2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing

323117 Books Printing

NAICS 323117 is the US industry code for books printing. This U.S.

Code: 323117 (2022 NAICS)
Title: Books Printing
Part of: Printing
SBA small business limit: Up to 1,250 employees
Closest UK SIC: 18110 (details)

Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing or printing and binding books and pamphlets without publishing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

Printing and publishing, known as publishers are classified in Subsector 513, Publishing Industries.
Binding books without printing in the same establishment are classified in Industry 323120, Support Activities for Printing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 323117

The Census index assigns these 29 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

Almanacs printing and binding without publishing
Almanacs printing without publishing
Books printing and binding without publishing
Books printing without publishing
Dictionaries printing and binding without publishing
Dictionaries printing without publishing
Encyclopedias printing and binding without publishing
Encyclopedias printing without publishing
Fiction books printing and binding without publishing
Fiction books printing without publishing
Music books printing or printing and binding without publishing
Nonfiction books printing and binding without publishing
Nonfiction books printing without publishing
Pamphlets printing and binding without publishing
Pamphlets printing without publishing
Printing and binding books without publishing
Printing books without publishing
Professional books printing and binding without publishing
Professional books printing without publishing
Religious books printing and binding without publishing
Religious books printing without publishing
School books printing and binding without publishing
School books printing without publishing
Technical manuals and papers (books) printing and binding without publishing
Technical manuals and papers (books) printing without publishing
Textbooks printing and binding without publishing
Textbooks printing without publishing
Travel guide books printing and binding without publishing
Travel guide books printing without publishing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 323117

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 323117, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 1811), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

18110Printing of newspapersUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.