{
    "code": "4215",
    "title": "Courier Services, except by Air",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "42",
    "parent_code": "421",
    "parent_title": "Trucking and Courier Services, except Air",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments primarily engaged in the delivery of individually addressed letters, parcels, and packages (generally under 100 pounds), except by means of air transportation or by the United States Postal Service. Delivery is usually made by street or highway within a local area or between cities.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/4215",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Courier services, except by air",
        "Letter delivery, private: except air",
        "Mail delivery, private: except air",
        "Package delivery, private: except air",
        "Parcel delivery, private: except air"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [
        {
            "label": "Air Courier Services",
            "code": "4513",
            "title": "Air Courier Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4513/air-courier-services"
        },
        {
            "label": "United States Postal Service",
            "code": "4311",
            "title": "United States Postal Service",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4311/united-states-postal-service"
        },
        {
            "label": "Advertising, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "code": "7319",
            "title": "Advertising, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/7319/advertising"
        },
        {
            "label": "Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo",
            "code": "4731",
            "title": "Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4731/arrangement-transportation-freight-cargo"
        }
    ],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "4212",
            "title": "Local Trucking without Storage",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4212/local-trucking",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "4213",
            "title": "Trucking, except Local",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4213/trucking",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "4214",
            "title": "Local Trucking with Storage",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4214/local-trucking-storage",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "4215",
            "title": "Courier Services, except by Air",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4215/courier-services",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "492110",
            "title": "Couriers and Express Delivery Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/492110/couriers-express-delivery-services"
        },
        {
            "code": "492210",
            "title": "Local Messengers and Local Delivery",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/492210/local-messengers-local-delivery"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Quick International Courier",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/quick-international-courier",
            "city": "Jamaica",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Aries Freight Systems LP Corporate",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/aries-freight-systems-lp-corporate",
            "city": "Houston",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "GAC Energy and Marine Services, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/gac-energy-and-marine-services-llc",
            "city": "Houston",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Dan Hil Containers",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/dan-hil-containers",
            "city": "San Angelo",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Tricore America",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/tricore-america",
            "city": "South San Francisco",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Worldwide Express",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/worldwide-express",
            "city": "Dallas",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "US Cargo And Courier Service",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/us-cargo-and-courier-service",
            "city": "Columbus",
            "state": "OH",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Crosstown Courier Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/crosstown-courier-inc",
            "city": "La Vergne",
            "state": "TN",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Aeronet Worldwide",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/aeronet-worldwide",
            "city": "Irvine",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Packaging And Shipping Specialists",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/packaging-and-shipping-specialists",
            "city": "Lubbock",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "LBC Mabuhay USA Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/lbc-mabuhay-usa-corp",
            "city": "Hayward",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 2211,
    "email_contact_count": 610,
    "phone_count": 1457,
    "website_count": 2259,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4215/courier-services",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/4215.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}