NAICS 42471

Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals

Key Figures

Establishments
3,747
Census CBP · 2023
Employment
67,377
Census CBP · 2023
Market size
$1.1T
Census Economic Census · 2022

Figures are published for NAICS 42471 directly.

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Official definition

This industry comprises establishments with bulk liquid storage facilities primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 424710, the only detailed industry in this group.

Which code does this activity belong in?

Petroleum bulk stations and terminals are distinguished from other petroleum merchant wholesalers by their possession of bulk liquid storage facilities. Establishments in this code engage in merchant wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas, using their own storage infrastructure. Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers without bulk storage facilities, such as those distributing petroleum through other means, are classified in Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals).

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Written for NAICS 424710, the only detailed industry in this group.

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