Analysis
NAICS 321911 is the 2022 national industry for wood window and door manufacturing, part of 32191 (Millwork). Census lists 18 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,080 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 60,645 people at an average annual payroll of $61,162 per employee (35th percentile of national industries). 29% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include door frames and sash, wood and covered wood, manufacturing, door jambs, wood, manufacturing, door units, prehung, wood and covered wood, manufacturing and doors, combination screen-storm, wood, manufacturing, among 18 in all.
Its goods appear in 8 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 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.
For example, fabricating wood windows or wood doors at the construction site are classified in 238350 (Finish Carpentry Contractors) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 238350. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing window and door units, sash, window and door frames, and doors from wood or wood clad with metal or plastics.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Fabricating wood windows or wood doors at the construction site | 238350 Finish Carpentry Contractors |
Index entries (18)
- Door frames and sash, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Door jambs, wood, manufacturing
- Door units, prehung, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Doors, combination screen-storm, wood, manufacturing
- Doors, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Frames, door and window, wood, manufacturing
- Garage doors, wood, manufacturing
- Louver windows and doors, made from purchased glass with wood frame
- Sash, door and window, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Screens, door and window, wood framed, manufacturing
- Storm doors and windows, wood framed, manufacturing
- Window frames and sash, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Window screens, wood framed, manufacturing
- Window units, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Windows, louver, wood, manufacturing
- Windows, wood and covered wood, manufacturing
- Wood door frames and sash manufacturing
- Wood window frames and sash manufacturing