Analysis
NAICS 32616 is the 2022 NAICS industry for plastics bottle manufacturing, part of 3261 (Plastics Product Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 326160, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 474 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 37,673 people at an average annual payroll of $61,261 per employee (35th percentile of national industries). 9% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 5th of the 7 codes at this level within Plastics Product Manufacturing, with 4.9% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 0% and employment rose 18%. 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.
Official definition
See industry description for 326160.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.