Analysis
NAICS 335139 is the 2022 national industry for electric lamp bulb and other lighting equipment manufacturing, part of 33513 (Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 65 example activities under it in the official index.
Census lists 7 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32721, 335931, 335131 and 335132. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include arc lighting fixtures (except electrotherapeutic)…, area and sports luminaries (e.g., stadium lighting…, automotive light bulbs manufacturing and bulbs, electric light, complete, manufacturing, among 65 in all.
For example, manufacturing glassware and glass parts for lighting fixtures, including glass blanks for electric light bulbs are classified in 32721 (Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing) instead.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electric light bulbs, tubes, and parts (except glass blanks for electric light bulbs and light emitting diodes (LEDs)), electric lighting fixtures (except residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and vehicular electric lighting fixtures), and nonelectric lighting equipment.
Illustrative Examples:
Christmas tree lighting sets, electric, manufacturing Electric light bulbs, complete, manufacturing Fireplace logs, electric, manufacturing Flashlights manufacturing Insect lamps, electric, manufacturing Spotlights (except vehicular) manufacturing Lanterns (e.g., carbide, electric, gas, gasoline, kerosene) manufacturing LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs manufacturing Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing glassware and glass parts for lighting fixtures, including glass blanks for electric light bulbs | 32721 Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing current-carrying wiring devices for lighting fixtures | 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing residential electric lighting fixtures | 335131 Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing commercial, industrial, and institutional electric lighting fixtures | 335132 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing vehicular lighting fixtures | 336320 Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing light emitting diodes (LEDs) | 334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing signaling devices that incorporate electric light bulbs, such as traffic and railway signals | 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing |
Index entries (65)
- Arc lighting fixtures (except electrotherapeutic), electric, manufacturing
- Area and sports luminaries (e.g., stadium lighting fixtures), electric, manufacturing
- Automotive light bulbs manufacturing
- Bulbs, electric light, complete, manufacturing
- Christmas tree light bulbs manufacturing
- Christmas tree lighting sets, electric, manufacturing
- Coating purchased light bulbs
- Cold cathode fluorescent lamp tubes manufacturing
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs manufacturing
- Decorative area lighting fixtures (except residential) manufacturing
- Decorative lamp bulbs manufacturing
- Electric lamp bulb parts (except glass blanks and light emitting diodes (LEDs)) manufacturing
- Electric lamps (i.e., light bulbs) manufacturing
- Electric light bulbs, complete, manufacturing
- Electrodes, cold cathode fluorescent lamp, manufacturing
- Electrotherapeutic lamp bulbs for ultraviolet and infrared radiation manufacturing
- Filaments for electric lamp bulbs manufacturing
- Fireplace logs, electric, manufacturing
- Flash bulbs, photographic, manufacturing
- Flashlight bulb manufacturing
- Flashlights manufacturing
- Floodlights (i.e., lighting fixtures) manufacturing
- Fluorescent lamp electrodes, cold cathode, manufacturing
- Fluorescent lamp tubes, electric, manufacturing
- Flytraps, electrical, manufacturing
- Fountain lighting fixtures manufacturing
- Gas lighting fixtures manufacturing
- Glow lamp bulbs manufacturing
- Halogen light bulbs manufacturing
- Health lamp bulbs, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, manufacturing
- High intensity lamp bulbs manufacturing
- Incandescent filament lamp bulbs, complete, manufacturing
- Infrared lamp bulbs manufacturing
- Infrared lamp fixtures manufacturing
- Insect lamps, electric, manufacturing
- Lamp bulb parts (except glass blanks and light emitting diodes (LEDs)), electric, manufacturing
- Lamp bulbs and tubes, electric (i.e., fluorescent, incandescent filament, vapor), manufacturing
- Lamp bulbs and tubes, health, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, manufacturing
- Lamps, insect, electric fixture, manufacturing
- Lanterns (e.g., carbide, electric, gas, gasoline, kerosene) manufacturing