321113

Analysis

NAICS 321113 is the 2022 national industry for sawmills, part of 32111 (Sawmills and Wood Preservation). Census lists 27 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 2,691 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 79,871 people at an average annual payroll of $60,622 per employee (33rd percentile of national industries). 33% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Sawmills and Wood Preservation, with 88.1% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include beams, wood, made from logs or bolts, boards, wood, made from logs or bolts, ceiling lumber, made from logs or bolts and chipper mills (except portable), among 27 in all.

Its goods appear in 86 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4407 (wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether…), 4409 (wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring…) and 4418 (builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32191, 32121 and 113310. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.