21229

Analysis

NAICS 21229 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other metal ore mining, part of 2122 (Metal Ore Mining).

It has only one more detailed code, 212290, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 35% and employment rose 37%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.

County Business Patterns counts 58 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 3,719 people at an average annual payroll of $115,880 per employee (90th percentile of national industries). 52% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its goods appear in 27 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2615 (niobium (columbium), tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores…), 2606 () and 2610 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.