The NAICS Code 491 is described as
Postal Service
Description
The Postal Service subsector includes the activities of the National Post Office and its subcontractors in delivering letters and small parcels, normally without pick-up at the senders' location. These articles can be described as those that can be handled by one person without using special equipment. This allows the collection, pick-up, and delivery operations to be done with limited labor costs and minimal equipment. Sorting and transportation activities, where necessary, are generally mechanized. The restriction to small parcels distinguishes these establishments from those in the transportation industries.
The traditional activity of the National Postal Service is described in this subsector. Subcontractors include rural Post Offices on contract to the Postal Service.
Bulk transportation of mail on contract to the Postal Service is not included here, because it is usually done by transportation establishments that carry other customers' cargo as well.
(2019-08-02)
It belongs to the code group
NAICS Code 49 Warehousing and Storage (Inofficial Code)
To this Code "491" belongs the sub codes
- NAICS Code 4911: Postal Service
The equivalent ISIC Code (Rev. 3.1) is
| 6411: |  National post activities |
| |  Activités de la poste nationale |
The nearest NACE Code (Rev. 1.1) is
| 64.11: |  Postdienste - Postdienste |
| 64.11: | National post activities - National post activities |
| 64.11: | Activités des postes nationales |
| 64.11: |  Attività delle poste nazionali |
| 64.11: |  Actividades postales nacionales |
| 64.11: |  Nationale posterijen |
| 64.11: |  Postvæsen |
The equivalent CPC Code (Rev. 1.1) is
Translation of the Code description
(2019-08-02)
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