336419

Analysis

NAICS 336419 is the 2022 national industry for other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment 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 41% and employment rose 67%. 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 52 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,042 people at an average annual payroll of $114,115 per employee (89th percentile of national industries). 12% 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 airframe assemblies for guided missiles manufacturing, developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and…, guided missile and space vehicle parts (except engines)… and space capsules manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 1 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8807 (parts of goods of heading 8801, 8802 or 8806). 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 334511, 336415 and 541715. 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.