Analysis
NAICS 323113 is the 2022 national industry for commercial screen printing, part of 32311 (Printing). Census lists 52 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 5,854 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 70,664 people at an average annual payroll of $44,051 per employee (12th percentile of national industries). 52% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 313310, 323117, 323111 and 322. 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 address lists screen printing without publishing, agricultural magazines and periodicals screen printing…, art prints screen printing without publishing and atlases screen printing without publishing, among 52 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment rose 9%. 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.
For example, printing on fabric grey goods are classified in 313310 (Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in screen printing without publishing (except books, fabric grey goods, and manifold business forms). This industry includes establishments engaged in screen printing on purchased stock materials, such as stationery, invitations, labels, and similar items, on a job-order basis. Establishments primarily engaged in printing on apparel and textile products, such as T-shirts, caps, jackets, towels, and napkins, are included in this industry.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Printing on fabric grey goods | 313310 Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills |
| Printing books and pamphlets | 323117 Books Printing |
| Printing manifold business forms including checkbooks | 323111 Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) |
| Manufacturing paper stock materials, including invitations, labels, and similar items | 322 Paper Manufacturing |
| Printing and publishing, known as publishers | 513 Publishing Industries |
Index entries (52)
- Address lists screen printing without publishing
- Agricultural magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Art prints screen printing without publishing
- Atlases screen printing without publishing
- Business directories screen printing without publishing
- Business forms (except manifold) screen printing without publishing
- Calendars screen printing without publishing
- Cards (e.g., business, greeting, playing, postcards, trading) screen printing without publishing
- Catalogs of collections screen printing without publishing
- Catalogs screen printing without publishing
- Comic books screen printing without publishing
- Commercial screen printing (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods)
- Databases screen printing without publishing
- Directories screen printing without publishing
- Discount coupon books screen printing without publishing
- Financial magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Globe covers and maps screen printing without publishing
- Greeting cards (e.g., birthday, holiday, sympathy) screen printing without publishing
- Guides, street map, screen printing without publishing
- Job printing, screen
- Juvenile magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Maps screen printing without publishing
- Music, sheet, screen printing without publishing
- Newsletters screen printing without publishing
- Newspapers screen printing without publishing
- Patterns and plans (e.g., clothing patterns) screen printing without publishing
- Periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Postcards screen printing without publishing
- Posters screen printing without publishing
- Print shops, screen
- Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods)
- Professional magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Racetrack programs screen printing without publishing
- Racing forms screen printing without publishing
- Radio guides screen printing without publishing
- Radio schedules screen printing without publishing
- Religious magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing
- Scholarly journals screen printing without publishing
- Scholastic magazines and periodicals screen printing without publishing