332992

Analysis

NAICS 332992 is the 2022 national industry for small arms ammunition manufacturing, part of 33299 (All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing). Census lists 19 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 172 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 13,789 people at an average annual payroll of $69,148 per employee (51st percentile of national industries). 42% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or…, BB shot manufacturing, blank cartridges (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less)… and bullet jackets and cores (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch…, among 19 in all.

Its goods appear in 12 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9306 (bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar…) and 3603 (safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 332993, 325920 and 325998. 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.

For example, manufacturing ammunition (except small arms) are classified in 332993 (Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing) instead.