2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
327215 Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass
NAICS 327215 is the US industry code for glass product manufacturing made of purchased glass. This U.S.
- Code
- 327215 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass
- Part of
- Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,000 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 23110, 23120, 23130, 23140 and 1 more (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 coating, laminating, tempering, or shaping purchased glass.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing glass packaging containers are classified in U.S. Industry 327213, Glass Container Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing optical lenses (except ophthalmic), such as magnifying, photographic, and projection lenses are classified in Industry 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing ophthalmic (i.e., eyeglass) lenses are classified in U.S. Industry 339115, Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing fiber optic cable from purchased fiber optic strand are classified in U.S. Industry 335921, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 327215
The Census index assigns these 43 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Aquariums made from purchased glass
- Ashtrays made from purchased glass
- Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made from purchased glass
- Bricks, glass, made from purchased glass
- Christmas tree ornaments made from purchased glass
- Cooking ware made from purchased glass
- Cut and engraved glassware made from purchased glass
- Cutting, engraving, etching, painting or polishing purchased glass
- Decorated glassware made from purchased glass
- Doors, unframed glass, made from purchased glass
- Electron tube parts, glass blanks, made from purchased glass
- Fruits, artificial, made from purchased glass
- Furniture tops, glass (e.g., beveled, cut, polished), made from purchased glass
- Glass blanks for electric light bulbs made from purchased glass
- Glass products (except packaging containers) made from purchased glass
- Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass
- Glassware for industrial, scientific, and technical use made from purchased glass
- Glassware for lighting fixtures made from purchased glass
- Glassware, art decorative and novelty, made from purchased glass
- Glassware, cutting and engraving, made from purchased glass
- Hand blowing purchased glass
- Industrial glassware made from purchased glass
- Insulating glass, sealed units, made from purchased glass
- Insulators, electrical, glass, made from purchased glass
- Laboratory glassware (e.g., beakers, test tubes, vials) made from purchased glass
- Laminated glass made from purchased glass
- Lamp shades made from purchased glass
- Lens blanks, optical and ophthalmic, made from purchased glass
- Medical glassware made from purchased glass
- Mirrors, framed (except automotive) or unframed, made from purchased glass
- Ornaments, Christmas tree, made from purchased glass
- Ovenware made from purchased glass
- Safety glass (including motor vehicle) made from purchased glass
- Scientific apparatus glassware made from purchased glass
- Scientific glassware made from purchased glass
- Stained glass products made from purchased glass
- Stemware made from purchased glass
- Tableware made from purchased glass
- Technical glassware made from purchased glass
- Tempered glass made from purchased glass
- Vacuum tube blanks, glass, made from purchased glass
- Vases, glass, made from purchased glass
- Watch crystals made from purchased glass
SBA size standard for 327215
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 327215, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 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: 2310), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 23110Manufacture of flat glassUK SIC
- 23120Shaping and processing of flat glassUK SIC
- 23130Manufacture of hollow glassUK SIC
- 23140Manufacture of glass fibresUK SIC
- 23190Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glasswareUK 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.