NAICS 492110 · Transportation and Warehousing
Couriers and Express Delivery Services: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 11,667 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air, surface, or combined mode courier and express delivery services of parcels, but not operating under a universal service obligation. These parcels can include goods and documents, but the express delivery services are not part of the normal mail service. These services are generally between metropolitan areas, urban centers, or international, but the establishments of this industry form a network that includes local pick-up and delivery to serve their customers' needs.
Businesses classified here include
- Air courier services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation)
- Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation)
- Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation)
- Local letter and parcel delivery services as part of intercity courier network
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 492110), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for couriers and express delivery services
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for couriers and express delivery services
- California 1,460 locations
- Florida 878 locations
- Texas 856 locations
- New York 633 locations
- Tennessee 523 locations
- Illinois 435 locations
- Pennsylvania 421 locations
- New Jersey 388 locations
- North Carolina 355 locations
- Ohio 351 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (172)
- Alaska (51)
- Arizona (244)
- Arkansas (110)
- California (1,460)
- Colorado (242)
- Connecticut (114)
- Delaware (56)
- District of Columbia (17)
- Florida (878)
- Georgia (348)
- Hawaii (35)
- Idaho (113)
- Illinois (435)
- Indiana (207)
- Iowa (108)
- Kansas (109)
- Kentucky (188)
- Louisiana (126)
- Maine (46)
- Maryland (229)
- Massachusetts (234)
- Michigan (314)
- Minnesota (189)
- Mississippi (83)
- Missouri (188)
- Montana (71)
- Nebraska (77)
- Nevada (111)
- New Hampshire (67)
- New Jersey (388)
- New Mexico (80)
- New York (633)
- North Carolina (355)
- North Dakota (43)
- Ohio (351)
- Oklahoma (102)
- Oregon (172)
- Pennsylvania (421)
- Rhode Island (30)
- South Carolina (140)
- South Dakota (52)
- Tennessee (523)
- Texas (856)
- Utah (132)
- Vermont (19)
- Virginia (221)
- Washington (253)
- West Virginia (50)
- Wisconsin (179)
- Wyoming (45)