Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 4861

NAICS 4861 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil - Industry Benchmarks

7 SBA loans on record, $1M in volume, for NAICS 4861.

725
Establishments
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$1M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 4861

Wyoming leads Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil activity nationally, across 725 establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

725
Business establishments (Census)
N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$1M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil 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 Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.

725 establishments employ N/A workers. Wyoming leads employment, followed by Kansas and Alabama.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

725

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count increased by 76. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Financial Detail

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

NAICS 48611

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Wyoming 344
Kansas 145
Alabama 99
Montana 72
North Carolina 64
Florida 17

Showing top 10 of 33 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

7

Total Loan Volume

$1M

Avg Loan Size

$106K

Jobs Supported

7

Program Breakdown

7(a) 7 (100%)
504 0 (0%)

Top SBA Lender

Rockland Trust Company

2 loans in this industry

New Business Share

85.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)

2020
1
2021
2
2023
1
2024
1
2025
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil?
725 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil?
Average payroll data for Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil employment?
Wyoming leads with 344 workers. Kansas (145) and Alabama (99) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil receive?
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil businesses received 7 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $106K. These loans supported 7 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 4861 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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