2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
332994 Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
NAICS 332994 is the US industry code for small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing. This U.S.
- Code
- 332994 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
- Part of
- All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,000 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 25210, 25290 (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 small arms, other ordnance, and/or ordnance accessories.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
Activities listed under 332994
The Census index assigns these 56 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Aircraft artillery manufacturing
- Ammunition carts manufacturing
- Antiaircraft artillery manufacturing
- Antisubmarine projectors manufacturing
- Antitank rocket launchers manufacturing
- Barrels, gun, manufacturing
- BB guns manufacturing
- Belts, machine gun, manufacturing
- Bofors guns manufacturing
- Cannons manufacturing
- Carbines manufacturing
- Catapult guns manufacturing
- Clips, gun, manufacturing
- Cylinders and clips, gun, manufacturing
- Dart guns manufacturing
- Depth charge projectors manufacturing
- Field artillery manufacturing
- Firearms, small, manufacturing
- Flame throwers manufacturing
- Generators, smoke, manufacturing
- Grenade launchers manufacturing
- Gun barrels manufacturing
- Gun cleaning kits manufacturing
- Gun magazines manufacturing
- Gun turrets manufacturing
- Guns manufacturing
- Guns, BB and pellet, manufacturing
- Howitzers manufacturing
- Links, ammunition, manufacturing
- Livens projectors (i.e., ordnance) manufacturing
- Machine gun belts manufacturing
- Machine guns manufacturing
- Mortars manufacturing
- Naval artillery manufacturing
- Oerlikon guns manufacturing
- Pellet guns manufacturing
- Pistols manufacturing
- Projectors (e.g., antisub, depth charge release, grenade, livens, rocket), ordnance, manufacturing
- Pyrotechnic pistols and projectors manufacturing
- Recoil mechanisms, gun, manufacturing
- Recoilless rifles manufacturing
- Revolvers manufacturing
- Rifles (except toy) manufacturing
- Rifles, BB and pellet, manufacturing
- Rifles, pneumatic, manufacturing
- Rifles, recoilless, manufacturing
- Rocket launchers manufacturing
- Shotguns manufacturing
- Small arms manufacturing
- Smoke generators manufacturing
- Submachine guns manufacturing
- Tampion guns manufacturing
- Tank artillery manufacturing
- Torpedo tubes manufacturing
- Tranquilizer guns, manufacturing
- Turrets, gun, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 332994
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 332994, 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: 2520), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 25210Manufacture of central heating radiators and boilersUK SIC
- 25290Manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metalUK 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.