333996

Analysis

NAICS 333996 is the 2022 national industry for fluid power pump and motor manufacturing, part of 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 146 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 12,597 people at an average annual payroll of $77,013 per employee (64th percentile of national industries). 23% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include fluid power motors manufacturing, fluid power pumps manufacturing, hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing and hydrostatic drives manufacturing, among 8 in all.

Its goods appear in 15 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8412 (other engines and motors, and parts thereof) and 8413 (pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 3363, 333914 and 333912. 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.

For example, manufacturing fluid pumps for motor vehicles, such as oil pumps, water pumps, and power steering pumps are classified in 3363 (Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing) instead.