2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
334610 Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media
NAICS 334610 is the US industry code for manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media. It covers establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing optical and magnetic media, such as blank audio tapes, blank video tapes, and blank diskettes, and/or (2) mass duplicating (i.e., making copies) audio, video, software, and other data on magnetic, optical, and similar media.
- Code
- 334610 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media
- Part of
- Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,250 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 18201, 18202, 18203, 26800 (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 (1) manufacturing optical and magnetic media, such as blank audio tapes, blank video tapes, and blank diskettes, and/or (2) mass duplicating (i.e., making copies) audio, video, software, and other data on magnetic, optical, and similar media. These establishments do not generally develop software or produce audio or video content.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
Activities listed under 334610
The Census index assigns these 26 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Audiotape, blank, manufacturing
- Blank tapes, audio and video, manufacturing
- Cassette tapes, prerecorded audio, mass reproducing
- CD-ROM, software, mass reproducing
- Compact discs (i.e., CD-ROM), software, mass reproducing
- Compact discs, prerecorded audio, mass reproducing
- Compact discs, recordable or rewritable, blank, manufacturing
- Computer software tapes and disks, blank, rigid and floppy, manufacturing
- Diskettes, blank, manufacturing
- Game cartridge software, mass reproducing
- Games, computer software, mass reproducing
- Hard drive media (disk drive platters) manufacturing
- Head cleaners for magnetic tape equipment, manufacturing
- Laser disks, prerecorded video, mass reproducing
- Magnetic and optical media, blank, manufacturing
- Magnetic recording media for tapes, cassettes, and disks, manufacturing
- Magnetic tapes, cassettes and disks, blank, manufacturing
- Phonograph records manufacturing
- Prepackaged software, mass reproducing
- Prerecorded magnetic audio tapes and cassettes mass reproducing
- Software, packaged, mass reproducing
- Tapes, magnetic recording (i.e., audio, data, video), blank, manufacturing
- Video cassettes, blank, manufacturing
- Video cassettes, prerecorded, mass reproducing
- Video tape or disk mass reproducing
- Video tapes, blank, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 334610
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 334610, 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: 2680, 1820), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 18201Reproduction of sound recordingUK SIC
- 18202Reproduction of video recordingUK SIC
- 18203Reproduction of computer mediaUK SIC
- 26800Manufacture of magnetic and optical mediaUK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.