Analysis
NAICS 334290 is the 2022 national industry for other communications equipment manufacturing, part of 33429 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 22 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 332 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 12,455 people at an average annual payroll of $85,457 per employee (74th percentile of national industries). 37% 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 alarm system central monitoring equipment manufacturing, alarm systems and equipment manufacturing, automotive theft alarm systems manufacturing and burglar alarm systems and equipment manufacturing, among 22 in all.
Its goods appear in 15 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8531 (electric sound or visual signaling apparatus (for example…), 8530 (electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment…) and 9022 (apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta…). 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 334210, 334220 and 334310. 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 telephone apparatus are classified in 334210 (Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing communications equipment (except telephone apparatus, radio and television broadcast equipment, and wireless communications equipment).
Illustrative Examples:
Fire detection and alarm systems manufacturing Signals (e.g., highway, pedestrian, railway, traffic) manufacturing Intercom systems and equipment manufacturing Video-based stadium displays manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing telephone apparatus | 334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless communications equipment (except wireless intercoms) | 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing automobile audio and related equipment | 334310 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing |
Index entries (22)
- Alarm system central monitoring equipment manufacturing
- Alarm systems and equipment manufacturing
- Automotive theft alarm systems manufacturing
- Burglar alarm systems and equipment manufacturing
- Car alarm manufacturing
- Carbon monoxide detectors manufacturing
- Controlling equipment, street light, manufacturing
- Fire detection and alarm systems manufacturing
- Glass breakage detection and signaling devices
- Intercom systems and equipment manufacturing
- Motion alarms (e.g., swimming pool, perimeter) manufacturing
- Motion detectors, security system, manufacturing
- Portable intrusion detection and signaling devices manufacturing
- Railroad signaling equipment manufacturing
- Remote control units (e.g., garage door, television) manufacturing
- Signals (e.g., highway, pedestrian, railway, traffic) manufacturing
- Sirens (e.g., air raid, industrial, marine, vehicle) manufacturing
- Smoke detectors manufacturing
- Theft prevention signaling devices (e.g., door entrance annunciation, holdup signaling devices, personal duress signaling devices), manufacturing
- Traffic advisory and signalling systems manufacturing
- Traffic signals manufacturing
- Video-based stadium displays manufacturing