337920

Analysis

NAICS 337920 is the 2022 national industry for blind and shade manufacturing, part of 33792 (Blind and Shade Manufacturing). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 335 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 10,694 people at an average annual payroll of $57,742 per employee (29th percentile of national industries). 47% 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 bamboo window blinds and shades manufacturing, blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials…, curtain or drapery fixtures (e.g., poles, rods, rollers)… and curtain rods and fittings manufacturing, among 13 in all.

Its goods appear in 9 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 6303 (curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or…), 4421 (other articles of wood) and 8302 (base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing canvas awnings are classified in 314910 (Textile Bag and Canvas Mills) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 314910 and 314120. 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.