331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) recovering aluminum and aluminum alloys from scrap and/or dross (i.e., secondary smelting) and making billet or ingot (except by rolling) and/or (2) manufacturing alloys, powder, paste, or flake from purchased aluminum.

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:

• Refining alumina or making aluminum and/or aluminum alloys from alumina are classified in U.S. Industry 331313, Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production.
• Manufacturing aluminum sheet, plate, and foil from purchased aluminum or by recovering aluminum from scrap and flat rolling or continuous casting are classified in U.S. Industry 331315, Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing aluminum extruded products or rolled ingot or billet from purchased aluminum or by recovering aluminum from scrap and extruding, rolling, or drawing are classified in U.S. Industry 331318, Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding.
• Sorting, breaking up, and wholesaling scrap metal without also smelting or refining are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
• Operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals, are sorted into distinct categories without also smelting or refining are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities.

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

Activities listed under 331314

The Census index assigns these 16 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alloying purchased aluminum metals
• Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross
• Aluminum billet made from purchased aluminum
• Aluminum billet made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
• Aluminum extrusion ingot (i.e., billet), secondary
• Aluminum flakes made from purchased aluminum
• Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum
• Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing
• Aluminum ingot, secondary, manufacturing
• Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling)
• Aluminum smelting, secondary, and making ingot and billet (except by rolling)
• Flakes, aluminum, made from purchased aluminum
• Metal powder and flake made from purchased aluminum
• Paste made from purchased aluminum
• Powder made from purchased aluminum
• Refining aluminum, secondary

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 331314

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 331314, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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: 2420), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 24200Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steelUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 331313Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production
• 331315Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing
• 331318Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding