NAICS 2022 · in 33149
331491
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding
Analysis
NAICS 331491 is the 2022 national industry for nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding, part of 33149 (Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying). Census lists 59 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 22% and employment fell 23%. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 199 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 12,115 people at an average annual payroll of $83,817 per employee (73rd percentile of national industries). 31% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying, with 51.6% of them.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 331420, 331492, 33131 and 331410. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aircraft and automotive wire and cable (except aluminum…, apparatus wire and cord (except aluminum, copper) made from…, bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from… and coaxial cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)…, among 59 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) from purchased nonferrous metals and/or (2) recovering nonferrous metals from scrap and rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) in integrated mills.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes from purchased copper or recovering copper from scrap and rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes | 331420 Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying |
| Recovering nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) from scrap and making primary forms and/or alloying purchased nonferrous metals | 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) |
| Rolling, drawing, and/or extruding aluminum | 33131 Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing |
| Making primary nonferrous metals and rolling, drawing, or extruding nonferrous metal shapes | 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining |
| Insulating purchased nonferrous wire | 335929 Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing |
Index entries (59)
- Aircraft and automotive wire and cable (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Apparatus wire and cord (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
- Coaxial cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Communications wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Cord sets, flexible, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Energy wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Foil, gold, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Foil, nickel, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Foil, silver, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Gold and gold alloy bar, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Gold foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap
- Iridium bar, rod, sheet, strip and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Lead and lead alloy bar, pipe, plate, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Lead rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium and magnesium alloy bar, rod, shape, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Magnet wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Mesh, wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
- Molybdenum rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Nails, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Nickel and nickel alloy pipe, plate, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Nickel rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
- Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
- Pipe, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Plate, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Platinum and platinum alloy rolling, drawing, or extruding from purchased metals or scrap
- Platinum and platinum alloy sheet and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Precious metal bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Rod, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Selenium bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Silver and silver alloy bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap