Analysis
NAICS 33599 is the 2022 NAICS industry for all other electrical equipment and component manufacturing, part of 3359 (Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing). Census lists 59 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,007 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 50,312 people at an average annual payroll of $97,266 per employee (82nd percentile of national industries). 36% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, with 45.2% of them.
Census lists 8 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 33513, 3352, 33531 and 33591. 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.
Across its national industries Census lists 59 index entries; typical ones are brush blocks, carbon or molded graphite, manufacturing and amplifiers, magnetic, pulse, and maser, manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 62 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8543 (electrical machines and apparatus, having individual…), 8504 (electrical transformers, static converters (for example…) and 8545 (carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electrical equipment (except electric lighting equipment, household-type appliances, transformers, motors, generators, switchgear, relays, industrial controls, batteries, communication and energy wire and cable, and wiring devices).
Illustrative Examples:
Carbon and graphite electrodes and brushes manufacturing Extension cords made from purchased insulated wire Door opening and closing devices, electrical, manufacturing Surge suppressors manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing lighting equipment | 33513 Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing household-type appliances | 3352 Household Appliance Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing transformers, motors, generators, switchgear, relays, and industrial controls | 33531 Electrical Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing batteries | 33591 Battery Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing communication and energy wire | 33592 Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing current-carrying and noncurrent-carrying wiring devices | 33593 Wiring Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing carbon or graphite gaskets | 33999 All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing electronic component-type rectifiers, voltage regulating integrated circuits, power converting integrated circuits, electronic capacitors, electronic resistors, and similar devices | 33441 Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing |
Index entries (59)
- Brush blocks, carbon or molded graphite, manufacturing
- Amplifiers, magnetic, pulse, and maser, manufacturing