339114

Analysis

NAICS 339114 is the 2022 national industry for dental equipment and supplies manufacturing, part of 33911 (Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing). Census lists 27 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 503 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 16,518 people at an average annual payroll of $74,596 per employee (61st percentile of national industries). 54% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 11% and employment rose 8%. 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 index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include abrasive points, wheels, and disks, dental, manufacturing, amalgams, dental, manufacturing, autoclaves, dental, manufacturing and cements, dental, manufacturing, among 27 in all.

Its goods appear in 8 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9018 (instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical…), 3006 (pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter) and 3407 (modeling pastes, including those put up for children's…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing dentures, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances customized for individual application are classified in 339116 (Dental Laboratories) instead.