337121

Analysis

NAICS 337121 is the 2022 national industry for upholstered household furniture manufacturing, part of 33712 (Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing). Census lists 22 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 988 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 62,963 people at an average annual payroll of $43,839 per employee (11th percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing, chairs, upholstered household-type (except dining room…, convertible sofas (except futons) manufacturing and cot springs, assembled, manufacturing, among 22 in all.

Its goods appear in 9 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9401 (seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not…) and 9403 (other furniture and parts thereof). 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 811420, 337122 and 337126. 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, reupholstering furniture or upholstering frames to individual order are classified in 811420 (Reupholstery and Furniture Repair) instead.