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NAICS 488
Support activities for transportation

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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
488	Support activities for transportation	33,942	57,414,131	16,202,043	465,616
4881	Support activities for air transportation	4,976	12,181,244	3,745,620	129,555
4882	Support activities for rail transportation	853	1,821,557	693,288	20,328
4883	Support activities for water transportation	2,366	8,811,911	2,603,719	63,992
4884	Support activities for road transportation	7,927	4,003,111	1,355,836	56,037
4885	Freight transportation arrangement	16,504	27,656,336	6,868,368	168,641
4889	Other support activities for transportation	1,316	2,939,972	935,212	27,063

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
488	Support activities for transportation	92,016	59,852,985	58,074	63.1	2,438,854	4.1	33,942	57,414,131

Definition: NAICS 488 Support activities for transportation

Industries in the Support Activities for Transportation subsector provide services which support transportation. These services may be provided to transportation carrier establishments or to the general public. This subsector includes a wide array of establishments, including air traffic control services, marine cargo handling, and motor vehicle towing.

The Support Activities for Transportation subsector includes services to transportation but is separated by type of mode serviced. The Support Activities for Rail Transportation industry includes services to the rail industry (e.g., railroad switching and terminal establishments).

Ship repair and maintenance not done in a shipyard are included in Other Support Activities for Water Transportation. An example would be floating drydock services in a harbor.

Excluded from this subsector are establishments primarily engaged in providing factory conversion and overhaul of transportation equipment, which are classified in Subsector 336, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing. Also, establishments primarily engaged in providing rental and leasing of transportation equipment without operator are classified in Subsector 532, Rental and Leasing Services.

Historical comparability

NAICS 488, Support activities for transportation, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.
488	Support activities for transportation	2002	33,942	57,414,131	16,202,043	465,616
		1997	30,675	39,758,245	12,592,441	411,640
		% change	10.7	44.4	28.7	13.1

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Geographic Distribution -- Support activities for transportation: 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.

Other
Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

33,942

57,414,131

100.00

199

16,202,043

465,616

California

4,509

9,758,106

17.00

279

2,441,602

64,843

Texas

3,305

6,586,752

11.47

303

1,906,407

57,939

Florida

3,223

5,226,944

9.10

313

1,549,555

47,053

Illinois

1,633

3,459,881

6.03

275

933,413

25,042

New York

2,257

3,416,726

5.95

178

1,049,989

27,352

New Jersey

1,324

3,356,181

5.85

391

1,007,489

22,147

Ohio

1,084

1,764,975

3.07

155

417,525

13,145

Georgia

1,018

1,730,466

3.01

201

589,181

18,263

Washington

1,025

1,667,918

2.91

275

476,917

12,857

Louisiana

751

1,503,695

2.62

336

449,264

12,936

Pennsylvania

870

1,502,861

2.62

122

413,196

12,282

Virginia

747

1,403,735

2.44

193

387,634

11,550

Tennessee

544

958,878

1.67

166

226,908

6,758

North Carolina

781

882,675

1.54

106

278,935

9,076

Missouri

622

793,913

1.38

140

221,118

6,920

South Carolina

429

778,238

1.36

190

279,954

7,777

Minnesota

530

748,682

1.30

149

189,764

5,284

Massachusetts

585

738,728

1.29

115

220,243

6,119

Kentucky

337

732,233

1.28

179

162,606

5,341

Maryland

600

727,062

1.27

134

212,105

6,335

Oregon

482

711,373

1.24

202

250,694

6,854

Wisconsin

428

677,896

1.18

125

136,889

4,587

Indiana

547

639,269

1.11

104

158,537

5,446

Colorado

470

522,155

0.91

116

168,259

5,775

Kansas

274

506,213

0.88

186

150,814

4,133

Alabama

402

471,079

0.82

105

134,355

4,417

Connecticut

299

468,249

0.82

135

142,348

3,052

Arkansas

312

448,658

0.78

166

120,628

3,882

Oklahoma

346

392,328

0.68

112

110,665

3,495

Alaska

186

362,272

0.63

566

105,915

2,761

Utah

231

268,109

0.47

115

72,393

2,867

Iowa

245

259,429

0.45

74,497

2,082

Hawaii

160

223,407

0.39

181

98,885

2,505

Nevada

200

222,331

0.39

102

73,183

2,939

Delaware

177,033

0.31

220

51,605

1,105

Maine

152

168,094

0.29

130

39,620

1,289

Mississippi

222

167,274

0.29

49,769

1,702

Rhode Island

115

142,397

0.25

133

38,002

1,260

West Virginia

134

141,874

0.25

44,964

1,244

Nebraska

156

132,408

0.23

37,722

1,376

Montana

140

93,713

0.16

103

24,732

990

Idaho

161

86,311

0.15

23,005

860

New Mexico

150

77,373

0.13

19,375

901

North Dakota

57,129

0.10

13,632

515

South Dakota

45,213

0.08

13,781

510

Wyoming

41,066

0.07

11,140

456

Vermont

37,495

0.07

8,589

311

All other states, including those below

1,605

2,135,334

3.72

614,240

19,283

Michigan

894

(10k-24k)

Arizona

571

(5000-9999)

New Hampshire

(500-999)

District of Columbia

(250-499)

Products Lines for Support activities for transportation
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	57,414,131	100.00
47000	Agency or brokerage commissions and fees	13,726,559	23.91
47010	Freight forwarding - net	12,108,431	21.09
45430	Aircraft maintenance and repair services	6,063,251	10.56
44140	Marine cargo handling, including stevedoring	4,130,576	7.19
47030	Motor vehicle towing	2,915,196	5.08
	-Other	18,470,118	32.17

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Support activities for transportation
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-08	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 488
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
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