334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing communications equipment (except telephone apparatus, radio and television broadcast equipment, and wireless communications equipment).

Examples Census gives

• Fire detection and alarm systems manufacturing
• Signals (e.g., highway, pedestrian, railway, traffic) manufacturing
• Intercom systems and equipment manufacturing
• Video-based stadium displays 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 telephone apparatus are classified in Industry 334210, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless communications equipment (except wireless intercoms) are classified in Industry 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing automobile audio and related equipment are classified in Industry 334310, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 334290

The Census index assigns these 22 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alarm system central monitoring equipment manufacturing
• Alarm systems and equipment manufacturing
• Automotive theft alarm systems manufacturing
• Burglar alarm systems and equipment manufacturing
• Car alarm manufacturing
• Carbon monoxide detectors manufacturing
• Controlling equipment, street light, manufacturing
• Fire detection and alarm systems manufacturing
• Glass breakage detection and signaling devices
• Intercom systems and equipment manufacturing
• Motion alarms (e.g., swimming pool, perimeter) manufacturing
• Motion detectors, security system, manufacturing
• Portable intrusion detection and signaling devices manufacturing
• Railroad signaling equipment manufacturing
• Remote control units (e.g., garage door, television) manufacturing
• Signals (e.g., highway, pedestrian, railway, traffic) manufacturing
• Sirens (e.g., air raid, industrial, marine, vehicle) manufacturing
• Smoke detectors manufacturing
• Theft prevention signaling devices (e.g., door entrance annunciation, holdup signaling devices, personal duress signaling devices), manufacturing
• Traffic advisory and signalling systems manufacturing
• Traffic signals manufacturing
• Video-based stadium displays manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 334290

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 334290, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 800 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, 2790, 3020), 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
• 27900Manufacture of other electrical equipmentUK SIC
• 30200Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stockUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 334210Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
• 334220Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing