Analysis
NAICS 333111 is the 2022 national industry for farm machinery and equipment manufacturing, part of 33311 (Agricultural Implement Manufacturing). Census lists 66 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Agricultural Implement Manufacturing, with 88.5% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 1,120 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 69,047 people at an average annual payroll of $73,335 per employee (58th percentile of national industries). 28% 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 bale throwers manufacturing, balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing, berry harvesting machines manufacturing and blowers, forage, manufacturing, among 66 in all.
Its goods appear in 110 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings…), 8432 (agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil…) and 8433 (harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or…). 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 333922, 333112 and 333120. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing agricultural and farm machinery and equipment, and other turf and grounds care equipment, including planting, harvesting, and grass mowing equipment (except lawn and garden-type).
Illustrative Examples:
Combines (i.e., harvester-threshers) manufacturing Cotton ginning machinery manufacturing Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing Grass mowing equipment (except lawn and garden) manufacturing Haying machines manufacturing Milking machines manufacturing Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing Plows, farm-type, manufacturing Poultry brooders, feeders, and waterers manufacturing Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing farm conveyors | 333922 Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing tractors and lawnmowers for home lawn and garden care | 333112 Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing construction-type tractors | 333120 Construction Machinery Manufacturing |
Index entries (66)
- Bale throwers manufacturing
- Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing
- Berry harvesting machines manufacturing
- Blowers, forage, manufacturing
- Cabs for agricultural machinery manufacturing
- Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing
- Chicken brooders manufacturing
- Chicken feeders manufacturing
- Combines (i.e., harvester-threshers) manufacturing
- Corn heads for combines manufacturing
- Corn pickers and shellers manufacturing
- Cotton balers and presses manufacturing
- Cotton ginning machinery manufacturing
- Cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery manufacturing
- Cream separators, farm-type, manufacturing
- Crop driers manufacturing
- Cultivators, farm-type, manufacturing
- Curers, tobacco, manufacturing
- Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing
- Dusters, farm-type, manufacturing
- Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing
- Farm wagons manufacturing
- Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing
- Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing
- Fruit harvesting machines manufacturing
- Grading, cleaning, and sorting machinery, farm-type, manufacturing
- Grain drills manufacturing
- Grain stackers manufacturing
- Grass mowing equipment (except lawn and garden) manufacturing
- Hair clippers for animal use, electric, manufacturing
- Harrows (e.g., disc, spring, tine) manufacturing
- Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
- Hay balers and presses manufacturing
- Haying machines manufacturing
- Hog feeding and watering equipment manufacturing
- Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing
- Incubators, poultry, manufacturing
- Irrigation equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
- Lawnmowers, agricultural-type, powered, manufacturing
- Milking machines manufacturing