Analysis
NAICS 335929 is the 2022 national industry for other communication and energy wire manufacturing, part of 33592 (Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing). Census lists 4 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing, with 62% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 212 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 15,936 people at an average annual payroll of $73,164 per employee (58th percentile of national industries). 19% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 334419, 335999, 331420 and 331318. 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 cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from…, coaxial cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous…, communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from… and insulating purchased nonferrous wire.
Its goods appear in 13 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8544 (insulated (including enameled or anodized) wire, cable…). 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 insulated wire and cable of nonferrous metals from purchased wire.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing cable sets consisting of insulated wire and various connectors for electronic applications | 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing extension cords, appliance cords, and similar electrical cord sets from purchased insulated wire | 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing |
| Drawing and insulating copper wire in the same establishment | 331420 Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying |
| Drawing and insulating aluminum wire in the same establishment | 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding |
| Drawing nonferrous wire (except copper and aluminum) | 331491 Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding |
Index entries (4)
- Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire
- Coaxial cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire
- Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire
- Insulating purchased nonferrous wire