335932

Analysis

NAICS 335932 is the 2022 national industry for noncurrent-carrying wiring device manufacturing, part of 33593 (Wiring Device Manufacturing). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Wiring Device Manufacturing, with 28.1% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 155 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 13,934 people at an average annual payroll of $70,663 per employee (53rd percentile of national industries). 20% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include boxes, electrical wiring (e.g., junction, outlet, switch)…, conduits and fittings, electrical, manufacturing, electrical metallic tube (EMTs) manufacturing and EMTs (electrical metallic tube) manufacturing, among 13 in all.

Its goods appear in 5 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8547 (insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or…), 8536 (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical…) and 8546 (electrical insulators of any material). 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 327110, 335931 and 32721. 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.