SIC Codes - Division E - Major Group 42: Motor Freight Transportation And Warehousing

Major Group 42: Motor Freight Transportation And Warehousing

This major group includes establishments furnishing local or long-distance trucking or transfer services, or those engaged in the storage of farm products, furniture and other household goods, or commercial goods of any nature. The operation of terminal facilities for handling freight, with or without maintenance facilities, is also included. Establishments primarily engaged in the storage of natural gas are classified in Industry 4922. Field warehousing is classified in Services, Industry 7389. Establishments of the United States Postal Service are classified in Major Group 43.

Industry Group 421: Trucking And Courier Services, Except Air
- 4212 Local Trucking Without Storage
  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 Industry 4215; those engaged in collecting and disposing of refuse by processing or destruction of materials are classified in Industry 4953; those engaged in removing overburden from mines or quarries are classified in Division B, Mining; and construction contractors hauling dirt and rock as a part of their construction activity are classified in Division C, Construction.
  - Baggage transfer
  - Carting, by truck or horse drawn wagon
  - Debris removal, local carting only
  - Draying, local: without storage
  - Farm to market hauling
  - Furniture moving, local: without storage
  - Garbage, local collecting and transporting: without disposal
  - Hauling live animals, local
  - Hauling, by dump truck
  - Local trucking, without storage
  - Log trucking
  - Mail carriers, bulk, contract: local
  - Refuse, local collecting and transporting: without disposal
  - Rental of trucks with drivers
  - Safe moving, local
  - Star routes, local
  - Truck rental for local use, with drivers
  - Trucking timber
- 4213 Trucking, Except Local
  Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing "over-the-road" trucking services or trucking services and 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. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing air courier services for individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages generally weighing less than 100 pounds are classified in Industry 4513 and other courier services for individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages generally weighing less than 100 pounds are classified in Industry 4215.
  - Long-distance trucking
  - Over-the-road trucking
  - Trucking rental with drivers, except for local use
  - Trucking, except local
- 4214 Local Trucking With Storage
  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 Industry 4226. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local courier services for letters, parcels, and packages weighing less than 100 pounds are classified in Industry 4215.
  - Furniture moving, local: combined with storage
  - Household goods moving, local: combined with storage
  - Trucking, local: combined with storage
- 4215 Courier Services, Except By Air
  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. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing air delivery of individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages, except by the United States Postal Service, are classified in Industry 4513, and establishments of the United States Postal Service are classified in Industry 4311. Establishments primarily engaged in the delivery of advertising and other unaddressed letters, parcels, and packages are classified in Industry 7319. Establishments primarily engaged in undertaking the transportation of goods from shippers to receivers for a charge covering the entire transportation, but making use of other transportation establishments to effect the entire delivery, are classified in Industry 4731. Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing armored car services are classified in Services, Industry 7381.
  - Courier services, except by air
  - Letter delivery, private: except air
  - Mail delivery, private: except air
  - Package delivery, private: except air
  - Parcel delivery, private: except air

Industry Group 422: Public Warehousing And Storage
- 4221 Farm Product Warehousing And Storage
  Establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of farm products. Establishments primarily engaged in refrigerated warehousing are classified in Industry 4222.
  - Bean elevators, except sales
  - Cotton compresses and warehouses
  - Farm product warehousing and storage, other than cold storage
  - Grain elevators, storage only
  - Potato cellars
  - Tobacco warehousing and storage
  - Wool and mohair warehousing
- 4222 Refrigerated Warehousing And Storage
  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. Establishments primarily selling frozen foods for home freezers (freezer and locker meat provisioners) are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5421.
  - Cheese warehouses
  - Cold storage locker rental
  - Food lockers, rental
  - Frozen food locker rental
  - Storage, frozen or refrigerated goods
  - Warehousing, cold storage or refrigerated
- 4225 General Warehousing And Storage
  Establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of a general line of goods. The warehousing of goods at foreign trade zones is classified in Industry 4226. Field warehousing is classified in Services, Industry 7389.
  - General warehousing and storage
  - Miniwarehouse warehousing
  - Warehousing, self-storage
- 4226 Special Warehousing And Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified
  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, whiskey, and goods at foreign trade zones. Warehouses primarily engaged in blending wines are classified in Wholesale Trade, Industry 5182.
  - Automobile dead storage
  - Fur storage for the trade
  - Furniture storage, without local trucking
  - Household goods warehousing and storage, without local trucking
  - Lumber terminals, storage for hire
  - Oil and gasoline storage caverns for hire
  - Storage of goods at foreign trade zones
  - Storage, special: except farm products and cold storage
  - Textile warehousing
  - Warehousing of goods at foreign trade zones
  - Warehousing, special except farm products and cold storage
  - Whiskey warehousing
  - Petroleum and chemical bulk stations and terminals for hire

Industry Group 423: Terminal And Joint Terminal Maintenance
- 4231 Terminal And Joint Terminal Maintenance Facilities For Motor Freight
  Establishments primarily engaged in the operation of terminal facilities used by highway-type property carrying vehicles. Also included are terminals which provide maintenance and service for motor vehicles. Terminals operated by motor freight transportation companies for their own use are classified in Industry Group 421. Separate maintenance and service facilities operated by motor freight transportation companies are classified as auxiliary. Establishments primarily engaged in the repair of trucks are classified in Services, Industry Group 753.
  - Freight trucking terminals, with or without maintenance facilities