NAICS 517312 · Information
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite): Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 25,798 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular phone services, paging services, wireless Internet access, and wireless video services.
Businesses classified here include
- Beeper (i.e., radio pager) communication carriers
- Cellular telephone communication carriers
- Cellular telephone services
- Cellular telephone stores, primarily selling cellular phone service plans
- Mobile phone stores, primarily selling mobile phone service plans
- Mobile telephone communication carriers (except satellite)
- Paging services (except satellite)
- Radio paging services communications carriers
- Ship-to-shore broadcasting communication carriers (except satellite)
- Telecommunications carriers, cellular telephone
- Telephone communications carriers, wireless (except satellite)
- Two-way paging communication carriers (except satellite)
- Wireless data communication carriers (except satellite)
- Wireless Internet service providers (except satellite)
- Wireless phone stores, primarily selling wireless phone service plans
- Wireless telephone communications carriers (except satellite)
- Wireless video services (except satellite)
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 517312), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
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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 wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
- California 2,811 locations
- Texas 2,443 locations
- Florida 1,923 locations
- New York 1,632 locations
- Illinois 1,067 locations
- Ohio 946 locations
- Georgia 918 locations
- Pennsylvania 809 locations
- Michigan 756 locations
- Washington 700 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (420)
- Alaska (64)
- Arizona (582)
- Arkansas (231)
- California (2,811)
- Colorado (508)
- Connecticut (240)
- Delaware (94)
- District of Columbia (45)
- Florida (1,923)
- Georgia (918)
- Hawaii (123)
- Idaho (219)
- Illinois (1,067)
- Indiana (455)
- Iowa (218)
- Kansas (254)
- Kentucky (388)
- Louisiana (374)
- Maine (84)
- Maryland (366)
- Massachusetts (438)
- Michigan (756)
- Minnesota (316)
- Mississippi (272)
- Missouri (490)
- Montana (107)
- Nebraska (150)
- Nevada (248)
- New Hampshire (112)
- New Jersey (661)
- New Mexico (225)
- New York (1,632)
- North Carolina (666)
- North Dakota (43)
- Ohio (946)
- Oklahoma (368)
- Oregon (396)
- Pennsylvania (809)
- Rhode Island (71)
- South Carolina (335)
- South Dakota (64)
- Tennessee (547)
- Texas (2,443)
- Utah (334)
- Vermont (45)
- Virginia (564)
- Washington (700)
- West Virginia (134)
- Wisconsin (467)
- Wyoming (75)