32621

Analysis

NAICS 32621 is the 2022 NAICS industry for tire manufacturing, part of 3262 (Rubber Product Manufacturing). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 459 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 58,826 people at an average annual payroll of $74,542 per employee (61st percentile of national industries). 24% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Across its national industries Census lists 12 index entries; typical ones are aircraft tire manufacturing and rebuilding tires.

Its goods appear in 59 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4011 (new pneumatic tires, of rubber), 4012 (retreaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber; solid or…) and 4013 (inner tubes, of rubber). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 326212 (Tire Retreading) with 331.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% and employment rose 13%. 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.