Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in United States

Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in the United States was 291,155 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.1% from 2022.

2023, count291,155

Change on 2022-1.1%

Series high294,3542022

Series low214,4922012

Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in United States, 2012 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.

All 12 values

Period	count
2023	291,155
2022	294,354
2021	279,148
2020	257,785
2019	250,080
2018	244,800
2017	237,308
2016	230,994
2015	228,382
2014	220,565
2013	215,547
2012	214,492

Rankings

US states by employer establishments: transportation and warehousing 51 places

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns. Excludes rail transportation (NAICS 482) and the Postal Service (491).

County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms (Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing, United States, 2012 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/

MLA 9

County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms, Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing, United States, 2012 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-transportation-warehousing/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing, United States, 2012 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-transportation-warehousing/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms, Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing, United States, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-transportation-warehousing/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms: Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing, United States, 2012 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-transportation-warehousing/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in United States?

Employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in the United States was 291,155 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.1% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: transportation and warehousing in United States?

294,354 in 2022, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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