2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
NAICS 334220 is the US industry code for radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless communications equipment.
- Code
- 334220 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Part of
- Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,250 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 26301, 26309, 26511, 26512 and 3 more (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 industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless communications equipment. Examples of products made by these establishments are transmitting and receiving antennas, cable television equipment, GPS equipment, pagers, cellular phones, mobile communications equipment, and radio and television studio and broadcasting equipment.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing household-type audio and video equipment, such as televisions and radio sets are classified in Industry 334310, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing wired and wireless intercommunications equipment (i.e., intercoms) are classified in Industry 334290, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing equipment for measuring and testing communications signals are classified in U.S. Industry 334515, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals.
- Manufacturing tablet computers are classified in U.S. Industry 334111, Electronic Computer Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 334220
The Census index assigns these 36 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing
- Amplifiers (e.g., RF power and IF), broadcast and studio equipment, manufacturing
- Antennas, satellite, manufacturing
- Antennas, transmitting and receiving, manufacturing
- Automobile antennas manufacturing
- Broadcast equipment (including studio), for radio and television, manufacturing
- Cable decoders manufacturing
- Cable television transmission and receiving equipment manufacturing
- Cameras, television, manufacturing
- CB (citizens' band) radios manufacturing
- Cellular telephones (new and rebuilt) manufacturing
- Citizens' band (CB) radios manufacturing
- Closed-circuit television equipment manufacturing
- Communications equipment, mobile and microwave, manufacturing
- Earth station communications equipment manufacturing
- Global positioning system (GPS) equipment manufacturing
- GPS (global positioning system) equipment manufacturing
- Marine radio communications equipment manufacturing
- Microphones, broadcast and studio equipment, manufacturing
- Microwave communications equipment manufacturing
- Mobile communications equipment manufacturing
- Pagers manufacturing
- Radio transmitting antennas and ground equipment manufacturing
- Receiver-transmitter units (i.e., transceivers) manufacturing
- Satellite antennas manufacturing
- Satellite communications equipment manufacturing
- Smartphones (new and rebuilt) manufacturing
- Smartwatches manufacturing
- Space satellites, communications, manufacturing
- Studio equipment, radio and television broadcasting, manufacturing
- Telephones, cellular (new and rebuilt), manufacturing
- Television transmitting antennas and ground equipment manufacturing
- Television, closed-circuit equipment, manufacturing
- Transceivers (i.e., transmitter-receiver units) manufacturing
- Video cameras (except household-type) manufacturing
- Video projectors (except household-type, motion picture theater) manufacturing
SBA size standard for 334220
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 334220, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 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: 2630, 2651, 3030), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 26301Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipmentUK SIC
- 26309Manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipmentUK SIC
- 26511Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process controlUK SIC
- 26512Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipmentUK SIC
- 26513Manufacture of non-electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process controlUK SIC
- 26514Manufacture of non-electronic industrial process control equipmentUK SIC
- 30300Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machineryUK 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.