NAICS 2022 nationalIndustry USA Verified: Census NAICS 2022 · 2026-01-01

NAICS 488410 — Motor Vehicle Towing

Motor Vehicle Towing

NAICS 488410 is the national industry code for motor vehicle towing establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of $9.0 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: $9.0 View full SBA standard

Official Inclusions

offering incidental services, such as tire repair, battery boosting and other emergency road services
providing light and heavy towing services, both local and long distance, to the general public, commercial, transportation and other sectors

Complete Index of Activities (7 recognized activities) ▼

emergency road service, motor vehicle

motor vehicle (automotive) towing and recovery

motorcycle towing and emergency road services

offering incidental services, such as tire repair, battery boosting and other emergency road services

providing light and heavy towing services, both local and long distance, to the general public, commercial, transportation and other sectors

tow truck service

wrecker service (towing), motor vehicle

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022
Issuing authority	U.S. Census Bureau with OMB, Statistics Canada, and INEGI
Tax authority	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Purpose	Statistical business classification and federal contracting (SAM.gov, SBA standards)
Used in	SAM.gov registration, SBA size determinations, IRS tax classification, SEC EDGAR (via SIC crosswalk)
Active since	2022 (current edition)
Hierarchy level	Sector (2-digit)
Source	https://www.census.gov/naics/