Analysis
NAICS 339112 is the 2022 national industry for surgical and medical instrument manufacturing, part of 33911 (Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing). Census lists 46 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,310 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 132,354 people at an average annual payroll of $93,493 per employee (80th percentile of national industries). 33% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 7 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 334510, 334517, 339113 and 339114. 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 anesthesia apparatus manufacturing, blood pressure apparatus manufacturing, blood transfusion equipment manufacturing and bone drills manufacturing, among 46 in all.
Its goods appear in 20 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9018 (instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical…), 9025 (hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers…) and 3006 (pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, manufacturing electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus are classified in 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing medical, surgical, ophthalmic, and veterinary instruments and apparatus (except electrotherapeutic, electromedical, and irradiation apparatus). Examples of products made by these establishments are syringes, hypodermic needles, anesthesia apparatus, blood transfusion equipment, catheters, surgical clamps, and medical thermometers.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus | 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing irradiation apparatus | 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing surgical (except dental) and orthopedic appliances or specialized hospital furniture (e.g., hospital beds, operating tables) | 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing dental equipment, dental supplies, dental laboratory apparatus, and dental laboratory furniture | 339114 Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing general purpose hospital, laboratory, and/or dental furniture (e.g., stools, tables, benches) | 337127 Institutional Furniture Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing thermometers (except medical) | 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing ophthalmic goods | 339115 Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing |
Index entries (46)
- Anesthesia apparatus manufacturing
- Blood pressure apparatus manufacturing
- Blood transfusion equipment manufacturing
- Bone drills manufacturing
- Bone plates and screws manufacturing
- Bone rongeurs manufacturing
- Bronchoscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing
- Cannulae manufacturing
- Catheters manufacturing
- Clamps, surgical, manufacturing
- Corneal microscopes manufacturing
- Cystoscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing
- Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing
- Forceps, surgical, manufacturing
- Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing
- Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing
- Inhalation therapy equipment manufacturing
- Inhalators, surgical and medical, manufacturing
- Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing
- IV apparatus manufacturing
- Knives, surgical, manufacturing
- Medical thermometers manufacturing
- Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing
- Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing
- Ophthalmometers and ophthalmoscopes manufacturing
- Optometers manufacturing
- Oxygen tents manufacturing
- Pelvimeters manufacturing
- Physiotherapy equipment (except electrotherapeutic) manufacturing
- Probes, surgical, manufacturing
- Retinoscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing
- Retractors, medical, manufacturing
- Saws, surgical, manufacturing
- Skin grafting equipment manufacturing
- Speculums manufacturing
- Sphygmomanometers manufacturing
- Stethoscopes manufacturing
- Suction therapy apparatus manufacturing
- Surgical clamps manufacturing
- Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing