3273

Analysis

NAICS 3273 is the 2022 industry group for cement and concrete product manufacturing, part of 327 (Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing). Census lists 52 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 5 codes at this level within Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, with 59.6% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 9,134 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 189,833 people at an average annual payroll of $71,267 per employee (55th percentile of national industries). 29% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 52 index entries; typical ones are cement (e.g., hydraulic, masonry, Portland, pozzolana)…, central-mixed concrete manufacturing, architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face… and conduits, concrete, manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 13 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 6810 (articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone…), 2523 (portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement…) and 3824 (prepared binders for foundry molds or cores; chemical…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 4 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 32732 (Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing) with 6,356.