Analysis
NAICS 33272 is the 2022 NAICS industry for turned product and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing, part of 3327 (Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing). Census lists 19 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing, with 21.2% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 4,618 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 140,220 people at an average annual payroll of $64,976 per employee (43rd percentile of national industries). 24% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Across its national industries Census lists 19 index entries; typical ones are precision turned product manufacturing and bolts, metal, manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 65 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7318 (screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets…), 7415 (nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of…) and 7616 (other articles of aluminum). 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 332721 (Precision Turned Product Manufacturing) with 3,897.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) machining precision turned products or (2) manufacturing metal bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and other industrial fasteners. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing parts for machinery and equipment on a custom basis.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (19)
- Precision turned product manufacturing
- Bolts, metal, manufacturing