SIC 4011 Railroads, Line-Haul Operating - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments engaged primarily in line-haul railroad passenger and freight operations. Railways primarily engaged in furnishing passenger transportation confined principally to a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas are classified in SIC 4111: Local and Suburban Transit and SIC 4119: Local Passenger Transportation, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4013 Railroad Switching and Terminal Establishments - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments engaged primarily in the furnishing of terminal facilities for rail passenger or freight traffic for line-haul service and in the movement of railroad cars between terminal yards, industrial sidings, and other local sites. Terminal companies do not necessarily operate any vehicles themselves, but they may operate the stations and terminals.
SIC 4111 Local and Suburban Transit - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local and suburban mass passenger transportation over regular routes and on regular schedules, with operations confined principally to a municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in furnishing passenger transportation by automobile, bus, or rail to, from, or between airports or rail terminals, over regular routes, and those providing bus and rail commuter services.
SIC 4119 Local Passenger Transportation, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing miscellaneous passenger transportation, where such operations are principally within a municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas. Establishments primarily engaged in renting passenger automobiles without drivers are classified in services, Industry Group 751: Automobile Rental and Leasing, without Drivers.
SIC 4121 Taxicabs - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments engaged primarily in furnishing passenger transportation by automobiles not operated on regular schedules or between fixed terminals. Taxicab fleet owners and organizations are included, regardless of whether drivers are hired or rent their cabs or are otherwise compensated.
SIC 4131 Intercity and Rural Bus Transportation - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing bus transportation, over regular routes and on regular schedules. The transportation is principally outside a single municipality, outside one group of contiguous municipalities, and outside a single municipality and its suburban areas.
SIC 4141 Local Bus Charter Service - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local bus charter service where such operations are located principally within a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas.
SIC 4142 Bus Charter Service, Except Local - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments engaged primarily in furnishing bus charter service, except local, where such operations are principally outside a single municipality, outside one group of contiguous municipalities, and outside a single municipality and its suburban areas.
SIC 4151 School Buses - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments engaged primarily in operating buses to transport pupils to and from school. School bus establishments operated by educational institutions are considered auxiliaries.
SIC 4173 Terminal and Service Facilities for Motor Vehicle Passenger Transportation - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry includes establishments primarily engaged in the operation of motor vehicle passenger terminals and of maintenance and service facilities, not operated by companies that also furnish motor vehicle passenger transportation. Establishments that are owned by motor vehicle passenger transportation companies and are primarily engaged in operating terminals for use of such vehicles are classified in the same industry as establishments providing motor vehicle transportation.
SIC 4212 Local Trucking without Storage - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing trucking or transfer services without storage for freight generally weighing more than 100 pounds, in a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local courier services for letters, parcels, and packages generally weighing less than 100 pounds are classified in SIC 4215: Courier Services Except Air; those engaged in collecting and disposing of refuse by processing and destruction of materials are classified in SIC 4953: Refuse Systems.
SIC 4213 Trucking Except Local - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing "over-the-road" trucking services or storage services, including household goods either as common carriers or under special or individual contracts or agreements, for freight generally weighing more than 100 pounds. Such operations are principally outside a single municipality, outside one group of contiguous municipalities, or outside a single municipality and its suburban areas.
SIC 4214 Local Trucking with Storage - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing both trucking and storage services, including household goods, within a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing warehousing and storage of household goods when not combined with trucking are classified in SIC 4226: Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4215 Courier Services Except Air - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the delivery of individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages (generally under 100 pounds), except by means of air transportation or by the United States Postal Service. Delivery is usually made by street or highway within a local area or between cities.
SIC 4221 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of farm products. Farm product warehouses provide temporary storage for non-perishable agricultural products such as grain.
SIC 4222 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of perishable goods under refrigeration. The establishments may also rent locker space for the storage of food products for individual households and provide incidental services for processing, preparing, or packaging such food for storage.
SIC 4225 General Warehousing and Storage - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of a general line of goods. The warehousing of goods at foreign trade zones is discussed under SIC 4226: Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4226 Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of special products, not elsewhere classified, such as household goods, automobiles (dead storage only), furs (for the trade), textiles, oil, chemicals, lumber, whiskey, and goods at foreign trade zones. Warehouses primarily engaged in blending wines are classified in SIC 5182: Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages.
SIC 4231 Terminal and Joint Terminal Maintenance Facilities for Motor Freight Transportation - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the operation of terminal facilities used by highway-type property carrying vehicles. Also included are terminals that provide maintenance and service for motor vehicles.
SIC 4311 United States Postal Service - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry includes all establishments of the United States Postal Service.
SIC 4412 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes companies primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of freight on the deep seas between the United States and foreign ports. Establishments operating vessels for the transportation of freight which travel to foreign ports and also to noncontiguous territories are classified in this industry.
SIC 4424 Deep Sea Domestic Transportation of Freight - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of freight on the deep seas between ports of the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and U.S. island possessions or protectorates.
SIC 4432 Freight Transportation on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the transportation of freight on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, either between U.S.
SIC 4449 Water Transportation of Freight, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in transportation of freight on all inland waterways, including the intracoastal waterways on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Transportation of freight on the Great Lakes and the St.
SIC 4481 Deep Sea Transportation of Passengers - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of passengers on the deep seas.
SIC 4482 Ferries - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in operating ferries for the transportation of passengers or vehicles. Establishments primarily engaged in providing lighterage services are classified in SIC 4499: Water Transportation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4489 Water Transportation of Passengers, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing water transportation of passengers, not elsewhere classified.
SIC 4491 Marine Cargo Handling - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in activities directly related to marine cargo handling from the time cargo, for or from a vessel, arrives at shipside, dock, pier, terminal, staging area, or in-transit area until cargo loading or unloading operations are completed. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in the transfer of cargo between ships and barges, trucks, trains, pipelines, and wharfs.
SIC 4492 Towing and Tugboat Services - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This classification covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing marine towing and tugboat services in the performance of auxiliary or terminal services in harbor areas. The vessels used in performing these services do not carry cargo or passengers.
SIC 4493 Marinas - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in operating marinas. These establishments rent boat slips and store boats, and generally perform a range of other services including cleaning and incidental boat repair.
SIC 4499 Water Transportation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This classification covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing miscellaneous services incidental to water transportation, not elsewhere classified, such as lighterage; boathiring, except for pleasure; chartering of vessels; canal operation; ship cleaning, except hold cleaning; and steamship leasing. Establishments primarily engaged in ship hold cleaning are classified in SIC 4491: Marine Cargo Handling; and those primarily engaged in the operation of charter or party fishing boats or rental of small recreational boats are classified in SIC 7999: Amusement and Recreation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4512 Air Transportation, Scheduled - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
The scheduled air transportation industry primarily has been engaged in furnishing passenger air transportation over regular routes and on regular schedules. This industry includes Alaskan carriers operating over regular or irregular routes.
SIC 4513 Air Courier Services - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
The air courier services industry includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing air delivery of individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages (generally under 100 pounds), except by the U.S. Postal Service.
SIC 4522 Air Transportation, Nonscheduled - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing nonscheduled air transportation. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in furnishing airplane sightseeing services, air taxi services, and helicopter passenger transportation services to, from, or between local airports, whether or not they are scheduled.
SIC 4581 Airports, Flying Fields, and Airport Terminal Services - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in operating and maintaining airports and flying fields; in servicing, repairing (except on a factory basis), maintaining, and storing aircraft; and in furnishing coordinated handling services for airfreight or passengers at airports. This industry also includes private establishments primarily engaged in air traffic control operations.
SIC 4612 Pipelines, Crude Petroleum - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of crude petroleum. Field gathering lines are classified in oil and gas extraction industry sections.
SIC 4613 Petroleum Pipelines, Refined - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products of petroleum, such as gasoline and fuel oil. Linking all petroleum pipeline industries together is Industry Group 461: Pipelines, Except Natural Gas, which includes the other major subcategories of the petroleum pipeline industry, SIC 4612: Crude Petroleum Pipelines and SIC 4619: Pipelines, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4619 Pipelines, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of commodities, except crude petroleum, refined products of petroleum, and natural gas. Establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of refined petroleum are classified in SIC 4613: Crude Petroleum Pipelines, and those engaged in natural gas transmission are classified in SIC 4922: Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution.
SIC 4724 Travel Agencies - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing travel information and arranging tours, transportation, rental cars, and lodging for travelers. Establishments primarily engaged in arranging and assembling tours directly to travelers or through travel agents are discussed in SIC 4725: Tour Operators.
SIC 4725 Tour Operators - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This classification comprises establishments primarily engaged in arranging and assembling tours for sale through travel agents. Tour operators primarily engaged in selling their own tours directly to travelers are also included in this industry.
SIC 4729 Arrangement of Passenger Transportation, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in arranging passenger transportation, not elsewhere classified, such as ticket offices, not operated by transportation companies, for railroads, buses, ships, and airlines.
SIC 4731 Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing shipping information and acting as agents in arranging transportation for freight and cargo. Also included in this industry are freight forwarders, which undertake the transportation of goods from the shippers to receivers for a charge covering the entire transportation, and, in turn, make use of the services of other transportation establishments as instrumentalities in effecting delivery.
SIC 4741 Rental of Railroad Cars - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in renting railroad cars, whether or not also performing services connected with the use thereof, or in performing services connected with the rental of railroad cars. Establishments, such as banks and insurance companies, which purchase and lease railroad cars as investments are classified based on their primary activity.
SIC 4783 Packing and Crating - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry includes establishments that derive more than 50 percent of their revenues from packing, crating, and otherwise preparing goods for shipping. Establishments primarily engaged in packaging and labeling merchandise for purposes other than shipping, such as retail packaging, are classified in SIC 7389: Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified.
SIC 4785 Fixed Facilities and Inspection and Weighing Services for Motor Vehicle Transportation - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the inspection and weighing of goods in connection with transportation or in the operation of fixed facilities for motor vehicle transportation, such as toll roads, highway bridges, and other fixed facilities, except terminals. Included in this industry category are companies that check boat cargo before it is transported on trucks; operate highway bridges, tunnels, and toll bridges; operate truck weighing stations; and conduct various inspections.
SIC 4789 Transportation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing transportation or services incidental to transportation that are not classified elsewhere. Included in this industry are stockyards that do not buy, sell, or auction livestock; and pipeline terminals.
SIC 4812 Radiotelephone Communications - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
Establishments included in this category are primarily engaged in providing two-way radiotelephone communications services, such as cellular telephone services. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in providing telephone paging and beeper services and those engaged in leasing telephone lines or other methods of telephone transmission, such as optical fiber lines and microwave or satellite facilities, and reselling the use of such methods to others.
SIC 4813 Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing telephone voice and data communications, except radiotelephone and telephone answering services. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in leasing telephone lines or other methods of telephone transmission, such as optical fiber lines and microwave or satellite facilities, and reselling the use of such methods to others.
SIC 4822 Telegraph and Other Message Communications - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry covers establishments primarily providing telegraph and other nonvocal message communications services including cablegram, electronic mail, and facsimile services. Also within this industry are establishments providing one or more of the following services: mailgram, photograph transmission, telegram, telex, and various telegraph services.
SIC 4832 Radio Broadcasting Stations - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry consists of establishments engaged in broadcasting radio programs to the public. This includes commercial, religious, and educational stations and establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting and broadcasters that produce radio program materials used by other stations.
SIC 4833 Television Broadcasting Stations - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily broadcasting visual programs by television to the public, except cable and other pay television services (discussed in SIC 4841: Cable and Other Pay Television Services. Included in this industry are commercial, religious, educational, and other television stations.
SIC 4841 Cable and Other Pay Television Services - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry covers establishments primarily engaged in the dissemination of visual and textual television programs on a subscription or fee basis. Included in this industry are establishments that are primarily engaged in cable casting and that also produce taped program materials.
SIC 4899 Communications Services, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in furnishing communications services not elsewhere classified. Examples of such services include radar station operation, radio broadcasting operated by taxicab companies, satellite earth stations, satellite or missile tracking stations operated on a contract basis, and tracking missiles by telemetry and photography on a contract basis.
SIC 4911 Electric Services - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes establishments engaged in generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity. Establishments providing electric services in combination with other services, where the electric services account for less than 95 percent of revenues, are classified in SIC 4931: Electric and Other Services Combined; SIC 4932: Gas and Other Services Combined; or SIC 4939: Combination Utilities, Not Elsewhere Classified according to the major service supplied.
SIC 4922 Natural Gas Transmission - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes establishments engaged in the gathering, transmission, and storage of natural gas. Establishments involved in natural gas exploration and drilling are classified under oil and gas exploration industries.
SIC 4923 Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes establishments engaged in both the transmission and distribution of natural gas. Establishments involved in natural gas transmission, but not its distribution to end users, are classified in SIC 4922: Natural Gas Transmission.
SIC 4924 Natural Gas Distribution - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification is comprised of establishments engaged in the distribution of natural gas to end users. Establishments involved in both the transmission and distribution of natural gas are classified in SIC 4923: Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution.
SIC 4925 Mixed, Manufactured, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas Production and/or Distribution - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes establishments involved in manufacturing and/or distributing manufactured gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or mixtures of manufactured gas with natural gas. Examples include blue gas, coke oven gas, manufactured gas, synthetic natural gas from naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas distributed through mains.
SIC 4931 Electric and Other Services Combined - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification consists of companies primarily providing electricity, but also furnishing other utility services. Companies in which the electricity sales account for 95 percent or more of the revenues are listed in SIC 4911: Electric Services.
SIC 4932 Gas and Other Services Combined - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification consists of companies primarily providing gas distribution services, but also supplying other utility services. Companies in which natural gas distribution accounts for 95 percent or more of revenues are classified in SIC 4924: Natural Gas Distribution.
SIC 4939 Combination Utilities, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry classification includes combination electric and natural gas utilities not categorized elsewhere.
SIC 4941 Water Supply - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in distributing water for sale for residential, commercial, and industrial uses. The industry is dominated by government-controlled establishments such as municipal service districts and public utilities.
SIC 4952 Sewerage Systems - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the collection and disposal of wastes transported through a sewer system. These private and public organizations usually treat the wastewater they collect before discharging it into the environment.
SIC 4953 Refuse Systems - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments that are primarily engaged in the collection and disposal of solid waste. Firms in the industry operate incinerators, solid waste treatment plants, hazardous waste facilities, land-fills, and other disposal sites and services.
SIC 4959 Sanitary Services, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in cleanup and maintenance activities that are not classified in other sanitary industries. Activities covered by this industry classification include beach maintenance and cleaning, malaria control, mosquito eradication, oil spill cleanup, snowplowing, street sweeping, and vacuuming airport runways.
SIC 4961 Steam and Air Conditioning Supply - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry comprises companies that produce and/or distribute steam and heated or cooled air for sale.
SIC 4971 Irrigation Systems - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History
This industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in operating water supply systems for the purpose of irrigation. Establishments primarily engaged in operating irrigation systems for others, but do not themselves provide water, are classified in SIC 0721: Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting.