.00

3,092,317

110,992

Missouri

219

1,828,004

14.46

322

109,078

3,701

Indiana

138

1,470,337

11.63

239

168,430

4,565

California

1,166

1,307,628

10.35

365,671

13,533

Illinois

375

679,756

5.38

156,972

4,940

Texas

576

658,125

5.21

175,140

7,020

New York

644

618,842

4.90

206,876

7,735

New Jersey

410

486,062

3.85

157,897

4,775

Florida

629

433,630

3.43

119,610

4,799

Virginia

265

395,855

3.13

132,684

4,957

Ohio

258

307,020

2.43

97,652

3,286

Massachusetts

237

294,357

2.33

104,371

3,433

Pennsylvania

272

292,992

2.32

98,149

3,572

Maryland

195

274,368

2.17

91,337

3,814

North Carolina

224

253,379

2.00

82,158

3,153

Georgia

232

253,327

2.00

80,676

3,156

Washington

216

250,506

1.98

78,877

2,692

Colorado

164

198,753

1.57

62,573

2,077

Connecticut

129

190,997

1.51

60,323

1,740

Minnesota

131

186,427

1.48

46,549

1,574

Wisconsin

183

159,539

1.26

51,918

1,779

Tennessee

128

156,147

1.24

42,322

1,547

Iowa

136,476

1.08

37,310

1,375

Oregon

84,437

0.67

26,719

939

Oklahoma

83,946

0.66

29,445

1,055

Alabama

116

83,131

0.66

27,148

1,278

Kansas

82,680

0.65

27,615

1,123

Kentucky

82,594

0.65

22,521

1,015

Rhode Island

81,322

0.64

11,949

383

Nebraska

72,962

0.58

16,514

685

Hawaii

72,229

0.57

28,518

852

South Carolina

68,904

0.55

26,406

1,087

Utah

54,833

0.43

18,093

705

Louisiana

54,543

0.43

18,653

940

Alaska

53,375

0.42

20,898

700

Nevada

50,568

0.40

16,837

602

New Hampshire

44,047

0.35

15,789

496

Mississippi

42,135

0.33

12,110

529

Maine

39,216

0.31

14,208

512

New Mexico

34,798

0.28

10,830

470

Delaware

32,937

0.26

12,185

434

Montana

27,400

0.22

9,238

333

Arkansas

26,798

0.21

8,564

454

Idaho

23,565

0.19

6,964

286

North Dakota

22,275

0.18

7,144

293

West Virginia

21,790

0.17

6,531

293

Wyoming

20,158

0.16

6,232

314

Vermont

13,447

0.11

4,638

246

South Dakota

12,152

0.10

4,484

216

All other states, including those below

399

519,345

4.11

155,511

5,529

Michigan

233

(2500-4999)

Arizona

154

(1000-2499)

District of Columbia

(500-999)

Products Lines for Used household and office goods moving
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	12,638,114	100.00
42010	Long-distance motor carrier revenue	5,565,474	44.04
42000	Local motor carrier revenue	3,481,621	27.55
42060	Packing/packaging services related to motor carrier & storage	901,366	7.13
	-Other	2,689,653	21.28

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Used household and office goods moving
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-48SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-48SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-48I-09	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 48421
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Serviced Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Messenger Services & Warehousing	Annual	Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms	US
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas