33299 All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated metal products (except forgings and stampings, cutlery and handtools, architectural and structural metal products, boilers, tanks, shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products, machine shop products, turned products, screws, nuts and bolts, and metal valves).

Examples Census gives

• Ammunition manufacturing
• Ball and roller bearing manufacturing
• Enameled iron and metal sanitary ware manufacturing
• Fabricated pipe and pipe fittings made from purchased metal pipe
• Foil containers (except bags) manufacturing
• Industrial pattern manufacturing
• Metal safes manufacturing
• Portable metal ladders manufacturing
• Small arms and other ordnance manufacturing
• Steel wool manufacturing

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 forgings, stampings, and powder metallurgy parts are classified in Industry 33211, Forging and Stamping.
• Manufacturing cutlery and handtools are classified in Industry 33221, Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing architectural and structural metals are classified in Industry Group 3323, Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing boilers, tanks, and shipping containers are classified in Industry Group 3324, Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing hardware and safe and vault locks are classified in Industry 33251, Hardware Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing spring and wire products are classified in Industry 33261, Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing machine shop products, turned products, screws, and nuts and bolts are classified in Industry Group 3327, Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing.
• Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities are classified in Industry 33281, Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities.
• Manufacturing plain bearings are classified in Industry 33361, Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing military tanks are classified in Industry 33699, Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing guided missiles are classified in Industry 33641, Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing cast iron pipe and fittings are classified in Industry 33151, Ferrous Metal Foundries.
• Manufacturing pipe system fittings (except cast iron couplings and couplings made from purchased pipe) and metal aerosol spray nozzles are classified in Industry 33291, Metal Valve Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing welded and seamless steel pipes from purchased steel are classified in Industry 33121, Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel.
• Manufacturing plastics plumbing fixtures and plastics portable chemical toilets are classified in Industry 32619, Other Plastics Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing vitreous and semivitreous pottery sanitary ware are classified in Industry 32711, Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing blasting caps, detonating caps, and safety fuses are classified in Industry 32592, Explosives Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing fireworks are classified in Industry 32599, All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing metal furniture frames are classified in Industry 33721, Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing metal mechanically refrigerated drinking fountains are classified in Industry 33341, Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing metal foil bags are classified in Industry 32222, Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing aluminum foil are classified in Industry 33131, Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing.
• Manufacturing metal foil (except aluminum) are classified in Industry Group 3314, Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing.
• Manufacturing metal burial vaults are classified in Industry 33999, All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing.

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

Codes in 33299

• 332991Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing
• 332992Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing
• 332993Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
• 332994Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
• 332996Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
• 332999All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing