Analysis
NAICS 332322 is the 2022 national industry for sheet metal work manufacturing, part of 33232 (Ornamental and Architectural Metal Products Manufacturing). Census lists 45 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Ornamental and Architectural Metal Products Manufacturing, with 54.7% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 4,652 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 129,616 people at an average annual payroll of $63,915 per employee (41st percentile of national industries). 29% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 332439, 332431, 238 and 33211. 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 air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing, awnings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing, canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing and casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing, among 45 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 8% and employment rose 17%. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sheet metal work (except stampings).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing sheet metal bins, vats, and light tanks | 332439 Other Metal Container Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing metal cans, lids, and ends | 332431 Metal Can Manufacturing |
| Fabricating sheet metal work on site | 238 Specialty Trade Contractors |
| Manufacturing metal stampings (except automotive, coins) and custom roll forming products | 33211 Forging and Stamping |
| Manufacturing automotive stampings | 336370 Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping |
| Stamping coins | 339910 Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing |
Index entries (45)
- Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Awnings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Coal chutes, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Concrete forms, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Cornices, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Culverts, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Dampers, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Door hoods, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Downspouts, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing
- Eaves, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Elbows for conductor pipe, hot air ducts, and stovepipe, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Flooring, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Flues, stove and furnace, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Flumes, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Forms, concrete, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Furnace casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Furnace flues, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Guardrails, highway, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Gutters, sheet metal (except custom roll formed), manufacturing
- Hampers, laundry, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Highway guardrails, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Hoods, range (except household-type), sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Irrigation pipe, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Joists, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Louvers, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Mail chutes, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Pile shells, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Pipe, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Radiator shields and enclosures, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Roof deck, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Roof ventilators, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Roofing, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing
- Siding, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing
- Spouts, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing