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NAICS 488510 Freight transportation arrangement |
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| Indus- try Detail |
NAICS code |
NAICS Title (and link to definition) |
Estab- lish- ments |
Revenue
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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48-49 | Transportation & warehousing | 178,025 | 318,245,044 | 82,346,182 | 2,920,777 | |
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488 | Support activities for transportation | 30,675 | 39,758,245 | 12,592,441 | 411,640 | |
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4885 | Freight transportation arrangement | 15,782 | 16,250,758 | 5,014,641 | 141,488 | |
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48851 | Freight transportation arrangement | 15,782 | 16,250,758 | 5,014,641 | 141,488 | |
| 488510 | Freight transportation arrangement | 15,782 | 16,250,758 | 5,014,641 | 141,488 | ||
| 4885101 | Freight forwarding | 6,630 | 8,294,389 | 2,384,719 | 69,130 | ||
| 4885102 | Arrangement of transportation of freight & cargo | 9,152 | 7,956,369 | 2,629,922 | 72,358 | ||
Table includes only establishments with payroll.
NAICS
488510: Freight Transportation Arrangement
.
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in
arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers.
These establishments are usually known as freight forwarders, marine
shipping agents, or customs brokers and offer a combination of
services spanning transportation modes.
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NAICS
SIC
Description
Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Paid
employees
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
488510

Freight transportation arrangement
15,782
16,250,758
141,488
5,014,641
99% of
4731
15,782
16,250,758
69,130
5,014,641
4731
6,630
8,294,389
69,130
2,384,719
4731
9,152
7,956,369
72,358
2,629,922
%% Data do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Statistics, U.S. Department of
Transportation
** Railroad transportation and U.S. Postal Service industries are out of scope for the 1997 Economic Ce
=sum of SIC parts listed below the symbol
SIC
1987 SIC Description
Year
Establishments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual payroll
($1,000)
Paid employees
4731
Freight shipping services
1997
15,994
16,392,866
5,067,614
143,126
1992 12,553
9,158,618
3,232,854
106,979
% chg 27.4
79.0
56.8
33.8
Geographic Distribution -- Freight transportation arrangement: 1997
Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas
Other
Indus-
tries
State
Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)Revenue
% of
U.S.Annual
payroll
($1,000)Paid
employees

United States
15,782
16,250,758
100.00
5,014,641
141,488

California
2,104
2,731,319
16.81
842,388
22,698

New York
1,565
1,791,131
11.02
569,416
13,597

Texas
1,650
1,514,972
9.32
515,965
17,289

New Jersey
830
1,281,791
7.89
435,120
10,102

Illinois
873
1,205,743
7.42
388,373
10,006

Florida
1,595
1,080,646
6.65
304,417
9,893

Pennsylvania
383
513,214
3.16
136,051
4,036

Georgia
519
494,725
3.04
153,008
4,427

Ohio
495
480,655
2.96
146,129
4,293

Washington
459
472,653
2.91
151,580
4,326

Michigan
312
390,609
2.40
116,548
3,770

Massachusetts
316
325,606
2.00
101,777
2,737

Connecticut
183
294,169
1.81
94,917
1,437

Virginia
282
286,643
1.76
87,384
2,449

Minnesota
253
269,648
1.66
80,738
2,157

North Carolina
345
252,510
1.55
76,778
2,376

Tennessee
249
244,030
1.50
88,173
2,629

Wisconsin
166
230,864
1.42
45,078
1,357

Maryland
256
230,202
1.42
78,728
2,282

Arizona
209
195,451
1.20
39,961
1,380

Oregon
215
194,146
1.19
57,008
1,633

Louisiana
264
189,213
1.16
68,189
2,173

Missouri
318
185,325
1.14
58,359
1,815

Indiana
208
146,497
0.90
41,702
1,382

South Carolina
171
141,159
0.87
40,792
1,306

Colorado
166
137,150
0.84
30,731
940

Kentucky
131
123,055
0.76
35,826
1,328

Alabama
143
97,355
0.60
30,234
1,010

Arkansas
101
78,180
0.48
22,374
686

Kansas
105
75,632
0.47
19,904
664

Utah
85
71,356
0.44
17,414
536

Nevada
66
57,571
0.35
8,844
360

Iowa
92
54,331
0.33
13,688
458

Alaska
49
52,072
0.32
15,925
503

Hawaii
63
43,811
0.27
10,687
318

Oklahoma
84
41,851
0.26
12,202
452

Mississippi
69
37,488
0.23
7,992
296

Maine
52
33,940
0.21
6,826
306

Idaho
37
32,876
0.20
6,929
232

Nebraska
58
30,941
0.19
11,314
366

Rhode Island
34
24,785
0.15
8,782
264

Montana
38
23,948
0.15
5,320
262

North Dakota
22
18,555
0.11
5,958
228

District of Columbia
25
17,295
0.11
7,097
97

New Hampshire
23
10,983
0.07
4,526
91

Vermont
29
10,760
0.07
4,080
173

Delaware
21
10,438
0.06
4,072
105

New Mexico
30
9,336
0.06
1,573
91

West Virginia
16
6,915
0.04
1,978
92

South Dakota
16
6,503
0.04
1,535
62

Wyoming
7
710
251
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