339116

Analysis

NAICS 339116 is the 2022 national industry for dental laboratories, part of 33911 (Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing). Census lists 6 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 17% and employment rose 0%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 4,782 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 42,188 people at an average annual payroll of $54,943 per employee (24th percentile of national industries). 63% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 5 codes at this level within Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, with 54.2% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include bridges, custom made in dental laboratories, dental laboratories, dentures, custom made in dental laboratories and mouth guards and protectors, custom made in dental…, among 6 in all.

Its goods appear in 4 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9021 (orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.