NAICS 517311 · Information
Wired Telecommunications Carriers: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 28,758 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services; wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution; and wired broadband Internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry.
Businesses classified here include
- Cable program distribution operators
- Cable television distribution services
- Cable TV providers (except networks)
- Closed-circuit television (CCTV) services
- Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services
- Direct-to-home satellite system (DTH) services
- Internet service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure (e.g., cable, DSL)
- Local telephone carriers, wired
- Long-distance telephone carriers, wired
- Multichannel multipoint distribution services (MMDS)
- Music program distribution, cable or satellite
- On-line access service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure
- Satellite master antenna television service (SMATV)
- Satellite television distribution systems
- Telecommunications carriers, wired
- Television operations, closed-circuit
- VoIP service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 517311), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for wired telecommunications carriers
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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 wired telecommunications carriers
- California 2,590 locations
- Texas 2,264 locations
- Florida 1,658 locations
- New York 1,594 locations
- Pennsylvania 1,201 locations
- Illinois 1,075 locations
- Ohio 996 locations
- Georgia 947 locations
- North Carolina 861 locations
- Virginia 861 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (542)
- Alaska (167)
- Arizona (428)
- Arkansas (324)
- California (2,590)
- Colorado (761)
- Connecticut (282)
- Delaware (126)
- District of Columbia (126)
- Florida (1,658)
- Georgia (947)
- Hawaii (109)
- Idaho (196)
- Illinois (1,075)
- Indiana (574)
- Iowa (469)
- Kansas (377)
- Kentucky (445)
- Louisiana (415)
- Maine (192)
- Maryland (516)
- Massachusetts (606)
- Michigan (761)
- Minnesota (528)
- Mississippi (348)
- Missouri (712)
- Montana (185)
- Nebraska (233)
- Nevada (210)
- New Hampshire (154)
- New Jersey (765)
- New Mexico (190)
- New York (1,594)
- North Carolina (861)
- North Dakota (66)
- Ohio (996)
- Oklahoma (395)
- Oregon (360)
- Pennsylvania (1,201)
- Rhode Island (77)
- South Carolina (386)
- South Dakota (100)
- Tennessee (581)
- Texas (2,264)
- Utah (217)
- Vermont (105)
- Virginia (861)
- Washington (610)
- West Virginia (246)
- Wisconsin (713)
- Wyoming (114)