Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 4869

NAICS 4869 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Other Pipeline Transportation - Industry Benchmarks

17 SBA loans on record, $1M in volume, for NAICS 4869.

6.0%
Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$1M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 4869

Tennessee leads Other Pipeline Transportation activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin.

6.0%
Transportation and Warehousing sector margin (IRS SOI)
N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$1M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Other Pipeline Transportation

Other Pipeline Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.

884 establishments employ N/A workers. Tennessee leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Idaho.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

884

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count increased by 162. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Financial Detail

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
All Other Pipeline Transportation

NAICS 48699

N/A
Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products

NAICS 48691

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Tennessee 333
Pennsylvania 222
Idaho 10
Wisconsin 10

Showing top 10 of 42 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

17

Total Loan Volume

$1M

Avg Loan Size

$88K

Jobs Supported

41

Program Breakdown

7(a) 17 (100%)
504 0 (0%)

Top SBA Lender

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

7 loans in this industry

New Business Share

41.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)

2020
1
2021
2
2023
3
2024
4
2025
6
2026
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Other Pipeline Transportation?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 4869 level. Tennessee leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Pipeline Transportation?
884 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Pipeline Transportation?
Average payroll data for Other Pipeline Transportation is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Other Pipeline Transportation employment?
Tennessee leads with 333 workers. Pennsylvania (222) and Idaho (10) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Pipeline Transportation receive?
Other Pipeline Transportation businesses received 17 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $88K. These loans supported 41 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking Other Pipeline Transportation

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

NAICS 4869 · Data year: 2023

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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