Analysis
NAICS 32799 is the 2022 NAICS industry for all other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, part of 3279 (Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing). Census lists 61 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, with 92.1% of them.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32711, 2123, 42 and 32712. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
County Business Patterns counts 3,077 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 72,512 people at an average annual payroll of $67,238 per employee (47th percentile of national industries). 32% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Across its national industries Census lists 61 index entries; typical ones are architectural sculptures, stone, manufacturing, barite processing beyond beneficiation, fiberglass insulation products manufacturing and asbestos products (except brake shoes and clutches)….
Its goods appear in 72 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 6802 (worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and…), 6806 (slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated…) and 7019 (glass fibers (including glass wool) and articles thereof…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonmetallic mineral products (except pottery and plumbing fixtures; clay building materials and refractories; glass and glass products; cement; ready-mix concrete; concrete products; lime; gypsum products; and abrasive products).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixtures | 32711 Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing |
| Mining or quarrying stone, earth, or other nonmetallic minerals | 2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying |
| Buying and selling semi-finished monuments and tombstones with no work other than polishing, lettering, or shaping to custom order | 42 Wholesale Trade, or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade |
| Manufacturing clay building materials and refractories | 32712 Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing glass and glass products | 32721 Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing cement | 32731 Cement Manufacturing |
| Mixing and delivering ready-mix concrete | 32732 Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing concrete pipe, brick, and block | 32733 Concrete Pipe, Brick, and Block Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing concrete products (except pipe, brick, and block) | 32739 Other Concrete Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing lime | 32741 Lime Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing gypsum products | 32742 Gypsum Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing abrasive products | 32791 Abrasive Product Manufacturing |
Index entries (61)
- Architectural sculptures, stone, manufacturing
- Barite processing beyond beneficiation
- Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
- Asbestos products (except brake shoes and clutches) manufacturing