326112

Analysis

NAICS 326112 is the 2022 national industry for plastics packaging film and sheet (including laminated) manufacturing, part of 32611 (Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing). Census lists 3 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing, with 34.9% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 426 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 35,840 people at an average annual payroll of $67,379 per employee (48th percentile of national industries). 14% 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 film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing, flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing and packaging film, plastics, single-web or multiweb….

Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 326113, 322220, 326130 and 326111. 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.

For example, converting plastics resins into plastics film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) are classified in 326113 (Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing) instead.