Analysis
NAICS 321999 is the 2022 national industry for all other miscellaneous wood product manufacturing, part of 32199 (All Other Wood Product Manufacturing). Census lists 126 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 2,327 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 31,381 people at an average annual payroll of $51,862 per employee (20th percentile of national industries). 48% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 15% and employment fell 4%. 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 1st of the 3 codes at this level within All Other Wood Product Manufacturing, with 69.2% of them.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32111, 32121, 32191 and 321920. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include applicators, wood, manufacturing, audio cabinets (i.e., housings), wood, manufacturing, bentwood (steam bent) products (except furniture)… and blocks, tackle, wood, manufacturing, among 126 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wood products (except establishments operating sawmills and preservation facilities; establishments manufacturing veneer, engineered wood products, millwork, wood containers, pallets, and wood container parts; and establishments making manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) and prefabricated buildings and components).
Illustrative Examples:
Cabinets (i.e., housings), wood (e.g., sewing machines, stereo, television), manufacturing Cork products (except gaskets) manufacturing Kiln drying lumber Shoe trees manufacturing Wood dowels manufacturing Wood extension ladders manufacturing Wood handles (e.g., broom, handtool, mop), manufacturing Wood kitchenware manufacturing Wood stepladders manufacturing Wood toilet seats manufacturing Wood toothpicks manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Operating sawmills and preserving wood | 32111 Sawmills and Wood Preservation |
| Manufacturing veneer and engineered wood products | 32121 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing millwork | 32191 Millwork |
| Manufacturing boxes, box shook, wood containers, pallets, and wood parts for containers | 321920 Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing |
| Making manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) | 321991 Manufactured Home (Mobile Home) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing prefabricated wood buildings or wood sections and panels for buildings | 321992 Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing |
Index entries (126)
- Applicators, wood, manufacturing
- Audio cabinets (i.e., housings), wood, manufacturing
- Bentwood (steam bent) products (except furniture) manufacturing
- Blocks, tackle, wood, manufacturing
- Blocks, tailors' pressing wood, manufacturing
- Boards, bulletin, wood and cork, manufacturing
- Boards, wood (e.g., clip, ironing, meat, pastry), manufacturing
- Boot and shoe lasts, all materials, manufacturing
- Bottle corks manufacturing
- Bottle covers, willow, rattan, and reed, manufacturing
- Bowls, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing
- Bulletin boards, wood and cork, manufacturing
- Bungs, wood, manufacturing
- Buoys, cork, manufacturing
- Burnt wood articles manufacturing
- Bushings, wood, manufacturing
- Cabinets (i.e., housings), wood (e.g., sewing machines, stereo, television), manufacturing
- Carpets, cork, manufacturing
- Clipboards, wood, manufacturing
- Cloth winding reels, wood, manufacturing
- Clothes dryers (clothes horses), wood, manufacturing
- Clothes poles, wood, manufacturing
- Clothespins, wood, manufacturing
- Cork products (except gaskets) manufacturing
- Corks, bottle, manufacturing
- Covers, bottle and demijohn, willow, rattan, and reed, manufacturing
- Curtain stretchers, wood, manufacturing
- Dishes, wood, manufacturing
- Dowels, wood, manufacturing
- Excelsior (e.g., pads, wrappers) manufacturing
- Extension ladders, wood, manufacturing
- Extension planks, wood, manufacturing
- Fencing, prefabricated sections, wood, manufacturing
- Fencing, wood (except rough pickets, poles, and rails), manufacturing
- Firewood and fuel wood containing fuel binder manufacturing
- Flagpoles, wood, manufacturing
- Flour, wood, manufacturing
- Forms, display, boot and shoe, all materials, manufacturing
- Furniture inlays manufacturing
- Garment hangers, wood, manufacturing