All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Description
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
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). |
| 339 | Miscellaneous Manufacturing 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector make a wide range of products that cannot readily be classified in specific NAICS subsectors in manufacturing. Processes used by these establishments vary significantly, both among and within industries. For example, a variety of manufacturing processes are used in manufacturing sporting and athletic goods that include products such as tennis rackets and golf balls. The processes for these products differ from each other, and the processes differ significantly from the fabrication processes used in making dolls or toys, the melting and shaping of precious metals to make jewelry, and the bending, forming, and assembly used in making medical products. The industries in this subsector are defined by what is made rather than how it is made. Although individual establishments might be appropriately classified elsewhere in the NAICS structure, for historical continuity, these product-based industries were maintained. In most cases, no one process or material predominates for an industry. Establishments in this subsector manufacture products as diverse as medical equipment and supplies, jewelry, sporting goods, toys, and office supplies. |
| 3399 | Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in miscellaneous manufacturing, such as jewelry and silverware manufacturing, sporting and athletic goods manufacturing, doll, toy, and game manufacturing, office supplies (except paper) manufacturing, sign manufacturing, and all other miscellaneous manufacturing. |
| 33999 | All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing 5-digit NAICS industry | This 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, and signs). Illustrative Examples: Artificial Christmas trees manufacturing Burial caskets and cases manufacturing Candles manufacturing Coin- or card-operated amusement machines (except jukebox) manufacturing Electronic cigarettes manufacturing Floor and dust mops manufacturing Musical instruments (except toy) manufacturing Fasteners, buttons, needles, and pins (except precious metals or precious and semiprecious stones and gems) manufacturing Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing Portable fire extinguishers manufacturing Umbrellas manufacturing |
| 339999 | All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing 6-digit U.S. detail | 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 |
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Classification References
- 01Manufacturing medical equipment and supplies--are classified in Industry Group 3391, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing;
- 02Manufacturing jewelry and silverware--are classified in Industry 339910, Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing;
- 03Manufacturing sporting and athletic goods--are classified in Industry 339920, Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing;
- 04Manufacturing dolls, toys, and games--are classified in Industry 339930, Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing;
- 05Manufacturing office supplies (except paper)--are classified in Industry 339940, Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing;
- 06Manufacturing signs--are classified in Industry 339950, Sign Manufacturing;
- 07Manufacturing gasket, packing, and sealing devices--are classified in U.S. Industry 339991, Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing;
- 08Manufacturing musical instruments--are classified in U.S. Industry 339992, Musical Instrument Manufacturing;
- 09Manufacturing fasteners, buttons, needles, and pins--are classified in U.S. Industry 339993, Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing;
- 10Manufacturing brooms, brushes, and mops--are classified in U.S. Industry 339994, Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing;
- 11Manufacturing burial caskets--are classified in U.S. Industry 339995, Burial Casket Manufacturing;
- 12Manufacturing Christmas tree glass ornaments and glass lamp shades--are classified in U.S. Industry 327215, Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass;
- 13Manufacturing Christmas tree lighting sets--are classified in U.S. Industry 335139, Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing;
- 14Manufacturing beauty and barber chairs--are classified in U.S. Industry 337127, Institutional Furniture Manufacturing;
- 15Manufacturing burnt wood articles--are classified in U.S. Industry 321999, All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing;
- 16Dressing and bleaching furs--are classified in Industry 316110, Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing;
- 17Manufacturing paper, textile, and metal lamp shades--are classified in U.S. Industry 335131, Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing;
- 18Manufacturing plastics lamp shades and other plastics products, such as plastics combs and hair curlers--are classified in U.S. Industry 326199, All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing;
- 19Manufacturing metal products, such as metal combs and hair curlers--are classified in U.S. Industry 332999, All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing;
- 20Manufacturing electric hair clippers for use on humans--are classified in Industry 335210, Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing;
- 21Manufacturing jukeboxes--are classified in Industry 334310, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing;
- 22Growing Christmas trees--are classified in U.S. Industry 111421, Nursery and Tree Production; and
- 23Manufacturing matches and electronic cigarette vapor liquids, including closed refills--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
Index Items
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
Pipe cleaners manufacturing
Pipes, smoker's, manufacturing
Potpourri manufacturing
Puppets manufacturing
Sewing and mending kits assembling
Shell novelties
Slot machines manufacturing
Theatrical scenery manufacturing
Tinsel manufacturing
Tobacco pipes manufacturing
Toupees manufacturing
Trees and plants, artificial, manufacturing
Umbrellas manufacturing
Wax figures (i.e., mannequins) manufacturing
Wigs, wiglets, toupees, hairpieces, manufacturing
Wreaths, artificial, manufacturing
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 339999.
Alliance for Manufacturing
A nonpartisan organization representing small businesses across all manufacturing sectors to advocate for policy and market success.
U.S. Census Bureau Manufacturing Industry
The official federal government page providing detailed economic data, statistics, and definitions for the specific NAICS 339999 classification.
Manufacturing Directories and Trade Associations
A directory listing various manufacturing sub-sectors and associated trade groups to help identify specific industry resources.
