NAICS 488390 · Transportation and Warehousing
Other Support Activities for Water Transportation: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 752 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services to water transportation (except port and harbor operations; marine cargo handling services; and navigational services to shipping).
Businesses classified here include
- Cargo checkers, marine
- Cargo surveyors, marine
- Drydocks, floating (i.e., routine repair and maintenance of ships)
- Marine cargo checkers and surveyors
- Ship dismantling at floating drydock
- Ship scaling services not done at a shipyard
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 488390), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for other support activities for water 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 other support activities for water transportation
- Florida 200 locations
- Texas 87 locations
- Louisiana 86 locations
- California 56 locations
- New Jersey 35 locations
- Washington 27 locations
- New York 22 locations
- Alabama 18 locations
- Alaska 18 locations
- Virginia 18 locations
All 30 states
- Alabama (18)
- Alaska (18)
- California (56)
- Connecticut (8)
- Florida (200)
- Georgia (7)
- Hawaii (7)
- Illinois (16)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (86)
- Maine (9)
- Maryland (15)
- Massachusetts (8)
- Michigan (16)
- Minnesota (4)
- Missouri (7)
- New Jersey (35)
- New York (22)
- North Carolina (7)
- Ohio (12)
- Oregon (3)
- Pennsylvania (8)
- Rhode Island (8)
- South Carolina (13)
- Tennessee (4)
- Texas (87)
- Virginia (18)
- Washington (27)
- West Virginia (3)
- Wisconsin (6)