Analysis
NAICS 333241 is the 2022 national industry for food product machinery manufacturing, part of 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 45 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 525 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 19,033 people at an average annual payroll of $82,258 per employee (71st percentile of national industries). 31% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, with 18.5% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 9% and employment rose 13%. 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 bakery machinery and equipment manufacturing, bakery ovens manufacturing, bread slicing machinery manufacturing and brewery machinery manufacturing, among 45 in all.
Its goods appear in 26 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8438 (machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this…), 8437 (machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or…) and 8419 (machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not…). 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 food and beverage manufacturing-type machinery and equipment, such as dairy product plant machinery and equipment (e.g., homogenizers, pasteurizers, ice cream freezers), bakery machinery and equipment (e.g., dough mixers, bake ovens, pastry rolling machines), meat and poultry processing and preparation machinery, and other commercial food products machinery (e.g., slicers, choppers, and mixers).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing food and beverage packaging machinery | 333993 Packaging Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing commercial and industrial refrigeration and freezer equipment | 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing commercial-type cooking and food warming equipment | 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing |
Index entries (45)
- Bakery machinery and equipment manufacturing
- Bakery ovens manufacturing
- Bread slicing machinery manufacturing
- Brewery machinery manufacturing
- Butter processing machinery manufacturing
- Cheese processing machinery manufacturing
- Chewing gum machinery manufacturing
- Chocolate processing machinery manufacturing
- Cider presses manufacturing
- Coffee roasting and grinding machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Condensed and evaporated milk machinery manufacturing
- Confectionery machinery manufacturing
- Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Cracker making machinery manufacturing
- Cream separators, industrial, manufacturing
- Dairy product plant machinery and equipment
- Distilling equipment, beverage, manufacturing
- Dough mixing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Dry milk processing machinery manufacturing
- Flour milling machinery manufacturing
- Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Food dehydrating equipment (except household-type) manufacturing
- Food product machinery manufacturing
- Grading, cleaning, and sorting machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Grain milling machinery manufacturing
- Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing
- Ice cream making machinery manufacturing
- Juice extractors (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Malt milling machinery manufacturing
- Meat and poultry processing and preparation machinery
- Meat grinders, food-type, manufacturing
- Milk processing (except farm-type) machinery manufacturing
- Oilseed crushing and extracting machinery manufacturing
- Ovens, bakery, manufacturing
- Pasta making machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Pasteurizing equipment, food, manufacturing
- Peanut roasting machines (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Presses (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
- Roasting machinery manufacturing
- Sieves and screening equipment (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing