336360

Analysis

NAICS 336360 is the 2022 national industry for motor vehicle seating and interior trim manufacturing, part of 33636 (Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing). Census lists 14 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 437 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 74,754 people at an average annual payroll of $53,831 per employee (22nd percentile of national industries). 16% 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 aircraft seats manufacturing, automobile seat covers manufacturing, automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing and automobile trimmings, textile, manufacturing, among 14 in all.

Its goods appear in 13 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9401 (seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not…), 9403 (other furniture and parts thereof) and 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.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 336390, 314110 and 314999. 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.

For example, manufacturing vehicle convertible tops and air bags are classified in 336390 (Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing) instead.