Analysis
NAICS 339999 is the 2022 national industry for all other miscellaneous manufacturing, part of 33999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing). Census lists 56 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 7%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 6 codes at this level within All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, with 66.2% of them.
Census lists 12 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 3391, 339910, 339920 and 339930. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 3,012 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 40,510 people at an average annual payroll of $65,417 per employee (44th percentile of national industries). 55% 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 amusement machines, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing, artificial flower arrangements assembled from purchased…, atomizers (e.g., perfumes) manufacturing and beach umbrellas manufacturing, among 56 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in miscellaneous manufacturing (except medical equipment and supplies, jewelry and silverware, sporting and athletic goods, dolls, toys, games, office supplies, signs, gaskets, packing, and sealing devices, musical instruments, fasteners, buttons, needles, pins, brooms, brushes, mops, and burial caskets).
Illustrative Examples:
Artificial Christmas trees manufacturing Candles manufacturing Christmas tree ornaments (except glass and electric) manufacturing Cigarette lighters (except precious metal) manufacturing Coin- or card-operated amusement machines (except jukebox) manufacturing Electronic cigarettes manufacturing Hairpieces (e.g., wigs, toupees, wiglets) manufacturing Portable fire extinguishers manufacturing Potpourri manufacturing Tobacco pipes manufacturing Umbrellas manufacturing
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing medical equipment and supplies | 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing jewelry and silverware | 339910 Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing sporting and athletic goods | 339920 Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing dolls, toys, and games | 339930 Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing office supplies (except paper) | 339940 Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing signs | 339950 Sign Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing gasket, packing, and sealing devices | 339991 Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing musical instruments | 339992 Musical Instrument Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing fasteners, buttons, needles, and pins | 339993 Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing brooms, brushes, and mops | 339994 Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing burial caskets | 339995 Burial Casket Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing Christmas tree glass ornaments and glass lamp shades | 327215 Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass |
Index entries (56)
- Amusement machines, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing
- Artificial flower arrangements assembled from purchased components
- Atomizers (e.g., perfumes) manufacturing
- Beach umbrellas manufacturing
- Bone novelties manufacturing
- Candles manufacturing
- Canes (except orthopedic) manufacturing
- Christmas tree ornaments (except electric, glass) manufacturing
- Christmas trees, artificial, manufacturing
- Cigarette holders manufacturing
- Cigarette lighter flints manufacturing
- Cigarette lighters (except precious metal) manufacturing
- Coin- or card-operated amusement machines (except jukebox) manufacturing
- Coin-or card-operated gambling devices manufacturing
- Decalcomania work (except on china, glass)
- Electronic cigarettes manufacturing
- Feather dusters manufacturing
- Feathers, preparing (i.e., for use in apparel and textile products)
- Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing
- Flints, lighter, manufacturing
- Flowers, artificial (except glass, plastics), manufacturing
- Fly swatters manufacturing
- Frames, mirror and picture, all materials, manufacturing
- Fruits, artificial (except glass, plastics), manufacturing
- Games, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing
- Garden umbrellas manufacturing
- Globes, geographical, manufacturing
- Hair nets made from purchased netting
- Hairpieces (e.g., toupees, wigs, wiglets) manufacturing
- Hat blocks manufacturing
- Lighters, cigar and cigarette (except motor vehicle, precious metal), manufacturing
- Mannequins manufacturing
- Marionettes (i.e., puppets) manufacturing
- Models, anatomical, manufacturing
- Music boxes manufacturing
- Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing
- Ornaments, Christmas tree (except electric, glass), manufacturing
- Parasols manufacturing
- Patterns, shoe, manufacturing
- Pinball machines, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing