33243

Analysis

NAICS 33243 is the 2022 NAICS industry for metal can, box, and other metal container (light gauge) manufacturing, part of 3324 (Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing). Census lists 37 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 422 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 32,602 people at an average annual payroll of $79,769 per employee (69th percentile of national industries). 21% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 10% and employment rose 15%. 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.

Across its national industries Census lists 37 index entries; typical ones are aerosol cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing and air cargo containers, light gauge metal, manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 17 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7310 (tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers…), 7612 (aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers…) and 9617 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 332439 (Other Metal Container Manufacturing) with 252.