332994

Analysis

NAICS 332994 is the 2022 national industry for small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing, part of 33299 (All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing). Census lists 56 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 21% and employment rose 37%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 523 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 25,999 people at an average annual payroll of $94,832 per employee (80th percentile of national industries). 41% 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 aircraft artillery manufacturing, ammunition carts manufacturing, antiaircraft artillery manufacturing and antisubmarine projectors manufacturing, among 56 in all.

Its goods appear in 50 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9305 (parts and accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304), 9303 (other firearms and similar devices which operate by the…) and 9301 (military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing military tanks are classified in 336992 (Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing) instead.