Analysis
NAICS 3322 is the 2022 industry group for cutlery and handtool manufacturing, part of 332 (Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 33221, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 980 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 31,762 people at an average annual payroll of $63,654 per employee (40th percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 10% 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.
By establishments it ranks 8th of the 9 codes at this level within Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, with 1.8% of them.