Analysis
NAICS 3272 is the 2022 industry group for glass and glass product manufacturing, part of 327 (Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 32721, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 1,541 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 87,874 people at an average annual payroll of $67,434 per employee (48th percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 9% and employment fell 7%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 5 codes at this level within Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, with 10.1% of them.