Analysis
NAICS 331221 is the 2022 national industry for rolled steel shape manufacturing, part of 33122 (Rolling and Drawing of Purchased Steel). Census lists 16 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 244 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 14,143 people at an average annual payroll of $83,826 per employee (73rd percentile of national industries). 20% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 14% and employment rose 49%. 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 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Rolling and Drawing of Purchased Steel, with 55.2% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased…, bars, steel, made from purchased steel in cold rolling mills, cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet… and concrete reinforcing bar (rebar), made from purchased steel…, among 16 in all.
Its goods appear in 2 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7205 (granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or…). 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 rolling or drawing shapes (except wire), such as plate, sheet, strip, rod, and bar, from purchased steel.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Making steel and rolling or drawing steel shapes, or manufacturing concrete reinforcing bars in an iron and steel mill | 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Drawing wire from purchased steel | 331222 Steel Wire Drawing |
| Manufacturing fabricated structural metal products from concrete reinforcing bars and fabricated bar joists | 332312 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing |
Index entries (16)
- Bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills
- Bars, steel, made from purchased steel in cold rolling mills
- Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel
- Concrete reinforcing bar (rebar), made from purchased steel in cold rolling mills
- Concrete reinforcing bar (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills
- Corrugating iron or steel in cold rolling mills made from purchased iron or steel
- Ferrous metal powder, paste, and flake made from purchased iron or steel
- Flakes made from purchased iron or steel
- Flat bright steel strip made in cold rolling mills made from purchased steel
- Hot-rolling purchased steel
- Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel
- Nut rods, iron or steel, made in cold rolling mills
- Paste made from purchased iron or steel
- Powder made from purchased iron or steel
- Razor blade strip steel made in cold rolling mills
- Wire, flat, rolled strip, made in cold rolling mills