Analysis
NAICS 313110 is the 2022 national industry for fiber, yarn, and thread mills, part of 31311 (Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills). Census lists 62 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 250 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 18,290 people at an average annual payroll of $43,993 per employee (12th percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 11% and employment fell 18%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include acetate spun yarns made from purchased fiber, acrylic and modacrylic filament yarn throwing, twisting…, acrylic spun yarns made from purchased fiber and animal fiber yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn, among 62 in all.
Its goods appear in 191 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 5205 (cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85…), 5509 (yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibers…) and 5101 (wool, not carded or combed). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, manufacturing artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments and texturizing these filaments are classified in 325220 (Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) spinning yarn; (2) manufacturing thread of any fiber; (3) texturizing, throwing, twisting, and winding purchased yarn or manmade fibers and filaments; and (4) producing hemp yarn and further processing into rope or bags.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments and texturizing these filaments | 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing |
Index entries (62)
- Acetate spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Acrylic and modacrylic filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
- Acrylic spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Animal fiber yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
- Bags, hemp, made from purchased fiber
- Beaming yarn
- Carded yarn manufacturing
- Carpet and rug yarn spinning
- Cotton cordage spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Cotton spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Cotton thread manufacturing
- Crochet spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
- Darning thread (e.g., cotton, manmade fibers, silk, wool) manufacturing
- Embroidery spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
- Embroidery thread (e.g., cotton, manmade fibers, silk, wool) manufacturing
- Flax spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Hard fiber spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Hard fiber thread manufacturing
- Hemp bags made from purchased fiber
- Hemp ropes made from purchased fiber
- Hemp spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Knitting and crocheting thread manufacturing
- Knitting spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
- Manmade fiber thread manufacturing
- Manmade staple spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Modacrylic spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Mohair yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
- Natural fiber (i.e., hemp, linen, ramie) thread manufacturing
- Natural fiber spun yarns (i.e., hemp, jute, ramie, flax) made from purchased fiber
- Nylon spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Nylon thread manufacturing
- Nylon yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
- Paper yarn manufacturing
- Polyester filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
- Polyester spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Polyester thread manufacturing
- Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
- Polypropylene spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Ramie spun yarns made from purchased fiber
- Rayon spun yarns made from purchased fiber