322291

Analysis

NAICS 322291 is the 2022 national industry for sanitary paper product manufacturing, part of 32229 (Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing, with 29.4% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 138 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 19,445 people at an average annual payroll of $72,054 per employee (55th percentile of national industries). 11% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include diapers, disposable, made from purchased paper or textile…, facial tissues made from purchased paper, handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper and napkins, table, made from purchased paper, among 12 in all.

Its goods appear in 13 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4818 (toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs…), 9619 () and 6210 (garments, made up of fabrics of heading 5602, 5603, 5903…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 6% and employment fell 2%. 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.