Analysis
NAICS 326199 is the 2022 national industry for all other plastics product manufacturing, part of 32619 (Other Plastics Product Manufacturing). Census lists 83 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 5,546 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 392,611 people at an average annual payroll of $56,982 per employee (27th percentile of national industries). 21% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Other Plastics Product Manufacturing, with 95.1% of them.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32611, 32612, 326130 and 326140. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing, badges, plastics, manufacturing, balloons, plastics, manufacturing and bathroom and toilet accessories, plastics, manufacturing, among 83 in all.
Its goods appear in 80 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3926 (other articles of plastics and articles of other materials…), 3923 (articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of…) and 3924 (tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics products (except film, sheet, bags, profile shapes, pipes, pipe fittings, laminates, foam products, bottles, plumbing fixtures, and hoses).
Illustrative Examples:
Inflatable plastics swimming pool rafts and similar flotation devices manufacturing Plastics air mattresses manufacturing Plastics bottle caps and lids manufacturing Plastics bowls and bowl covers manufacturing Plastics clothes hangers manufacturing Plastics cups (except foam) manufacturing Plastics dinnerware (except foam) manufacturing Plastics gloves manufacturing Plastics hardware manufacturing Plastics siding manufacturing Plastics trash containers manufacturing Resilient floor coverings (e.g., sheet, tiles) manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing plastics film, plastics unlaminated sheet, and plastics bags | 32611 Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing plastics pipes, pipe fittings, and plastics profile shapes (except film, sheet, bags) | 32612 Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing |
| Laminating plastics profile shapes, such as plate, sheet, and rod | 326130 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing polystyrene foam products | 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing foam (except polystyrene) products | 326150 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing plastics bottles | 326160 Plastics Bottle Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing plastics hoses | 326220 Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing heavy-duty inflatable plastics boats | 336612 Boat Building |
| Manufacturing plastics furniture parts and components | 337215 Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing rubber floor mats and rubber treads | 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing plastics plumbing fixtures | 326191 Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing |
| Assembling plastics components into plumbing fixture fittings, such as faucets | 332913 Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing |
Index entries (83)
- Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
- Badges, plastics, manufacturing
- Balloons, plastics, manufacturing
- Bathroom and toilet accessories, plastics, manufacturing
- Bolts, nuts, and rivets, plastics, manufacturing
- Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing
- Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing
- Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing
- Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, manufacturing
- Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing
- Bushings, plastics, manufacturing
- Cigar and cigarette holders, plastics, manufacturing
- Clothes hangers, plastics, manufacturing
- Clothespins, plastics, manufacturing
- Combs, plastics, manufacturing
- Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- Countertops, plastics, manufacturing
- Credit and identification card stock, plastics, manufacturing
- Cultured marble products (except plumbing fixtures) manufacturing
- Cultured stone products (except plumbing fixtures) manufacturing
- Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- Dinnerware, plastics (except polystyrene foam), manufacturing
- Doormats, plastics, manufacturing
- Doors and door frames, plastics, manufacturing
- Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing
- Floor coverings, linoleum, manufacturing
- Floor coverings, resilient, manufacturing
- Floor coverings, rubber, manufacturing
- Floor coverings, vinyl, manufacturing
- Footwear parts (e.g., heels, soles), plastics, manufacturing
- Fruits and vegetables, artificial, plastics, manufacturing
- Gloves, plastics, manufacturing
- Gutters and down spouts, plastics, manufacturing
- Hampers, laundry, plastics, manufacturing
- Handles (e.g., brush, tool, umbrella), plastics, manufacturing
- Hardware, plastics, manufacturing
- Ice buckets, plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- Ice chests or coolers, plastics (except plastics foam), manufacturing
- Jars, plastics, manufacturing
- Kitchen utensils, plastics, manufacturing