332216 Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing saw blades, all types (including those for power sawing machines) and/or (2) manufacturing nonpowered handtools and edge tools.

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 metal cutting dies, attachments, and accessories for machine tools are classified in Industry 33351, Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing power-driven handtools are classified in U.S. Industry 333991, Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing electric razors and hair clippers for use on humans are classified in Industry 335210, Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing electric hair clippers for use on animals are classified in U.S. Industry 333111, Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing nonelectric household-type scissors and shears are classified in U.S. Industry 332215, Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 332216

The Census index assigns these 111 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Agricultural handtools (e.g., hay forks, hoes, rakes, spades), nonpowered, manufacturing
• Augers, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Awls manufacturing
• Axes manufacturing
• Bearing pullers, handtools, manufacturing
• Bits, edge tool, woodworking, manufacturing
• Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing
• Blow torches manufacturing
• Calipers and dividers, machinists' precision tools, manufacturing
• Can openers (except electric) manufacturing
• Carpenter's handtools, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Caulking guns, nonpowered, manufacturing
• C-clamps manufacturing
• Chain saw blades manufacturing
• Chisels manufacturing
• Clippers for animal use, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Coordinate and contour measuring machines, machinists' precision tools, manufacturing
• Counterbores and countersinking bits, woodworking, manufacturing
• Cutters, glass, manufacturing
• Cutting dies (e.g., paper, leather, textile) manufacturing
• Cutting dies (except metal cutting) manufacturing
• Dial indicators, machinists' precision tools, manufacturing
• Dies, cutting (except metal cutting), manufacturing
• Dies, steel rule (except metal cutting), manufacturing
• Dividers, machinists' precision tools, manufacturing
• Drawknives manufacturing
• Drill bits, woodworking, manufacturing
• Drills, handheld, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing
• Engraver's handtools, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Files, handheld, manufacturing
• Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing
• Forks, handtools (e.g., garden, hay, manure), manufacturing
• Gauge blocks, machinists' precision tools, manufacturing
• Gauges, machinists' precision tools (except optical), manufacturing
• Gear pullers, handtools, manufacturing
• Gouges, woodworking, manufacturing
• Grass mowing equipment, nonpowered lawn and garden, manufacturing
• Guns, caulking, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Hair clippers for animal use, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Hammers, handtools, manufacturing
• Handheld edge tools (except scissors-type), nonelectric, manufacturing
• Handtool metal blades (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) manufacturing
• Handtools, machinists' precision, manufacturing
• Handtools, motor vehicle mechanics', manufacturing
• Hatchets manufacturing
• Hedge shears and trimmers, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Hoes, garden and mason's handtools, manufacturing
• Hooks, handtools (e.g., baling, bush, grass, husking), manufacturing
• Jacks (except hydraulic, pneumatic) manufacturing
• Jeweler's handtools, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Knives and bits for woodworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing
• Lawn edgers, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Lawnmowers, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Leaf skimmers and rakes, nonpowered swimming pool, manufacturing
• Levels, carpenter's, manufacturing
• Machetes manufacturing
• Machine knives (except metal cutting) manufacturing
• Machinists' precision measuring tools (except optical) manufacturing
• Mallets (e.g., rubber, wood) manufacturing
• Mason's handtools manufacturing
• Mattocks (i.e., handtools) manufacturing
• Mauls, metal, manufacturing
• Measuring tools, machinist's (except optical), manufacturing
• Mechanic's handtools, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Metal cutting saw blades manufacturing
• Micrometers, machinist's precision tools, manufacturing
• Miter boxes manufacturing
• Picks (i.e., handtools) manufacturing
• Planes, handheld, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Pliers, handtools, manufacturing
• Plumbers' handtools, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Post hole diggers, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Precision tools, machinist's (except optical), manufacturing
• Pruners manufacturing
• Pry (i.e., crow) bars manufacturing
• Punches (except paper), nonpowered handtool, manufacturing
• Putty knives manufacturing
• Rakes, nonpowered handtool, manufacturing
• Rasps, handheld, manufacturing
• Ratchets, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Rulers, metal, manufacturing
• Saw blades, all types, manufacturing
• Saws, hand, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Scoops, metal (except kitchen-type), manufacturing
• Screwdrivers, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Screwjacks manufacturing
• Scythes manufacturing
• Shears, nonelectric, tool-type (e.g., garden, pruners, tinsnip), manufacturing
• Shovels, handheld, manufacturing
• Sickles manufacturing
• Sledgehammers manufacturing
• Sockets and socket sets manufacturing
• Soldering guns and irons, handheld (including electric), manufacturing
• Soldering iron tips and tiplets manufacturing
• Spades and shovels, handheld, manufacturing
• Squares, carpenters', metal, manufacturing
• Stone cutting saw blades manufacturing
• Stonecutters' handtools, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Tape measures, metal, manufacturing
• Tinners' snips manufacturing
• Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers)
• Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing
• Tools, woodworking edge (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing
• Trimmers, hedge, nonelectric, manufacturing
• Trowels manufacturing
• Vises (except machine tool attachments) manufacturing
• Wheel pullers, handtools, manufacturing
• Wood cutting saw blades manufacturing
• Wrenches, handtools, nonpowered, manufacturing
• Yardsticks, metal, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 332216

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 332216, 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: 2593, 2790, 2816, 2819, 2821), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 25930Manufacture of wire products, chain and springsUK SIC
• 27900Manufacture of other electrical equipmentUK SIC
• 28210Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burnersUK SIC

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

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