Analysis
NAICS 333991 is the 2022 national industry for power-driven handtool manufacturing, part of 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 26 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 6th of the 6 codes at this level within All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing, with 3.4% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 12% and employment fell 12%. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 118 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,217 people at an average annual payroll of $66,302 per employee (46th 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 buffing machines, handheld power-driven, manufacturing, cartridge (i.e., powder) handheld power-driven tools…, chain saws, handheld power-driven, manufacturing and chisels, handheld power-driven, manufacturing, among 26 in all.
Its goods appear in 35 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8467 (tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with…), 8207 (interchangeable tools for handtools, whether or not power…) and 8205 (handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified…). 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 power-driven (e.g., battery, corded, pneumatic) handtools, such as drills, screwguns, circular saws, chain saws, staplers, and nailers.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing metal cutting and metal forming machines (including home workshop) | 33351 Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing countersink bits, drill bits, router bits, milling cutters, and other machine tools for woodcutting | 332216 Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing power-driven heavy construction or mining hand operated tools, such as tampers, jackhammers, and augers | 333120 Construction Machinery Manufacturing, or Industry 33313, Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing powered home lawn and garden equipment | 333112 Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing |
Index entries (26)
- Buffing machines, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Cartridge (i.e., powder) handheld power-driven tools manufacturing
- Chain saws, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Chisels, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Circular saws, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Drills, handheld power-driven (except heavy construction and mining-type), manufacturing
- Grinders, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Handtools, power-driven, manufacturing
- Impact wrenches, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Jigsaws, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Nail guns, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Nailers and staplers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Paint spray guns, handheld pneumatic, manufacturing
- Planers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Polishers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Powder actuated handheld power tools manufacturing
- Power-driven handtools manufacturing
- Riveting guns, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Routers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Sanders, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Saws, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Screwdrivers and nut drivers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Shears and nibblers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Staplers and nailers, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Tools, handheld power-driven, manufacturing
- Wrenches, impact, handheld power-driven, manufacturing