Analysis
NAICS 332999 is the 2022 national industry for all other miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing, part of 33299 (All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing). Census lists 118 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 3,501 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 66,282 people at an average annual payroll of $61,813 per employee (37th percentile of national industries). 44% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 6 codes at this level within All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, with 68% of them.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 33211, 33221, 3323 and 3324. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aluminum freezer foil not made in rolling mills, aluminum ladders manufacturing, andirons manufacturing and angle irons, metal, manufacturing, among 118 in all.
Its goods appear in 90 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7326 (other articles of iron or steel), 7410 (copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper…) and 7324 (sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel). 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 fabricated metal products (except forgings and stampings, cutlery and handtools, architectural and structural metals, boilers, tanks, shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products, machine shop products, turned products, screws, nuts and bolts, metal valves, ball and roller bearings, ammunition, small arms and other ordnances and accessories, and fabricated pipes and pipe fittings).
Illustrative Examples:
Foil containers (except bags) manufacturing Industrial pattern manufacturing Metal hair curlers manufacturing Metal ironing boards manufacturing Metal pallets manufacturing Metal pipe hangers and supports manufacturing Metal safes manufacturing Metal vaults (except burial) manufacturing Permanent metallic magnets manufacturing Portable metal ladders manufacturing Sanitary ware (e.g., bathtubs, lavatories, sinks), metal and enameled metal, manufacturing Steel wool manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing forgings and stampings | 33211 Forging and Stamping |
| Manufacturing cutlery and handtools | 33221 Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing architectural and structural metals | 3323 Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing boilers, tanks, and shipping containers | 3324 Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing hardware and safe and vault locks | 332510 Hardware Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing spring and wire products | 33261 Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing |
| Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities | 33281 Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities |
| Manufacturing ball and roller bearings | 332991 Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing small arms ammunition | 332992 Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing ammunition (except small arms) | 332993 Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing small firearms that are carried and fired by the individual and/or other ordnance and accessories | 332994 Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing metal pipes and pipe fittings from metal pipe produced elsewhere | 332996 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing |
Index entries (118)
- Aluminum freezer foil not made in rolling mills
- Aluminum ladders manufacturing
- Andirons manufacturing
- Angle irons, metal, manufacturing
- Animal traps, metal (except wire), manufacturing
- Aquarium accessories, metal, manufacturing
- Badges, metal, manufacturing
- Bank chests, metal, manufacturing
- Barricades, metal, manufacturing
- Bathroom fixtures, metal, manufacturing
- Bathtubs, metal, manufacturing
- Bellows, hand, manufacturing
- Book ends, metal, manufacturing
- Car seals, metal, manufacturing
- Chain fittings manufacturing
- Chests, fire or burglary resistive, metal, manufacturing
- Chests, money, metal, manufacturing
- Chests, safe deposit, metal, manufacturing
- Combs, metal, manufacturing
- Containers, foil (except bags), manufacturing
- Copper foil not made in rolling mills
- Cores, sand foundry, manufacturing
- Cuffs, leg, iron, manufacturing
- Doors, safe and vault, metal, manufacturing
- Drain plugs, magnetic, metal, manufacturing
- Drill stands, metal, manufacturing
- Drinking fountains (except mechanically refrigerated), metal, manufacturing
- Ecclesiastical ware, precious plated metal, manufacturing
- Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing
- Flexible metal hose and tubing manufacturing
- Flush tanks, metal, manufacturing
- Foil containers (except bags) manufacturing
- Foil not made in rolling mills
- Foundry cores manufacturing
- Foundry pattern making
- Fountains (except drinking), metal, manufacturing
- Fountains, drinking (except mechanically refrigerated), metal, manufacturing
- Frames and handles, handbag and luggage, metal, manufacturing
- Frames, metal, lamp shade, manufacturing
- Frames, metal, umbrella and parasol, manufacturing