Analysis
NAICS 339920 is the 2022 national industry for sporting and athletic goods manufacturing, part of 33992 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing). Census lists 56 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,662 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 39,073 people at an average annual payroll of $64,936 per employee (42nd percentile of national industries). 51% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 315, 316210, 33299 and 3149. 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 archery equipment manufacturing, athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear…, badminton equipment manufacturing and bags, golf, manufacturing, among 56 in all.
Its goods appear in 115 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9506 (articles and equipment for general physical exercise…), 9507 (fishing rods, fish hooks and other line fishing tackle…) and 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, manufacturing athletic apparel are classified in 315 (Apparel Manufacturing) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sporting and athletic goods (except apparel and footwear).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing athletic apparel | 315 Apparel Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing athletic footwear | 316210 Footwear Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing small arms and small arms ammunition | 33299 All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing sleeping bags, backpacks, and tents from purchased fabrics | 3149 Other Textile Product Mills |
| Manufacturing bicycles | 336991 Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing boats (including heavy-duty inflatables) | 336612 Boat Building |
Index entries (56)
- Archery equipment manufacturing
- Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing
- Badminton equipment manufacturing
- Bags, golf, manufacturing
- Bags, punching, manufacturing
- Bait, artificial, fishing, manufacturing
- Balls, baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, pool, and bowling, manufacturing
- Baseball equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
- Basketball equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
- Billiard equipment and supplies manufacturing
- Bobsleds manufacturing
- Boomerangs manufacturing
- Bowling pin machines, automatic, manufacturing
- Bows, archery, manufacturing
- Boxing equipment manufacturing
- Caddy carts manufacturing
- Carts, caddy, manufacturing
- Clubs, sporting goods (e.g., golf, Indian), manufacturing
- Croquet sets manufacturing
- Dumbbells manufacturing
- Exercise machines manufacturing
- Fencing equipment (sporting goods) manufacturing
- Fishing tackle and equipment (except lines, nets, seines) manufacturing
- Fitness equipment manufacturing
- Flies, artificial fishing, manufacturing
- Football equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
- Gloves, sport and athletic (e.g., baseball, boxing, racquetball, handball), manufacturing
- Golfing equipment (e.g., bags, balls, caddy carts, clubs, tees) manufacturing
- Gymnasium and playground equipment, manufacturing
- Helmets, athletic (except motorized vehicle crash helmets), manufacturing
- Hockey equipment (except apparel) manufacturing
- Hockey skates manufacturing
- Hooks, fishing, manufacturing
- Ice skates manufacturing
- Jogging machines, manufacturing
- Leather gloves, athletic, manufacturing
- Protectors, sports (e.g., baseball, basketball, hockey), manufacturing
- Reels, fishing, manufacturing
- Rods and rod parts, fishing, manufacturing
- Roller skates manufacturing