339950

Analysis

NAICS 339950 is the 2022 national industry for sign manufacturing, part of 33995 (Sign Manufacturing). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 5,895 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 75,898 people at an average annual payroll of $58,525 per employee (30th percentile of national industries). 51% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include billboards manufacturing, displays (e.g., counter, floor, point-of-purchase)…, electrical signs manufacturing and letters for signs manufacturing, among 8 in all.

Its goods appear in 7 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 9405 (luminaires and lighting fittings including searchlights and…) and 8310 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32311, 322299 and 541890. 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.

For example, printing advertising specialties or printing paper and paperboard signs, notices, and displays are classified in 32311 (Printing) instead.