332996 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in fabricating, such as cutting, threading, and bending, metal pipes and pipe fittings made from purchased metal pipe.

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 cast iron pipe and fittings are classified in U.S. Industry 331511, Iron Foundries.
• Manufacturing pipe system fittings (except cast iron couplings and couplings made from purchased pipe) are classified in U.S. Industry 332919, Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing welded and seamless steel pipes from purchased steel are classified in Industry 331210, Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel.

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

Activities listed under 332996

The Census index assigns these 12 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe
• Coils, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe
• Couplings, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe
• Fabricated pipe and pipe fittings made from purchased pipe
• Manifolds, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe
• Nipples, metal, made from purchased pipe
• Pipe and pipe fittings made from purchased metal pipe
• Pipe couplings made from purchased metal pipe
• Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe
• Pipe headers made from purchased metal pipe
• Tubes made from purchased metal pipe
• Wrought iron or steel pipe and tubing made from purchased metal pipe

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 332996

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 332996, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 550 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: 2410, 2420), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 24100Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloysUK SIC
• 24200Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steelUK SIC

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

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