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Analysis

NAICS 336330 is the 2022 national industry for motor vehicle steering and suspension components (except spring) manufacturing, part of 33633 (Motor Vehicle Steering and Suspension Components (except Spring) Manufacturing). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 267 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 34,702 people at an average annual payroll of $62,063 per employee (37th percentile of national industries). 22% 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 automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts…, automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts…, power steering hose assemblies manufacturing and power steering pumps manufacturing, among 11 in all.

Its goods appear in 14 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing springs are classified in 33261 (Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing) instead.

Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 33261. 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.