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NAICS 2022

339

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

Analysis

NAICS 339 is the 2022 subsector for miscellaneous manufacturing. Census lists 525 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 23,626 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 557,897 people at an average annual payroll of $73,917 per employee (60th percentile of national industries). 52% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 525 index entries; typical ones are anesthesia apparatus manufacturing, adhesive tape, medical, manufacturing, abrasive points, wheels, and disks, dental, manufacturing and contact lenses manufacturing.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 8% and employment rose 1%. 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.

Its goods appear in 588 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9506 (articles and equipment for general physical exercise…), 9603 (brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of…) and 9018 (instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 3399 (Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing) with 14,801.

Official definition

Industries in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector make a wide range of products that cannot readily be classified in specific NAICS subsectors in manufacturing. Processes used by these establishments vary significantly, both among and within industries. For example, a variety of manufacturing processes are used in manufacturing sporting and athletic goods that include products such as tennis rackets and golf balls. The processes for these products differ from each other, and the processes differ significantly from the fabrication processes used in making dolls or toys, the melting and shaping of precious metals to make jewelry, and the bending, forming, and assembly used in making medical products.

The industries in this subsector are defined by what is made rather than how it is made. Although individual establishments might be appropriately classified elsewhere in the NAICS structure, for historical continuity, these product-based industries were maintained. In most cases, no one process or material predominates for an industry.

Establishments in this subsector manufacture products as diverse as medical equipment and supplies, jewelry, sporting goods, toys, and office supplies.

Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.

Index entries (525)

  • Anesthesia apparatus manufacturing
  • Adhesive tape, medical, manufacturing
  • Abrasive points, wheels, and disks, dental, manufacturing
  • Contact lenses manufacturing
  • Bridges, custom made in dental laboratories
  • Bracelets, precious metal, manufacturing
  • Archery equipment manufacturing
  • Action figures manufacturing
  • Artist's paint manufacturing
  • Billboards manufacturing
  • Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing
  • Accordions and parts manufacturing
  • Buckles and buckle parts (including shoe) manufacturing
  • Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing
  • Burial caskets and cases manufacturing
  • Amusement machines, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing