331222 Steel Wire Drawing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in drawing wire from purchased steel.

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:

• Making steel and drawing steel wire are classified in Industry 331110, Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing wire products, such as nails, spikes, and paper clips, from purchased steel wire are classified in Industry 33261, Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 331222

The Census index assigns these 24 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants
• Baskets, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Brads, iron or steel, wire or cut, made in wire drawing plants
• Cable, iron or steel, insulated or armored, made in wire drawing plants
• Chain link fencing, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel
• Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel and fabricating wire products
• Fence gates, posts, and fittings, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Form ties made in wire drawing plants
• Horseshoe nails, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills
• Nails, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Paper clips, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Spikes, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Staples, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Tacks, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Tie wires made in wire drawing plants
• Welded iron or steel wire fabric made in wire drawing plants
• Wire cages, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Wire carts (e.g., grocery, household, industrial), iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Wire cloth, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Wire garment hangers, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
• Wire, iron or steel (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made in wire drawing plants

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 331222

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 331222, 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: 2410, 2599, 2732, 3099), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 24100Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloysUK SIC
• 25990Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.UK SIC
• 27320Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cablesUK SIC
• 30990Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.UK SIC

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

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