Employment
171,976
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 48423
NAICS 48423 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance - Industry Benchmarks
$67,570/yr average annual pay, with 618 SBA loans on record for NAICS 48423.
- 11K
- Establishments
- 172K
- Workers employed
- $67,570/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $173M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 48423
Texas leads Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance activity nationally, across 11K establishments employing 172K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 11K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 172K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,570/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $173M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
11,462 establishments employ 171,976 workers (15.0/location) at $67,570/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Missouri.
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance sits in the 75th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,570/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
11,462
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,649; establishment count decreased by 514. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $11.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 15.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance NAICS 484230 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 22,428 |
| California | 11,268 |
| Missouri | 8,222 |
| Ohio | 7,894 |
| Florida | 7,585 |
| Georgia | 6,241 |
| Illinois | 6,118 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,496 |
| Arizona | 5,487 |
| Indiana | 5,040 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
618
Total Loan Volume
$173M
Avg Loan Size
$280K
Jobs Supported
3,656
Program Breakdown
7(a) 598 (97%)
504 20 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
128 loans in this industry
New Business Share
30.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 114
2021 85
2022 103
2023 106
2024 77
2025 121
2026 12
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance?
11,462 business establishments. Together they employ 171,976 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance?
$67,570/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 15.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance employment?
Texas leads with 22,428 workers. California (11,268) and Missouri (8,222) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance receive?
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance businesses received 618 SBA loans totaling $173 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $280K. These loans supported 3,656 jobs at origination. Most lending (97%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance ranks #139 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (171,976 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Transportation and Warehousing · Rankings
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 48423 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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