Analysis
NAICS 337215 is the 2022 national industry for showcase, partition, shelving, and locker manufacturing, part of 33721 (Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing). Census lists 25 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 789 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 28,674 people at an average annual payroll of $58,749 per employee (31st percentile of national industries). 34% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 14% and employment fell 15%. 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.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 333415, 332999, 337110 and 238350. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include box spring frames manufacturing, cafeteria fixtures manufacturing, chair glides manufacturing and chair seats for furniture manufacturing, among 25 in all.
Its goods appear in 27 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wood and nonwood office and store fixtures, shelving, lockers, frames, partitions, and related fabricated products of wood and nonwood materials, including plastics laminated fixture tops. The products are made on a stock or custom basis and may be assembled or unassembled (i.e., knockdown). Establishments exclusively making furniture parts (e.g., frames) are included in this industry.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing refrigerated cabinets, showcases, and display cases | 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing metal safes and vaults | 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing wood or plastics laminated kitchen and bathroom countertops | 337110 Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing |
| Constructing wood shelving on site | 238350 Finish Carpentry Contractors |
| Installing modular office furniture systems and partitions, and constructing metal shelving on site | 238390 Other Building Finishing Contractors |
Index entries (25)
- Box spring frames manufacturing
- Cafeteria fixtures manufacturing
- Chair glides manufacturing
- Chair seats for furniture manufacturing
- Counter units (except refrigerated) manufacturing
- Countertops (except kitchen and bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing
- Display cases and fixtures (except refrigerated) manufacturing
- Fixtures, store display, manufacturing
- Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing
- Furniture frames, wood, manufacturing
- Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing
- Furniture parts, finished plastics, manufacturing
- Furniture parts, finished wood, manufacturing
- Lockers (except refrigerated) manufacturing
- Mail carrier cases and tables, wood, manufacturing
- Partitions for floor attachment, prefabricated, manufacturing
- Partitions, freestanding, prefabricated, manufacturing
- Postal service lock boxes manufacturing
- Shelving (except wire) manufacturing
- Showcases (except refrigerated) manufacturing
- Sleeper mechanisms, convertible bed, manufacturing
- Stands (except wire), merchandise display, manufacturing
- Store display fixtures manufacturing
- Table tops, wood, manufacturing
- Telephone booths manufacturing