NAICS 492110: Couriers and Express Delivery Services
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air, surface, or combined mode courier and express delivery services of parcels, but not operating under a universal service obligation. These parcels can include goods and documents, but the express delivery services are not part of the normal mail service. These services are generally between metropolitan areas, urban centers, or international, but the establishments of this industry form a network that includes local pick-up and delivery to serve their customers' needs.
Department of Defense · Ohio · Due January 29, 2027
What NAICS 492110 covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air, surface, or combined mode courier and express delivery services of parcels, but not operating under a universal service obligation. These parcels can include goods and documents, but the express delivery services are not part of the normal mail service. These services are generally between metropolitan areas, urban centers, or international, but the establishments of this industry form a network that includes local pick-up and delivery to serve their customers' needs.
Examples of work in this code:
Air courier services, except establishments operating under a universal service obligation
Express delivery services, except establishments operating under a universal service obligation
Courier services (i.e., intercity network), except establishments operating under a universal service obligation
Not in this code
Establishments primarily engaged in providing parcel and express delivery services in addition to mail services under a universal service obligation are classified in Industry 491110, Postal Service.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing messenger and delivery services within a metropolitan area or within an urban center are classified in Industry 492210, Local Messengers and Local Delivery.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing the truck transportation of palletized general freight are classified in Industry Group 4841, General Freight Trucking.
SBA size standard
A business is small under NAICS 492110 if it has no more than 1,500 employees (averaged over the last 24 months, including affiliates).
Source: SBA Table of Size Standards, effective 2023-03-17. Always check the size standard printed in the solicitation itself.
Who buys it
Departments that posted the most NAICS 492110 solicitations in the last two years:
R602--Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Courier · Veterans Affairs · posted August 26, 2026
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NAICS 492110 is Couriers and Express Delivery Services. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air, surface, or combined mode courier and express delivery services of parcels, but not operating under a universal service obligation. These parcels can include goods and documents, but the express delivery services are not part of the normal mail service. These services are generally between metropolitan areas, urban centers, or international, but the establishments of this industry form a network that includes local pick-up and delivery to serve their customers' needs.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 492110?
The size standard for NAICS 492110 is 1,500 employees. Firms at or under it count as small businesses for contracts assigned this code.
Are there government contracts for couriers and express delivery services?
Yes. 1 government contract is open under NAICS 492110 right now, and 21 were posted in the last 12 months.
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