Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of special products, not elsewhere classified, such as household goods, automobiles (dead storage only), furs (for the trade), textiles, whiskey, and goods at foreign trade zones. Warehouses primarily engaged in blending wines are classified in Wholesale Trade, Industry 5182.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 4226 - Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified are:
- Automobile dead storage
- Fur storage for the trade
- Furniture storage, without local trucking
- Household goods warehousing and storage, without local trucking
- Lumber terminals, storage for hire
- Oil and gasoline storage caverns for hire
- Petroleum and chemical bulk stations and terminals for hire
- Storage of goods at foreign trade zones
- Storage, special: except farm products and cold storage
- Textile warehousing
- Warehousing of goods at foreign trade zones
- Warehousing, special except farm products and cold storage
- Whiskey warehousing
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
General Warehousing & Storage in the US (49311)
Revenue 2025
$42.8bn
Growth 2025
2.26%
Key Trends
Profit has been constrained due to raised wages and rental costs for operators
Demand for industry services tends to follow trends in consumer spending
IBISWorld expects outsourcing to continue growing over the next five years
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 4226 - Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified
US-SIC Code 4226 - Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: E
Division Title: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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411 Local and Suburban Passenger Transportation
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412 Taxicabs
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413 Intercity and Rural Bus Transportation
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414 Bus Charter Service
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415 School Buses
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417 Terminal and Service Facilities for Motor Vehicle
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421 Trucking and Courier Services, Except Air
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422 Public Warehousing and Storage
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423 Terminal and Joint Terminal Maintenance
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431 United States Postal Service
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441 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
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442 Deep Sea Domestic Transportation of Freight
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443 Freight Transportation On the Great Lakes-st.
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444 Water Transportation of Freight, Not Elsewhere
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448 Water Transportation of Passengers
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449 Services Incidental To Water Transportation
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451 Air Transportation, Scheduled, and Air Courier
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452 Air Transportation, Nonscheduled
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458 Airports, Flying Fields, and Airport Terminal
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461 Pipelines, Except Natural Gas
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472 Arrangement of Passenger Transportation
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473 Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo
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474 Rental of Railroad Cars
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478 Miscellaneous Services Incidental To Transportation
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481 Telephone Communications
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482 Telegraph and Other Message Communications
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483 Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations
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484 Cable and Other Pay Television Services
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489 Communications Services, Not Elsewhere
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491 Electric Services
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492 Gas Production and Distribution
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493 Combination Electric and Gas, and Other Utility
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494 Water Supply
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495 Sanitary Services
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496 Steam and Air-conditioning Supply
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497 Irrigation Systems
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 4226 - Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 4226 - Special Warehousing and Storage, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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422601 Automobile storage
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422602 Storage-liquid & bulk
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422603 Recreational vehicles-storage
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422604 Storage-industrial & commercial
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422605 Trailers-camping & travel-storage
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422606 Trailer-storage
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422607 Wine storage
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422608 Oil storage
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422609 Warehouses-steel & heavy machinery
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422610 Motion picture film-storage
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422611 Carpet & rug-storage
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422612 Log storage companies
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422613 Lumber terminals
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422615 Truck trailer-parking & storage
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422616 Hazardous materials-packing & storage
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422699 Special warehousing & storage nec
8 Digit SIC Codes
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42260000 Special warehousing and storage, nec
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42260100 Liquid storage
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42260101 Oil and gasoline storage caverns for hire
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42260102 Petroleum and chemical bulk stations and terminals for hire
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42260103 Whiskey warehousing
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42260200 Household goods and furniture storage
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42260201 Furniture storage, without local trucking
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42260202 Household goods, warehousing
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42269900 Special warehousing and storage, nec
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42269901 Automobile dead storage
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42269902 Document and office records storage
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42269903 Fur storage
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42269904 Lumber terminal (storage for hire)
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42269905 Storage of goods at foreign trade zones
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42269906 Textile warehousing
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