Analysis
NAICS 332813 is the 2022 national industry for electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring, part of 33281 (Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities). Census lists 15 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,990 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 47,709 people at an average annual payroll of $55,562 per employee (25th percentile of national industries). 27% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 9% and employment fell 9%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include anodizing metals and metal products for the trade, buffing metals and metal products for the trade, chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade and cleaning and descaling metals and metal products for the…, among 15 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in electroplating, plating, anodizing, coloring, buffing, polishing, cleaning, and sandblasting metals and metal products for the trade. Included in this industry are establishments that perform these processes on other materials, such as plastics, in addition to metals.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (15)
- Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade
- Buffing metals and metal products for the trade
- Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade
- Cleaning and descaling metals and metal products for the trade
- Coloring metals and metal products (except coating) for the trade
- Depolishing metals and metal products for the trade
- Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
- Gold and silver plating metals and metal products for the trade
- Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating
- Pickling metals and metal products for the trade
- Plastic, glass, or other media blasting services
- Plating metals and metal products for the trade
- Polishing metals and metal products for the trade
- Sandblasting metals and metal products for the trade
- Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade