Analysis
NAICS 32412 is the 2022 NAICS industry for asphalt paving, roofing, and saturated materials manufacturing, part of 3241 (Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing). Census lists 26 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,580 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 28,942 people at an average annual payroll of $85,264 per employee (74th percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, with 76.2% of them.
Across its national industries Census lists 26 index entries; typical ones are asphalt paving blocks made from purchased asphaltic… and asphalt roofing cements made from purchased asphaltic….
Its goods appear in 6 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 6807 (articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example…), 2517 (pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind…) and 2715 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 324121 (Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing) with 1,397.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing asphalt and tar paving mixtures and blocks and roofing cements and coatings from purchased asphaltic materials and/or (2) saturating purchased mats and felts with asphalt or tar from purchased asphaltic materials.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (26)
- Asphalt paving blocks made from purchased asphaltic materials
- Asphalt roofing cements made from purchased asphaltic materials