332215 Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing metal kitchen cookware (except by casting (e.g., cast iron skillets) or stamped without further fabrication), utensils, and/or nonprecious and precious plated metal cutlery and flatware.

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:

• Manufacturing precious (except precious plated) metal cutlery and flatware are classified in Industry 339910, Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing electric razors and hair clippers for use on humans are classified in Industry 335210, Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing power hedge shears and trimmers are classified in U.S. Industry 333112, Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing nonelectric hair clippers for use on animals are classified in U.S. Industry 332216, Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing finished cast iron kitchen utensils and cookware (i.e., cast iron skillets) and castings for kitchen utensils and cookware are classified in Industry Group 3315, Foundries.
• Manufacturing stampings for kitchen utensils, pots, and pans are classified in U.S. Industry 332119, Metal Crown, Closure, and Other Metal Stamping (except Automotive).

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

Activities listed under 332215

The Census index assigns these 39 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Barber's scissors, manufacturing
• Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing
• Butcher's knives manufacturing
• Carving sets manufacturing
• Cleavers manufacturing
• Clippers, fingernail and toenail, manufacturing
• Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing
• Cookware, fabricated metal, manufacturing
• Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Enameled metal cutting utensils
• Fishing knives manufacturing
• Flatware, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Forks, table, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Hair clippers for human use, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Hunting knives manufacturing
• Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Kitchen utensils, fabricated metal (e.g., colanders, garlic presses, ice cream scoops, spatulas), manufacturing
• Knife blades manufacturing
• Knife blanks manufacturing
• Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing
• Nonstick metal cooking utensils
• Plated metal cutlery manufacturing
• Plated metal flatware manufacturing
• Pocket knives manufacturing
• Potato mashers manufacturing
• Pots and pans, fabricated metal, manufacturing
• Pressure cookers, household-type, manufacturing
• Razor blades manufacturing
• Razors (except electric) manufacturing
• Safety razor blades manufacturing
• Safety razors manufacturing
• Scissors, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Shears, nonelectric, household-type (e.g., kitchen, barber, tailor) manufacturing
• Spoons, table, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Straight razors manufacturing
• Swords, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Table cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing
• Tailors' scissors, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Teakettles and coffee pots, fabricated metal (except electric, glass), manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 332215

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 332215, 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: 2593, 2599, 3290), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 25930Manufacture of wire products, chain and springsUK 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.

Similar codes to compare

• 332216Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing