NAICS 2022 · in 33422
334220
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
Analysis
NAICS 334220 is the 2022 national industry for radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing, part of 33422 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 36 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 645 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 52,536 people at an average annual payroll of $125,772 per employee (93rd percentile of national industries). 32% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 12% and employment fell 13%. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing, amplifiers (e.g., RF power and IF), broadcast and studio…, antennas, satellite, manufacturing and antennas, transmitting and receiving, manufacturing, among 36 in all.
Its goods appear in 49 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8525 (transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or…), 8529 (parts suitable for use solely or principally with the…) and 8517 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones…). 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 334310, 334290, 334515 and 334111. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless communications equipment. Examples of products made by these establishments are transmitting and receiving antennas, cable television equipment, GPS equipment, pagers, cellular phones, mobile communications equipment, and radio and television studio and broadcasting equipment.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing household-type audio and video equipment, such as televisions and radio sets | 334310 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing wired and wireless intercommunications equipment (i.e., intercoms) | 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing equipment for measuring and testing communications signals | 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals |
| Manufacturing tablet computers | 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing |
Index entries (36)
- Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing
- Amplifiers (e.g., RF power and IF), broadcast and studio equipment, manufacturing
- Antennas, satellite, manufacturing
- Antennas, transmitting and receiving, manufacturing
- Automobile antennas manufacturing
- Broadcast equipment (including studio), for radio and television, manufacturing
- Cable decoders manufacturing
- Cable television transmission and receiving equipment manufacturing
- Cameras, television, manufacturing
- CB (citizens' band) radios manufacturing
- Cellular telephones (new and rebuilt) manufacturing
- Citizens' band (CB) radios manufacturing
- Closed-circuit television equipment manufacturing
- Communications equipment, mobile and microwave, manufacturing
- Earth station communications equipment manufacturing
- Global positioning system (GPS) equipment manufacturing
- GPS (global positioning system) equipment manufacturing
- Marine radio communications equipment manufacturing
- Microphones, broadcast and studio equipment, manufacturing
- Microwave communications equipment manufacturing
- Mobile communications equipment manufacturing
- Pagers manufacturing
- Radio transmitting antennas and ground equipment manufacturing
- Receiver-transmitter units (i.e., transceivers) manufacturing
- Satellite antennas manufacturing
- Satellite communications equipment manufacturing
- Smartphones (new and rebuilt) manufacturing
- Smartwatches manufacturing
- Space satellites, communications, manufacturing
- Studio equipment, radio and television broadcasting, manufacturing
- Telephones, cellular (new and rebuilt), manufacturing
- Television transmitting antennas and ground equipment manufacturing
- Television, closed-circuit equipment, manufacturing
- Transceivers (i.e., transmitter-receiver units) manufacturing
- Video cameras (except household-type) manufacturing
- Video projectors (except household-type, motion picture theater) manufacturing