2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
332313 Plate Work Manufacturing
NAICS 332313 is the US industry code for plate work manufacturing. This U.S.
- Code
- 332313 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Plate Work Manufacturing
- Part of
- Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 750 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 25110, 25120, 28230, 30110 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated metal plate work by cutting, punching, bending, shaping, and welding purchased metal plate.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing power boilers and heat exchangers are classified in Industry 332410, Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing heavy gauge tanks are classified in Industry 332420, Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing metal plate cooling towers are classified in U.S. Industry 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 332313
The Census index assigns these 40 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Baffles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Bins, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Breechings, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Buoys, fabricated plate work metal, manufacturing
- Casings, scroll, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Covers, annealing, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Covers, floating, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Culverts, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Cupolas, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Cyclones, industrial, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Fabricated plate work manufacturing
- Floating covers, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Flumes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Fumigating chambers, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Hoods, industrial, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Hoppers, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Jackets, industrial, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Ladle bails, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Liners, industrial, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Nuclear shielding, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Penstocks, fabricated metal plate, manufacturing
- Pile shells, fabricated metal plate, manufacturing
- Pipe, fabricated metal plate, manufacturing
- Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing
- Racks (e.g., trash), fabricated metal plate, manufacturing
- Reactor containment vessels, fabricated metal plate, manufacturing
- Rocket casings, fabricated metal work, manufacturing
- Smokestacks, fabricated metal boiler plate, manufacturing
- Space simulation chambers, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Sterilizing chambers, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Trash racks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Troughs, industrial, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Truss plates, metal, manufacturing
- Tunnel lining, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Tunnels, wind, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing
- Weldments manufacturing
SBA size standard for 332313
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 332313, 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: 2511, 2512, 2513, 2816, 2823, 3011), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 25110Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structuresUK SIC
- 25120Manufacture of doors and windows of metalUK SIC
- 28230Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment)UK SIC
- 30110Building of ships and floating structuresUK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.