Analysis
NAICS 3161 is the 2022 industry group for leather and hide tanning and finishing, part of 316 (Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 316110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 152 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 2,884 people at an average annual payroll of $57,486 per employee (28th percentile of national industries). 47% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 14%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing, with 15.4% of them.