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NAICS 488210
Support activities for rail transportation

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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.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 48-49 Transportation & warehousing 199,618 382,152,040 115,988,733 3,650,859
Go to this NAICS 488 Support activities for transportation 33,942 57,414,131 16,202,043 465,616
Go to this NAICS 4882 Support activities for rail transportation 853 1,821,557 693,288 20,328
Go to this NAICS 48821 Support activities for rail transportation 853 1,821,557 693,288 20,328
  488210 Support activities for rail transportation 853 1,821,557 693,288 20,328

 

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)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
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
4882 Support activities for rail transportation N N N N N N 853 1,821,557
48821 Support activities for rail transportation N N N N N N 853 1,821,557
488210 Support activities for rail transportation N N N N N N 853 1,821,557

 

Definition: NAICS 488210   Support activities for rail transportation

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized services for railroad transportation including servicing, routine repairing (except factory conversion, overhaul or rebuilding of rolling stock), and maintaining rail cars; loading and unloading rail cars; and operating independent terminals.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 488210, Support activities for rail 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.

(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.
1997
NAICS
code		 1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Revenue ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
488210 Support activities for rail transportation 2002 853 1,821,557 693,288 20,328
1997 816 2,066,746 514,558 18,865
% change 4.5 -11.9 34.7 7.8

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Support activities for rail 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
See other industries in this state United States 853 1,821,557 100.00 6.32 693,288 20,328
See other industries in this state Texas 99 387,354 21.26 17.80 140,635 3,973
See other industries in this state Illinois 85 229,289 12.59 18.20 90,171 2,494
See other industries in this state California 53 150,613 8.27 4.30 63,579 1,845
See other industries in this state Georgia 29 80,045 4.39 9.31 35,854 1,240
See other industries in this state Ohio 41 73,191 4.02 6.41 30,785 932
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 39 66,063 3.63 5.36 27,588 796
See other industries in this state Kansas 17 62,575 3.44 23.05 13,475 417
See other industries in this state Washington 30 56,199 3.09 9.26 19,162 568
See other industries in this state Alabama 18 46,676 2.56 10.42 19,289 607
See other industries in this state Indiana 25 36,197 1.99 5.88 12,709 358
See other industries in this state New York 20 34,545 1.90 1.80 13,228 351
See other industries in this state Kentucky 14 33,592 1.84 8.22 13,082 353
See other industries in this state Arkansas 14 33,036 1.81 12.21 12,444 408
See other industries in this state Missouri 19 31,873 1.75 5.61 14,559 447
See other industries in this state Nebraska 13 28,008 1.54 16.22 11,573 375
See other industries in this state Colorado 17 25,046 1.37 5.57 11,148 325
See other industries in this state Tennessee 15 24,440 1.34 4.22 7,944 208
See other industries in this state Louisiana 22 23,755 1.30 5.31 11,075 369
See other industries in this state Iowa 14 21,229 1.17 7.23 11,595 361
See other industries in this state North Carolina 16 18,680 1.03 2.25 9,082 211
See other industries in this state Minnesota 18 17,555 0.96 3.49 5,239 154
See other industries in this state Virginia 9 14,280 0.78 1.96 5,178 154
See other industries in this state Wyoming 7 13,953 0.77 27.96 4,258 137
See other industries in this state Oregon 9 12,798 0.70 3.63 4,774 161
See other industries in this state Montana 6 12,066 0.66 13.25 3,751 115
See other industries in this state South Carolina 16 11,757 0.65 2.87 4,374 194
See other industries in this state West Virginia 7 9,404 0.52 5.21 3,246 73
See other industries in this state Utah 9 8,323 0.46 3.58 2,737 95
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 12 8,182 0.45 1.50 1,831 58
See other industries in this state Mississippi 7 5,440 0.30 1.90 1,765 76
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 11 3,884 0.21 1.11 1,319 56
  All other states, including those below 142 241,509 13.26   85,839 2,417
See other industries in this state     Florida 35 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Michigan 33 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 19 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 7 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 13 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 13 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 7 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Support activities for rail transportation
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
40000 Industry total 1,821,557 100.00
47020 Process, physical distribution, and logistics consulting 16,915 0.93
-Other 1,804,642 99.07

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Support activities for rail transportation
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-48SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US
link to PDF EC02-48SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-48I-08 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-48A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, metros
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 488210
Hypertext Tables 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
Link to table for this industry 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
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 48821 To broader NAICS

 

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