Analysis
NAICS 326211 is the 2022 national industry for tire manufacturing (except retreading), part of 32621 (Tire Manufacturing). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 128 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 52,211 people at an average annual payroll of $77,107 per employee (64th percentile of national industries). 20% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Tire Manufacturing, with 27.9% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aircraft tire manufacturing, camelback (i.e., retreading material) manufacturing, inner tubes manufacturing and motor vehicle tires manufacturing, among 8 in all.
Its goods appear in 46 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4011 (new pneumatic tires, of rubber), 4013 (inner tubes, 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.
For example, retreading or rebuilding tires are classified in 326212 (Tire Retreading) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing tires and inner tubes from natural and synthetic rubber.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Retreading or rebuilding tires | 326212 Tire Retreading |
Index entries (8)
- Aircraft tire manufacturing
- Camelback (i.e., retreading material) manufacturing
- Inner tubes manufacturing
- Motor vehicle tires manufacturing
- Retreading materials, tire, manufacturing
- Tire repair materials manufacturing
- Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing
- Tread rubber (i.e., camelback) manufacturing