NAICS 483211 · Transportation and Warehousing
Inland Water Freight Transportation: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 382 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing inland water transportation of cargo on lakes, rivers, or intracoastal waterways (except on the Great Lakes System).
Businesses classified here include
- Barge transportation, canal (freight)
- Canal barge transportation (freight)
- Freight transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system)
- Intracoastal transportation of freight
- Lake freight transportation (except on Great Lakes system)
- Lighterage (i.e., freight transportation except vessel supply services)
- River freight transportation
- Ship chartering with crew, freight transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system)
- Shipping freight, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system)
- Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system)
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 483211), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for inland water freight transportation
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
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 inland water freight transportation
- Louisiana 132 locations
- Florida 35 locations
- Texas 30 locations
- Kentucky 20 locations
- California 16 locations
- Pennsylvania 15 locations
- Illinois 14 locations
- New York 11 locations
- Tennessee 11 locations
- Virginia 11 locations
All 24 states
- Alabama (5)
- Alaska (8)
- California (16)
- Florida (35)
- Georgia (4)
- Illinois (14)
- Indiana (5)
- Kentucky (20)
- Louisiana (132)
- Maryland (4)
- Massachusetts (3)
- Michigan (3)
- Minnesota (3)
- Mississippi (6)
- Missouri (10)
- New Jersey (7)
- New York (11)
- North Carolina (4)
- Ohio (5)
- Pennsylvania (15)
- Tennessee (11)
- Texas (30)
- Virginia (11)
- Washington (4)