334310 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electronic audio and video equipment for home entertainment, motor vehicles, and public address and musical instrument amplification. Examples of products made by these establishments are digital video recorders, televisions, stereo equipment, speaker systems, household-type video cameras, jukeboxes, and amplifiers for musical instruments and public address systems.

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 photographic (i.e., still and motion picture) equipment are classified in Industry 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing phonograph needles and cartridges are classified in Industry 33441, Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing auto theft alarms or video-based stadium displays are classified in Industry 334290, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing mobile radios, such as citizens band and FM transceivers for household or motor vehicle uses; studio and broadcast video cameras; and cable decoders and satellite television equipment are classified in Industry 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 334310

The Census index assigns these 30 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Amplifiers (e.g., auto, home, musical instrument, public address) manufacturing
• Automobile radio receivers manufacturing
• Camcorders manufacturing
• Car stereos manufacturing
• Clock radios manufacturing
• Coin- or card-operated jukebox manufacturing
• Compact disc players (e.g., automotive, household-type) manufacturing
• Digital video disc players manufacturing
• DVD (digital video disc) players manufacturing
• E-book readers (i.e., dedicated) manufacturing
• Home stereo systems manufacturing
• Home tape recorders and players (e.g., cartridge, cassette, reel) manufacturing
• Home theater audio and video equipment manufacturing
• Jukeboxes manufacturing
• Loudspeakers manufacturing
• Microphones (except broadcast and studio equipment) manufacturing
• Personal audio and video headsets, including virtual reality headsets, manufacturing
• Portable stereo systems manufacturing
• Projection television manufacturing
• Public address systems and equipment manufacturing
• Radio headphones manufacturing
• Radio receiving sets manufacturing
• Speaker systems manufacturing
• Tape players and recorders, household-type, manufacturing
• Television (TV) sets manufacturing
• TV (television) sets manufacturing
• VCR (video cassette recorder) manufacturing
• Video cameras, household-type, manufacturing
• Video cassette recorders (VCR) manufacturing
• Video projectors, household-type, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 334310

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 334310, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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: 2640), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 26400Manufacture of consumer electronicsUK SIC

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