Analysis
NAICS 333243 is the 2022 national industry for sawmill, woodworking, and paper machinery manufacturing, part of 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 35 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 391 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 12,466 people at an average annual payroll of $81,324 per employee (70th percentile of national industries). 32% 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 bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing, chippers, stationary (e.g., log), manufacturing, circular saws, woodworking-type, stationary, manufacturing and dovetailing machines, woodworking-type, manufacturing, among 35 in all.
Its goods appear in 75 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8465 (machine tools (including machines for nailing, stapling…), 8439 (machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or…) and 8441 (other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment fell 0%. 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.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 332216, 333991 and 333248. 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 (1) manufacturing sawmill and woodworking machinery (except handheld), such as circular and band sawing equipment, planing machinery, and sanding machinery, and/or (2) manufacturing paper industry machinery for making paper and paper products, such as pulp making machinery, paper and paperboard making machinery, and paper and paperboard converting machinery.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (35)
- Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Chippers, stationary (e.g., log), manufacturing
- Circular saws, woodworking-type, stationary, manufacturing
- Dovetailing machines, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Drill presses, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Envelope making machinery manufacturing
- Fourdrinier machinery manufacturing
- Jigsaws, woodworking-type, stationary, manufacturing
- Jointers, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Lathes, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Log debarking machinery, stationary, manufacturing
- Log splitters, stationary, manufacturing
- Mortisers, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard coating and finishing machinery manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard corrugating machinery manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard die-cutting and stamping machinery manufacturing
- Paper bag making machinery manufacturing
- Paper making machinery manufacturing
- Paperboard box making machinery manufacturing
- Paperboard making machinery manufacturing
- Planers woodworking-type, stationary, manufacturing
- Presses for making composite woods (e.g., hardboard, medium density fiberboard (MDF), particleboard, plywood) manufacturing
- Pulp making machinery manufacturing
- Pulp, paper, and paperboard molding machinery manufacturing
- Sanding machines, woodworking-type, stationary, manufacturing
- Sandpaper making machines manufacturing
- Sawmill equipment manufacturing
- Saws, bench and table, power-driven, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Scarfing machines, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Shapers, woodworking-type, manufacturing
- Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing
- Wood veneer laminating and gluing machines manufacturing
- Woodworking machines (except handheld) manufacturing