33392

Analysis

NAICS 33392 is the 2022 NAICS industry for material handling equipment manufacturing, part of 3339 (Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 58 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 1,653 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 105,437 people at an average annual payroll of $76,797 per employee (64th percentile of national industries). 19% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Across its national industries Census lists 58 index entries; typical ones are automobile lifts (i.e., garage-type, service station)…, belt conveyor systems manufacturing, aerial work platforms manufacturing and aircraft engine cradles manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 45 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8427 (fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or…), 8428 (other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery…) and 8431 (parts suitable for use solely or principally with the…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 33621, 33311, 33312 and 33361. 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.

It splits into 4 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 333922 (Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing) with 805.