Other transportation support activities

Risk Level Moderate 2.9/5 overall
Industry Type Trade, Logistics & Flow
Strategies 32 frameworks applied
Active Risks 1 data-confirmed

Logistics support services provide a wide range of essential activities that facilitate the movement of goods and information. These operations are vital to global trade networks, connecting diverse supply chains worldwide. Fragmented traceability and provenance risk significantly impact the transparency and reliability of these complex service offerings.

Structural Position · Chain Node
This industry occupies a standard mid-chain position, receiving inputs upstream and supplying downstream. All standard...
Depends on 3 infrastructure hubs: Other monetary intermediation · Non-life insurance · Computer programming activities
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Risk Signals

Confirmed Active Risks 1

Triggered by this industry's attribute scores — data-confirmed risk conditions.

Also on the Radar 3

Matched by industry classification — relevant scenarios that commonly apply to this sector.

Where It Sits in the Economy

Upstream inputs, downstream outputs, and supply chain membership based on global input-output flows.

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Mid-Chain Processor

This industry transforms upstream inputs and supplies multiple downstream buyers. Competitive position is shaped by the ability to capture margin between input costs and customer pricing power.

Upstream Supply Risk 3 / 5.0 High
Upstream Supply Resilience 2 / 5.0 Mixed

About This Industry

Sub-Sectors

  • 5229: Other transportation support activities

Industry Type

FLO industries face trade network complexity and data classification friction as their defining risks. Market Dynamics (MD) is elevated (3.13 mean) because intermediation businesses face constant disintermediation...

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Industry Classification
ISIC Rev. 4 5229 Class UN International Standard Industrial Classification
National Classification Equivalents
ANZSIC 2006 5291 Customs Agency Services
ANZSIC 2006 5292 Freight Forwarding Services
ANZSIC 2006 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c.
NACE Rev. 2 52.2
NAICS 2022 488390 Other Support Activities for Water Transportation
NAICS 2022 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
NAICS 2022 488510 Freight Transportation Arrangement
NAICS 2022 488991 Packing and Crating
NAICS 2022 488999 All Other Support Activities for Transportation

Structural Position

Cross-sector analytical lenses applied to this industry's 81-attribute GTIAS scorecard, and which structurally similar industries share its risk DNA despite operating in entirely different sectors.

This industry does not trigger any of the five structural lenses under current GTIAS scoring.

Cross-Sector Structural Twins

Industries from entirely different sectors with near-identical GTIAS risk fingerprints — strategies that work in one often transfer directly to the other.

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