331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) flat rolling or continuous casting sheet, plate, foil and welded tube from purchased aluminum and/or (2) recovering aluminum from scrap and flat rolling or continuous casting sheet, plate, foil, and welded tube in integrated mills.

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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in making aluminum from alumina and flat rolling or continuous casting aluminum sheet, plate, foil, and welded tube are classified in U.S. Industry 331313, Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production.

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

Activities listed under 331315

The Census index assigns these 20 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Aluminum foil made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Aluminum foil made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum
• Aluminum plate made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Aluminum plate made in integrated secondary smelting and continuous casting mills
• Aluminum plate made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Aluminum sheet made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Aluminum welded tube made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Aluminum welded tube made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Foil, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Foil, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Plate, aluminum, made by continuous casting purchased aluminum
• Plate, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Plate, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and continuous casting mills
• Plate, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Sheet, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Sheet, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills
• Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum
• Tube, welded, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 331315

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 331315, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,400 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
• 331314Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum
• 331318Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding