Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial and service industry machinery, such as optical instruments and lenses (except ophthalmic), photographic and photocopying equipment, automatic vending machinery, commercial laundry and drycleaning machinery, office machinery, automotive maintenance equipment (except mechanics' handtools), and commercial-type cooking equipment.
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Manufacturing 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and material handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing. Selected industries in the Manufacturing sector are comprised solely of establishments that process materials for other establishments on a contract or fee basis. Beyond these dedicated contract manufacturing industries, establishments that process materials for other establishments are generally classified in the Manufacturing industry of the processed materials. The materials, substances, or components transformed by manufacturing establishments are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing establishments. The materials used may be purchased directly from producers, obtained through customary trade channels, or secured without recourse to the market by transferring the product from one establishment to another, under the same ownership. The new product of a manufacturing establishment may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished to become an input for an establishment engaged in further manufacturing. For example, the product of the alumina refinery is the input used in the primary production of aluminum; primary aluminum is the input to an aluminum wire drawing plant; and aluminum wire is the input for a fabricated wire product manufacturing establishment. The subsectors in the Manufacturing sector generally reflect distinct production processes related to material inputs, production equipment, and employee skills. In the machinery area, where assembling is a key activity, parts and accessories for manufactured products are classified in the industry of the finished manufactured item when they are made for separate sale. For example, an attachment for a piece of metalworking machinery would be classified with metalworking machinery. However, component inputs from other manufacturing establishments are classified based on the production function of the component manufacturer. For example, electronic components are classified in Subsector 334, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, and stampings are classified in Subsector 332, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing establishments often perform one or more activities that are classified outside the Manufacturing sector of NAICS. For instance, almost all manufacturing has some captive research and development or administrative operations, such as accounting, payroll, or management. These captive services are treated the same as captive manufacturing activities. When the services are provided by separate establishments, they are classified in the NAICS sector where such services are primary, not in manufacturing. The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry. The establishments in the Manufacturing sector are engaged in the transformation of materials into new products. Their output is a new product. However, the definition of what constitutes a new product can be somewhat subjective. As clarification, the following activities are considered manufacturing in NAICS: <table width=100%><tr><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Milk bottling and pasteurizing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Water bottling and processing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fresh fish packaging (oyster<br/> shucking, fish filleting);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Apparel jobbing (assigning<br/> materials to contract<br/> factories or shops for<br/> fabrication or other contract<br/> operations) as well as<br/> contracting on materials<br/> owned by others;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Printing and related activities;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ready-mix concrete production;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Leather converting;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Grinding lenses to<br/> prescription;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Wood preserving;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Lapidary work for the trade;</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Electroplating, plating, metal<br/> heat treating, and<br/> polishing for the trade;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fabricating signs and<br/> advertising displays;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Rebuilding or remanufacturing<br/> machinery (i.e., automotive<br/> parts);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Making manufactured homes<br/> (i.e., mobile homes) or<br/> prefabricated buildings,<br/> whether or not assembling/<br/> erecting at the customers'<br/> site;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ship repair and renovation;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Machine shops; and</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Tire retreading.</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td></tr></table> Conversely, there are activities that are sometimes considered manufacturing, but which for NAICS are classified in another sector (i.e., not classified as manufacturing). They include: 1. Logging, classified in Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, is considered a harvesting operation; 2. Beneficiating ores and other minerals, classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, is considered part of the activity of mining; 3. Constructing structures, assembling prefabricated buildings, and fabricating at the construction site by contractors are classified in Sector 23, Construction; 4. Breaking bulk and reselling in smaller lots, including packaging, repackaging, or bottling products, such as liquors or chemicals; assembling and selling computers on a custom basis; sorting and reselling scrap; mixing and selling paints to customer order; and cutting metals to customer order for resale are classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade; and 5. Publishing and the combined activity of publishing and printing, classified in Sector 51, Information, transform information into a product for which the value to the consumer lies in the information content, not in the format in which it is distributed (i.e., the book or software compact disc). |
| 333 | Machinery Manufacturing 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Machinery Manufacturing subsector create end products that apply mechanical force, for example, the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Some important processes for the manufacture of machinery are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining that are used to shape individual pieces of metal. Processes, such as welding and assembling are used to join separate parts together. Although these processes are similar to those used in metal fabricating establishments, machinery manufacturing is different because it typically employs multiple metal forming processes in manufacturing the various parts of the machine. Moreover, complex assembly operations are an inherent part of the production process. In general, design considerations are very important in machinery production. Establishments specialize in making machinery designed for particular applications. Thus, design is considered to be part of the production process for the purpose of implementing NAICS. The NAICS structure reflects this by defining industries and industry groups that make machinery for different applications. A broad distinction exists between machinery that is generally used in a variety of industrial applications (i.e., general purpose machinery) and machinery that is designed to be used in a particular industry (i.e., special purpose machinery). Three industry groups consist of special purpose machinery--Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; and Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The other industry groups make general purpose machinery: Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing; Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; and Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing. |
| 3333 | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 4-digit industry group | Industries in the Machinery Manufacturing subsector create end products that apply mechanical force, for example, the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Some important processes for the manufacture of machinery are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining that are used to shape individual pieces of metal. Processes, such as welding and assembling are used to join separate parts together. Although these processes are similar to those used in metal fabricating establishments, machinery manufacturing is different because it typically employs multiple metal forming processes in manufacturing the various parts of the machine. Moreover, complex assembly operations are an inherent part of the production process. In general, design considerations are very important in machinery production. Establishments specialize in making machinery designed for particular applications. Thus, design is considered to be part of the production process for the purpose of implementing NAICS. The NAICS structure reflects this by defining industries and industry groups that make machinery for different applications. A broad distinction exists between machinery that is generally used in a variety of industrial applications (i.e., general purpose machinery) and machinery that is designed to be used in a particular industry (i.e., special purpose machinery). Three industry groups consist of special purpose machinery--Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; and Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The other industry groups make general purpose machinery: Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing; Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; and Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing. |
| 33331 | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 333310. |
| 333310 | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial and service industry machinery, such as optical instruments and lenses (except ophthalmic), photographic and photocopying equipment, automatic vending machinery, commercial laundry and drycleaning machinery, office machinery, automotive maintenance equipment (except mechanics' handtools), and commercial-type cooking equipment. |
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Classification References
- 01Manufacturing household-type appliances--are classified in Industry Group 3352, Household Appliance Manufacturing;
- 02Manufacturing and/or assembling electronic computers--are classified in U.S. Industry 334111, Electronic Computer Manufacturing;
- 03Manufacturing computer terminals and other computer peripheral equipment (except storage devices), including point-of-sale terminals and automated teller machines (ATMs)--are classified in U.S. Industry 334118, Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing;
- 04Manufacturing facsimile equipment--are classified in Industry 334210, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing;
- 05Manufacturing radio and television broadcast equipment--are classified in Industry 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing;
- 06Manufacturing electron and proton microscopes--are classified in U.S. Industry 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing;
- 07Manufacturing time clocks and time stamps--are classified in U.S. Industry 334519, Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing;
- 08Manufacturing sensitized film, paper, cloth, and plates, toners, and prepared photographic chemicals--are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing;
- 09Manufacturing pencil sharpeners and staplers--are classified in Industry 339940, Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing;
- 10Manufacturing coin- or card-operated arcade games--are classified in U.S. Industry 339999, All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing;
- 11Manufacturing mechanics' handtools--are classified in U.S. Industry 332216, Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing;
- 12Manufacturing ophthalmic focus lenses--are classified in U.S. Industry 339115, Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing;
- 13Manufacturing molded plastics lens blanks--are classified in U.S. Industry 326199, All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; and
- 14Manufacturing molded glass lens blanks--are classified in U.S. Industry 327212, Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing.
Index Items
Adding machines manufacturing
Aerial cameras manufacturing
Alignment equipment, motor vehicle, manufacturing
Balancing equipment, motor vehicle, manufacturing
Beauty and barber shop equipment (except chairs) manufacturing
Binding equipment (i.e., plastics or tape binding), office-type, manufacturing
Binoculars manufacturing
Blueprint equipment manufacturing
Brake service equipment (except mechanic's handtools), motor vehicle, manufacturing
Bundling machinery (e.g., box strapping, mail, newspaper) manufacturing
Calculators manufacturing
Camera lenses manufacturing
Cameras (except television, video) manufacturing
Canceling machinery, postal office-type, manufacturing
Car washing machinery manufacturing
Carnival and amusement park rides manufacturing
Carnival and amusement park shooting gallery machinery manufacturing
Carousels (i.e., merry-go-rounds) manufacturing
Carpet and floor cleaning equipment, electric commercial-type, manufacturing
Carpet sweepers, mechanical, manufacturing
Cash registers (except point of sales terminals) manufacturing
Central vacuuming systems, commercial-type, manufacturing
Change making machines manufacturing
Check writing machines manufacturing
Cigarette vending machines manufacturing
Coffee makers and urns, commercial-type, manufacturing
Coin counting machinery manufacturing
Coin- or card-operated vending machines manufacturing
Coin wrapping machines manufacturing
Collating machinery, office-type, manufacturing
Comparators, optical, manufacturing
Cooking equipment (i.e., fryers, microwave ovens, ovens, ranges), commercial-type, manufacturing
Corn popping machines, commercial-type, manufacturing
Currency counting machinery manufacturing
Deep-fat fryers, commercial-type, manufacturing
Densitometers (except laboratory analytical) manufacturing
Developing equipment, film, manufacturing
Dictating machines manufacturing
Digital cameras manufacturing
Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing
Driers, photographic, manufacturing
Drycleaning equipment and machinery manufacturing
Dryers, laundry (except household-type), manufacturing
Editing equipment, motion picture (e.g., rewinders, splicers, titlers, viewers), manufacturing
Enlargers, photographic, manufacturing
Envelope stuffing, sealing, and addressing machinery manufacturing
Exposure meters, photographic, manufacturing
Ferris wheels manufacturing
Film developing equipment manufacturing
Flash apparatus, photographic, manufacturing
Flight simulation machinery manufacturing
Floor sanding, washing, and polishing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing
Food warming equipment, commercial-type, manufacturing
Frame and body alignment equipment, motor vehicle, manufacturing
Garbage disposal units, commercial-type, manufacturing
Gas ranges, commercial-type, manufacturing
Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing
Glasses, field or opera, manufacturing
Gratings, diffraction, manufacturing
Gun sighting and fire control equipment and instruments, optical, manufacturing
Gun sights, optical, manufacturing
Hair dryers, beauty parlor-type, manufacturing
Holepunchers (except hand operated), office-type, manufacturing
Hot beverage vending machines manufacturing
Hotplates, commercial-type, manufacturing
Ice cream vending machines manufacturing
Incoming mail handling equipment (e.g., opening, scanning, sorting) manufacturing
Instrument lenses manufacturing
Interferometers manufacturing
Laboratory analytical optical instruments (e.g., microscopes) manufacturing
Laundry extractors manufacturing
Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing
Laundry pressing machines (except household-type) manufacturing
Lens coating (except ophthalmic)
Lens grinding (except ophthalmic)
Lens hoods, camera, manufacturing
Lens mounting (except ophthalmic)
Lens polishing (except ophthalmic)
Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing
Letter folding, stuffing, and sealing machinery manufacturing
Light meters, photographic, manufacturing
Locks, coin- or card-operated, manufacturing
Loupes (e.g., jewelers) manufacturing
Magnifying glasses (except corrective vision-type) manufacturing
Magnifying instruments, optical, manufacturing
Mail handling machinery, post office-type, manufacturing
Mechanisms for coin- or card-operated machines manufacturing
Microfiche equipment (e.g., cameras, projectors, readers) manufacturing
Microfilm equipment (e.g., cameras, projectors, readers) manufacturing
Microscopes (except electron, proton) manufacturing
Microwave ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing
Mirrors, optical, manufacturing
Mop wringers manufacturing
Motion picture cameras manufacturing
Motion picture theater projectors manufacturing
Night vision optical devices manufacturing
Oil water separators manufacturing
Optical alignment and display instruments manufacturing
Optical gun sighting and fire control equipment and instruments manufacturing
Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing
Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing
Overhead projectors (except computer peripheral) manufacturing
Ozone machines for water purification manufacturing
Periscopes manufacturing
Photocopying machines manufacturing
Photoflash equipment manufacturing
Photographic equipment manufacturing
Photographic lenses manufacturing
Postage meters manufacturing
Postage stamp vending machines manufacturing
Power washer cleaning equipment manufacturing
Prisms, optical, manufacturing
Projection equipment (e.g., motion picture, slide), photographic, manufacturing
Projection lenses manufacturing
Projection screens (i.e., motion picture, overhead, slide) manufacturing
Range finders, photographic, manufacturing
Ranges, commercial-type, manufacturing
Readers, microfilm or microfiche, manufacturing
Reflectors, optical, manufacturing
Sanding machines, floor, manufacturing
Screens, projection (i.e., motion picture, overhead, slide), manufacturing
Sensitometers, photographic, manufacturing
Sewage treatment equipment manufacturing
Sights, telescopic, manufacturing
Snack and confection vending machines manufacturing
Soft drink vending machines manufacturing
Steam cookers, commercial-type, manufacturing
Steam tables manufacturing
Stenography machinery manufacturing
Stoves, commercial-type, manufacturing
Swimming pool filter systems manufacturing
Tanks, photographic developing, fixing, and washing, manufacturing
Teaching machines (e.g., flight simulators) manufacturing
Telescopes manufacturing
Theodolites manufacturing
Tire mounting machines, motor vehicle, manufacturing
Trash and garbage compactors, commercial-type, manufacturing
Trays, photographic printing and processing, manufacturing
Tripods, camera and projector, manufacturing
Typewriters manufacturing
Vacuum cleaners, industrial and commercial-type, manufacturing
Vending machines manufacturing
Voting machines manufacturing
Wash water recycling machinery manufacturing
Washing machines, laundry (except household-type), manufacturing
Water heaters (except boilers), commercial-type, manufacturing
Water purification equipment manufacturing
Water softening equipment manufacturing
Water treatment equipment manufacturing
Word processing equipment, dedicated, manufacturing
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External Resources
NAICS Overview
Official Census.gov page defining the scope and subsectors for Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.
SBA Industry Data
Small Business Administration resource providing NAICS code data and industry averages relevant to this sector.
Office Machinery Association
Industry trade association offering detailed market research, statistics, and news specifically focused on office machinery manufacturing.
