Analysis
NAICS 3262 is the 2022 industry group for rubber product manufacturing, part of 326 (Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing). Census lists 73 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing, with 15.4% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 1,756 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 138,686 people at an average annual payroll of $67,414 per employee (48th percentile of national industries). 22% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Across its national industries Census lists 73 index entries; typical ones are aircraft tire manufacturing, rebuilding tires, belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission)… and extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 167 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4010 (conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized…), 4011 (new pneumatic tires, of rubber) and 4012 (retreaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber; solid or…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 32629 (Other Rubber Product Manufacturing) with 1,022.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in processing natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber materials into intermediate or final products using processes, such as vulcanizing, cementing, molding, extruding, and lathe-cutting.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (73)
- Aircraft tire manufacturing
- Rebuilding tires
- Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing
- Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing
- Balloons, rubber, manufacturing