331491 Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) from purchased nonferrous metals and/or (2) recovering nonferrous metals from scrap and rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, 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:

• Rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes from purchased copper or recovering copper from scrap and rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes are classified in Industry 331420, Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying.
• Recovering nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) from scrap and making primary forms and/or alloying purchased nonferrous metals are classified in U.S. Industry 331492, Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum).
• Rolling, drawing, and/or extruding aluminum are classified in Industry 33131, Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing.
• Making primary nonferrous metals and rolling, drawing, or extruding nonferrous metal shapes are classified in Industry 331410, Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining.
• Insulating purchased nonferrous wire are classified in U.S. Industry 335929, Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 331491

The Census index assigns these 59 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Aircraft and automotive wire and cable (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Apparatus wire and cord (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
• Coaxial cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Communications wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Cord sets, flexible, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Energy wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Foil, gold, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Foil, nickel, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Foil, silver, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Gold and gold alloy bar, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Gold foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap
• Iridium bar, rod, sheet, strip and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Lead and lead alloy bar, pipe, plate, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Lead rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Magnesium and magnesium alloy bar, rod, shape, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Magnesium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Magnet wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Mesh, wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
• Molybdenum rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Nails, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Nickel and nickel alloy pipe, plate, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Nickel rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
• Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
• Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
• Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
• Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
• Pipe, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Plate, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Platinum and platinum alloy rolling, drawing, or extruding from purchased metals or scrap
• Platinum and platinum alloy sheet and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Precious metal bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Rod, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Selenium bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Silver and silver alloy bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Silver foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
• Silver rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Tin and tin alloy bar, pipe, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Tin rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Titanium and titanium alloy bar, billet, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Titanium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Tungsten bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Welding rod, uncoated, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Wire cloth, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
• Wire screening, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
• Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
• Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
• Zinc rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
• Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
• Zirconium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 331491

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 331491, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 900 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, 2599), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 24200Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steelUK SIC
• 25990Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.UK SIC

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

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