335313

Analysis

NAICS 335313 is the 2022 national industry for switchgear and switchboard apparatus manufacturing, part of 33531 (Electrical Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 29 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 449 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 35,801 people at an average annual payroll of $73,278 per employee (58th percentile of national industries). 25% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 12% and employment rose 7%. 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 air circuit breakers manufacturing, bus bar structures, switchgear-type, manufacturing, circuit breakers, air, manufacturing and circuit breakers, power, manufacturing, among 29 in all.

Its goods appear in 27 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8535 (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical…), 8537 (boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases…) and 8536 (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical…). 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 335314, 334419 and 335931. 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.