326160

Analysis

NAICS 326160 is the 2022 national industry for plastics bottle manufacturing, part of 32616 (Plastics Bottle Manufacturing). Census lists 1 example activities under it in the official index.

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.

Its goods appear in 2 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3923 (articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing plastics containers (except bottles) and plastics bottle caps are classified in 326199 (All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing) instead.

Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 326199. 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.