Analysis
NAICS 332913 is the 2022 national industry for plumbing fixture fitting and trim manufacturing, part of 33291 (Metal Valve Manufacturing). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 121 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 9,069 people at an average annual payroll of $63,676 per employee (40th percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 4th of the 4 codes at this level within Metal Valve Manufacturing, with 10.7% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 11% and employment rose 6%. 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 antiscald bath and shower valves, plumbing, manufacturing, backflow preventers, plumbing, manufacturing, cocks, drain, plumbing, manufacturing and drain cocks, plumbing, manufacturing, among 12 in all.
Its goods appear in 9 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8481 (taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes…) and 7419 (other articles of copper). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plumbing fixture fittings and trim of all materials, such as faucets, flush valves, and shower heads.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing metal shower rods | 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing fire hose nozzles, lawn hose nozzles, water traps, metal hose couplings (except fluid power), and plumbing and heating inline valves | 332919 Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing |
Index entries (12)
- Antiscald bath and shower valves, plumbing, manufacturing
- Backflow preventers, plumbing, manufacturing
- Cocks, drain, plumbing, manufacturing
- Drain cocks, plumbing, manufacturing
- Faucets, plumbing, manufacturing
- Flush valves, plumbing, manufacturing
- Plumbing fittings and couplings (e.g., compression fittings, metal elbows, metal unions) manufacturing
- Plumbing fixture fittings and trim, all materials, manufacturing
- Shower heads, plumbing, manufacturing
- Spigots, plumbing fixture fitting, manufacturing
- Stopcock drains, plumbing, manufacturing
- Supply line assemblies, plumbing (i.e., flexible hose with fittings), manufacturing