Analysis
NAICS 327215 is the 2022 national industry for glass product manufacturing made of purchased glass, part of 32721 (Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing). Census lists 43 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing, with 62% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 955 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 50,436 people at an average annual payroll of $65,051 per employee (43rd percentile of national industries). 38% 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 8%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aquariums made from purchased glass, ashtrays made from purchased glass, blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made from… and bricks, glass, made from purchased glass, among 43 in all.
Its goods appear in 34 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7009 (glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view…), 9001 (optical fibers and optical fiber bundles; optical fiber…) and 7016 (paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other…). 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 coating, laminating, tempering, or shaping purchased glass.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing glass packaging containers | 327213 Glass Container Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing optical lenses (except ophthalmic), such as magnifying, photographic, and projection lenses | 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing ophthalmic (i.e., eyeglass) lenses | 339115 Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing fiber optic cable from purchased fiber optic strand | 335921 Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing |
Index entries (43)
- Aquariums made from purchased glass
- Ashtrays made from purchased glass
- Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made from purchased glass
- Bricks, glass, made from purchased glass
- Christmas tree ornaments made from purchased glass
- Cooking ware made from purchased glass
- Cut and engraved glassware made from purchased glass
- Cutting, engraving, etching, painting or polishing purchased glass
- Decorated glassware made from purchased glass
- Doors, unframed glass, made from purchased glass
- Electron tube parts, glass blanks, made from purchased glass
- Fruits, artificial, made from purchased glass
- Furniture tops, glass (e.g., beveled, cut, polished), made from purchased glass
- Glass blanks for electric light bulbs made from purchased glass
- Glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass
- Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
- Glassware for industrial, scientific, and technical use made from purchased glass
- Glassware for lighting fixtures made from purchased glass
- Glassware, art decorative and novelty, made from purchased glass
- Glassware, cutting and engraving, made from purchased glass
- Hand blowing purchased glass
- Industrial glassware made from purchased glass
- Insulating glass, sealed units, made from purchased glass
- Insulators, electrical, glass, made from purchased glass
- Laboratory glassware (e.g., beakers, test tubes, vials) made from purchased glass
- Laminated glass made from purchased glass
- Lamp shades made from purchased glass
- Lens blanks, optical and ophthalmic, made from purchased glass
- Medical glassware made from purchased glass
- Mirrors, framed (except automotive) or unframed, made from purchased glass
- Ornaments, Christmas tree, made from purchased glass
- Ovenware made from purchased glass
- Safety glass (including motor vehicle) made from purchased glass
- Scientific apparatus glassware made from purchased glass
- Scientific glassware made from purchased glass
- Stained glass products made from purchased glass
- Stemware made from purchased glass
- Tableware made from purchased glass
- Technical glassware made from purchased glass
- Tempered glass made from purchased glass