Analysis
NAICS 333248 is the 2022 national industry for all other industrial machinery manufacturing, part of 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 129 example activities under it in the official index.
Census lists 7 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 3331, 333241, 333242 and 333243. 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 additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing, anodizing equipment manufacturing, beaming machinery for yarn manufacturing and bindery machinery manufacturing, among 129 in all.
For example, manufacturing agricultural and farm-type, construction, and mining machinery are classified in 3331 (Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing) instead.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery (except agricultural and farm-type; construction and mining machinery; food manufacturing-type machinery; semiconductor making machinery; and sawmill, woodworking, and paper making machinery).
Illustrative Examples:
Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing Bookbinding machines manufacturing Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing Cigarette making machinery manufacturing Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing Petroleum refining machinery manufacturing Plastics working machinery manufacturing Printing presses manufacturing Rubber working machinery manufacturing Sewing machines (including household-type) manufacturing Shoe making and repairing machinery manufacturing Tannery machinery manufacturing Textile making machinery manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing agricultural and farm-type, construction, and mining machinery | 3331 Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing food and beverage manufacturing-type machinery | 333241 Food Product Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing semiconductor making machinery | 333242 Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing sawmill, woodworking, and paper and paperboard making machinery | 333243 Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing automotive maintenance equipment (except mechanics' handtools) or photocopiers | 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing mechanics' handtools | 332216 Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing industrial metal molds for plastics and rubber products making machinery | 333511 Industrial Mold Manufacturing |
Index entries (129)
- Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing
- Anodizing equipment manufacturing
- Beaming machinery for yarn manufacturing
- Bindery machinery manufacturing
- Bleaching machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
- Bobbins, textile machinery, manufacturing
- Bookbinding machines manufacturing
- Boot making and repairing machinery manufacturing
- Braiding machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Buttonhole and eyelet machinery manufacturing
- Calendering machinery for plastics manufacturing
- Calendering machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Camelback (i.e., retreading materials) machinery manufacturing
- Carbonizing equipment for processing wool manufacturing
- Carding machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Cement kilns manufacturing
- Chemical kilns manufacturing
- Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing
- Chip placement machinery manufacturing
- Cigarette making machinery manufacturing
- Circuit board making machinery manufacturing
- Circular knitting machinery manufacturing
- Clayworking and tempering machinery manufacturing
- Cloth spreading machinery manufacturing
- Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing
- Combing machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Compression molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
- Concrete products forming machinery manufacturing
- Cordage and rope (except wire) making machines manufacturing
- Digital printing presses manufacturing
- Distilling equipment (except beverage), including laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Drawing machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Drying kilns, lumber, manufacturing
- Drying machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Dyeing machinery for textiles manufacturing
- Electron tube machinery manufacturing
- Electroplating machinery and equipment manufacturing
- Electrotyping machinery manufacturing
- Embroidery machinery manufacturing