Analysis
NAICS 3133 is the 2022 industry group for textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills, part of 313 (Textile Mills). Census lists 55 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 19% and employment fell 20%. 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 717 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 21,358 people at an average annual payroll of $55,133 per employee (25th percentile of national industries). 42% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Across its national industries Census lists 55 index entries; typical ones are bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics and garments, oiling (i.e., waterproofing).
Its goods appear in 41 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 5903 (textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated…), 5906 (rubberized textile fabrics, other than those of heading 5902) and 5907 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 31331 (Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills) with 570.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in one of the following: (1) finishing textiles, fabrics, and apparel; (2) converting fabrics and textiles by buying fabric goods in the grey, having them finished on contract, and selling them at wholesale; or (3) coating, laminating, varnishing, waxing, and rubberizing textiles and apparel.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (55)
- Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics
- Garments, oiling (i.e., waterproofing)