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Size of the US General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload industry

NAICS 484122, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$65.7 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
240,884
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
11,957
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
7,675
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$19.5 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 240,884 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 263,2462019-Q2: 264,4842019-Q3: 263,3992019-Q4: 260,5912020-Q1: 256,8792020-Q2: 241,5732020-Q3: 249,8122020-Q4: 254,4222021-Q1: 257,6872021-Q2: 262,5692021-Q3: 266,7802021-Q4: 273,0042022-Q1: 273,4952022-Q2: 276,8272022-Q3: 276,6542022-Q4: 273,0612023-Q1: 265,1492023-Q2: 263,7682023-Q3: 248,9412023-Q4: 250,6312024-Q1: 249,7272024-Q2: 249,6102024-Q3: 250,2412024-Q4: 249,6952025-Q1: 245,4992025-Q2: 247,0882025-Q3: 244,7692025-Q4: 244,3152026-Q1: 240,884NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1240,8842022
2025-Q4244,3152022
2025-Q3244,7692022
2025-Q2247,0882022
2025-Q1245,4992022
2024-Q4249,6952022
2024-Q3250,2412022
2024-Q2249,6102022
2024-Q1249,7272022
2023-Q4250,6312022
2023-Q3248,9412022
2023-Q2263,7682022
2023-Q1265,1492022
2022-Q4273,0612022
2022-Q3276,6542022
2022-Q2276,8272022
2022-Q1273,4952022
2021-Q4273,0042017
2021-Q3266,7802017
2021-Q2262,5692017
2021-Q1257,6872017
2020-Q4254,4222017
2020-Q3249,8122017
2020-Q2241,5732017
2020-Q1256,8792017
2019-Q4260,5912017
2019-Q3263,3992017
2019-Q2264,4842017
2019-Q1263,2462017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 288,120 · 2023
2017: 270,2122018: 279,8882019: 300,5502020: 298,2782021: 296,3442022: 314,7382023: 288,120
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PeriodValue
2023288,120
2022314,738
2021296,344
2020298,278
2019300,550
2018279,888
2017270,212

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 11,957 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 9,5202019-Q2: 9,6562019-Q3: 9,7072019-Q4: 9,7162020-Q1: 9,6752020-Q2: 9,7172020-Q3: 9,9222020-Q4: 10,0762021-Q1: 10,8322021-Q2: 11,3372021-Q3: 11,7902021-Q4: 12,2422022-Q1: 12,4112022-Q2: 12,6352022-Q3: 12,7432022-Q4: 12,9952023-Q1: 12,5582023-Q2: 12,6072023-Q3: 12,7472023-Q4: 12,6912024-Q1: 13,0902024-Q2: 13,0662024-Q3: 12,8992024-Q4: 12,7532025-Q1: 12,1652025-Q2: 12,0942025-Q3: 12,0812025-Q4: 12,0562026-Q1: 11,957NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
Show the numbers
PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q111,9572022
2025-Q412,0562022
2025-Q312,0812022
2025-Q212,0942022
2025-Q112,1652022
2024-Q412,7532022
2024-Q312,8992022
2024-Q213,0662022
2024-Q113,0902022
2023-Q412,6912022
2023-Q312,7472022
2023-Q212,6072022
2023-Q112,5582022
2022-Q412,9952022
2022-Q312,7432022
2022-Q212,6352022
2022-Q112,4112022
2021-Q412,2422017
2021-Q311,7902017
2021-Q211,3372017
2021-Q110,8322017
2020-Q410,0762017
2020-Q39,9222017
2020-Q29,7172017
2020-Q19,6752017
2019-Q49,7162017
2019-Q39,7072017
2019-Q29,6562017
2019-Q19,5202017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 10,742 · 2023
2017: 8,3142018: 8,6972019: 8,8562020: 9,0062021: 11,1072022: 11,1972023: 10,742
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PeriodValue
202310,742
202211,197
202111,107
20209,006
20198,856
20188,697
20178,314

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $4.8 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $3.9 billion2019-Q2: $4.0 billion2019-Q3: $4.0 billion2019-Q4: $4.0 billion2020-Q1: $3.9 billion2020-Q2: $3.6 billion2020-Q3: $3.9 billion2020-Q4: $4.4 billion2021-Q1: $3.9 billion2021-Q2: $4.3 billion2021-Q3: $4.6 billion2021-Q4: $4.8 billion2022-Q1: $4.5 billion2022-Q2: $4.7 billion2022-Q3: $5.0 billion2022-Q4: $4.9 billion2023-Q1: $4.8 billion2023-Q2: $4.7 billion2023-Q3: $4.7 billion2023-Q4: $4.7 billion2024-Q1: $4.7 billion2024-Q2: $4.6 billion2024-Q3: $4.8 billion2024-Q4: $5.0 billion2025-Q1: $4.7 billion2025-Q2: $4.7 billion2025-Q3: $4.8 billion2025-Q4: $4.9 billion2026-Q1: $4.8 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$4.8 billion2022
2025-Q4$4.9 billion2022
2025-Q3$4.8 billion2022
2025-Q2$4.7 billion2022
2025-Q1$4.7 billion2022
2024-Q4$5.0 billion2022
2024-Q3$4.8 billion2022
2024-Q2$4.6 billion2022
2024-Q1$4.7 billion2022
2023-Q4$4.7 billion2022
2023-Q3$4.7 billion2022
2023-Q2$4.7 billion2022
2023-Q1$4.8 billion2022
2022-Q4$4.9 billion2022
2022-Q3$5.0 billion2022
2022-Q2$4.7 billion2022
2022-Q1$4.5 billion2022
2021-Q4$4.8 billion2017
2021-Q3$4.6 billion2017
2021-Q2$4.3 billion2017
2021-Q1$3.9 billion2017
2020-Q4$4.4 billion2017
2020-Q3$3.9 billion2017
2020-Q2$3.6 billion2017
2020-Q1$3.9 billion2017
2019-Q4$4.0 billion2017
2019-Q3$4.0 billion2017
2019-Q2$4.0 billion2017
2019-Q1$3.9 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $19.5 billion · 2023
2017: $15.6 billion2018: $16.8 billion2019: $17.6 billion2020: $17.9 billion2021: $19.1 billion2022: $20.7 billion2023: $19.5 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$19.5 billion
2022$20.7 billion
2021$19.1 billion
2020$17.9 billion
2019$17.6 billion
2018$16.8 billion
2017$15.6 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages240,8842026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages11,9572026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$4.8 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$19.5 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns288,12020232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns10,74220232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$19.7 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census304,00620222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census11,57120222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census7,67520222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$65.7 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.