Analysis
NAICS 334112 is the 2022 national industry for computer storage device manufacturing, part of 33411 (Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 34% and employment rose 9%. 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 61 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,221 people at an average annual payroll of $128,951 per employee (93rd percentile of national industries). 36% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, with 11% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include CD-ROM drives manufacturing, direct access storage devices manufacturing, disk drives, computer, manufacturing and DVD (digital video disc) drives, computer peripheral…, among 12 in all.
Its goods appear in 11 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8471 (automatic data processing machines and units thereof…). 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 computer storage devices that allow the storage and retrieval of data from a phase change, magnetic, optical, or magnetic/optical media. Examples of products made by these establishments are computer disk drives, USB flash drives, and tape storage and backup units.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing blank magnetic and optical recording media, such as flash memory cards | 334610 Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media |
| Manufacturing semiconductor storage devices, such as memory chips | 334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing drive controller cards, internal or external to the storage device | 334418 Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing |
Index entries (12)
- CD-ROM drives manufacturing
- Direct access storage devices manufacturing
- Disk drives, computer, manufacturing
- DVD (digital video disc) drives, computer peripheral equipment, manufacturing
- Flexible (i.e., floppy) magnetic disk drives manufacturing
- Floppy disk drives manufacturing
- Hard disk drives, computer peripheral equipment, manufacturing
- Magnetic/optical combination storage units for computers manufacturing
- Optical disk drives manufacturing
- Storage devices, computer, manufacturing
- Tape storage units (e.g., drive backups), computer peripheral equipment, manufacturing
- USB flash drives (e.g., thumbdrives, jumpdrives) manufacturing