NAICS 2022 · in 33641
336415
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing
Analysis
NAICS 336415 is the 2022 national industry for guided missile and space vehicle propulsion unit and propulsion unit parts manufacturing, part of 33641 (Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing). Census lists 4 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 26% and employment rose 133%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
County Business Patterns counts 39 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 39,117 people at an average annual payroll of $130,521 per employee (94th percentile of national industries). 13% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 6th of the 6 codes at this level within Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing, with 2% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and…, guided missile and space vehicle engine manufacturing, propulsion units and parts, guided missile and space… and rocket engines, guided missile, manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 3 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8412 (other engines and motors, and parts thereof) and 9306 (bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing guided missile and/or space vehicle propulsion units and propulsion unit parts and/or (2) developing and making prototypes of guided missile and space vehicle propulsion units and propulsion unit parts.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Research and development establishments primarily engaged in guided missile and space propulsion unit and propulsion unit parts R&D (except prototype production) | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) |
Index entries (4)
- Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle engines
- Guided missile and space vehicle engine manufacturing
- Propulsion units and parts, guided missile and space vehicle, manufacturing
- Rocket engines, guided missile, manufacturing