325920

Analysis

NAICS 325920 is the 2022 national industry for explosives manufacturing, part of 32592 (Explosives Manufacturing). Census lists 23 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 80 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,034 people at an average annual payroll of $77,326 per employee (65th percentile of national industries). 29% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 11%. 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.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include amatols manufacturing, azides explosive materials manufacturing, blasting accessories (e.g., caps, fuses, ignitors, squibbs)… and blasting powders manufacturing, among 23 in all.

Its goods appear in 6 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3603 (safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating…), 3602 () and 3601 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing ammunition, ammunition detonators, and percussion caps are classified in 332992 (Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing) instead.