3363

Analysis

NAICS 3363 is the 2022 industry group for motor vehicle parts manufacturing, part of 336 (Transportation Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 149 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 4,659 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 587,237 people at an average annual payroll of $61,894 per employee (37th percentile of national industries). 24% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 7 codes at this level within Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, with 39.9% of them.

Across its national industries Census lists 149 index entries; typical ones are assembly line rebuilding of automotive and truck gasoline…, aircraft lighting fixtures manufacturing, automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts… and air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus….

Its goods appear in 164 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings…), 8511 (electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used…) and 8512 (electrical lighting or signaling equipment (excluding…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 8 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 33639 (Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing) with 1,323.