Analysis
NAICS 337122 is the 2022 national industry for nonupholstered wood household furniture manufacturing, part of 33712 (Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing). Census lists 56 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 2,075 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 22,266 people at an average annual payroll of $43,531 per employee (11th percentile of national industries). 61% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing, with 52.5% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include bed frames, wood household-type, manufacturing, bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood…, beds (except hospital), wood household-type, manufacturing and beds, wood dormitory-type, manufacturing, among 56 in all.
Its goods appear in 14 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9403 (other furniture and parts thereof) and 9401 (seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 337126, 321999, 337110 and 811420. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonupholstered wood household-type furniture and freestanding cabinets (except television, stereo, and sewing machine cabinets). The furniture may be made on a stock or custom basis and may be assembled or unassembled (i.e., knockdown).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing reed, rattan, plastics, and similar furniture | 337126 Household Furniture (except Wood and Upholstered) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing wood television, stereo, and sewing machine cabinets (i.e., housings) | 321999 All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing wood or plastics laminated on wood kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and countertops (except freestanding) | 337110 Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing |
| Repairing or refinishing furniture, or restoring antique furniture | 811420 Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
Index entries (56)
- Bed frames, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing
- Beds (except hospital), wood household-type, manufacturing
- Beds, wood dormitory-type, manufacturing
- Beds, wood hotel-type, manufacturing
- Bookcases, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Buffets (furniture), wood, manufacturing
- Cabinets, wood household-type, freestanding, manufacturing
- Camp furniture, wood, manufacturing
- Card table sets (furniture), wood, manufacturing
- Cedar chests manufacturing
- Chairs (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing
- China closets, wood, manufacturing
- Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing
- Computer furniture, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Cots, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Cradles, wood, manufacturing
- Cribs (i.e., baby beds), wood, manufacturing
- Desks, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Dining room chairs (including upholstered), wood, manufacturing
- Dining room furniture, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Dressers, wood, manufacturing
- Dressing tables, wood, manufacturing
- End tables, wood, manufacturing
- Furniture, outdoor wood household-type (e.g., beach, garden, lawn, porch), manufacturing
- Furniture, unassembled or knock-down wood household-type, manufacturing
- Furniture, unfinished wood household-type, manufacturing
- Furniture, wood household-type, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings, and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing
- Futon frames manufacturing
- Garden furniture, wood, manufacturing
- Hammocks, wood framed, manufacturing
- Headboards, wood, manufacturing
- High chairs, wood, children's, manufacturing
- Home entertainment centers, wood, manufacturing
- Household-type furniture, wood, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing
- Juvenile furniture (except upholstered), wood, manufacturing
- Kitchen chairs (e.g., upholstered), wood, manufacturing
- Kitchen furniture, wood household-type, manufacturing
- Knickknack shelves, wood, manufacturing
- Lawn furniture, wood, manufacturing