335139 Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electric light bulbs, tubes, and parts (except glass blanks for electric light bulbs and light emitting diodes (LEDs)), electric lighting fixtures (except residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and vehicular electric lighting fixtures), and nonelectric lighting equipment.

Examples Census gives

• Christmas tree lighting sets, electric, manufacturing
• Electric light bulbs, complete, manufacturing
• Fireplace logs, electric, manufacturing
• Flashlights manufacturing
• Insect lamps, electric, manufacturing
• Spotlights (except vehicular) manufacturing
• Lanterns (e.g., carbide, electric, gas, gasoline, kerosene) manufacturing
• LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs manufacturing
• Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) 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 glassware and glass parts for lighting fixtures, including glass blanks for electric light bulbs are classified in Industry 32721, Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing current-carrying wiring devices for lighting fixtures are classified in U.S. Industry 335931, Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing residential electric lighting fixtures are classified in U.S. Industry 335131, Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing commercial, industrial, and institutional electric lighting fixtures are classified in U.S. Industry 335132, Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing vehicular lighting fixtures are classified in Industry 336320, Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing light emitting diodes (LEDs) are classified in U.S. Industry 334413, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing signaling devices that incorporate electric light bulbs, such as traffic and railway signals are classified in Industry 334290, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 335139

The Census index assigns these 65 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Arc lighting fixtures (except electrotherapeutic), electric, manufacturing
• Area and sports luminaries (e.g., stadium lighting fixtures), electric, manufacturing
• Automotive light bulbs manufacturing
• Bulbs, electric light, complete, manufacturing
• Christmas tree light bulbs manufacturing
• Christmas tree lighting sets, electric, manufacturing
• Coating purchased light bulbs
• Cold cathode fluorescent lamp tubes manufacturing
• Compact fluorescent light bulbs manufacturing
• Decorative area lighting fixtures (except residential) manufacturing
• Decorative lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Electric lamp bulb parts (except glass blanks and light emitting diodes (LEDs)) manufacturing
• Electric lamps (i.e., light bulbs) manufacturing
• Electric light bulbs, complete, manufacturing
• Electrodes, cold cathode fluorescent lamp, manufacturing
• Electrotherapeutic lamp bulbs for ultraviolet and infrared radiation manufacturing
• Filaments for electric lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Fireplace logs, electric, manufacturing
• Flash bulbs, photographic, manufacturing
• Flashlight bulb manufacturing
• Flashlights manufacturing
• Floodlights (i.e., lighting fixtures) manufacturing
• Fluorescent lamp electrodes, cold cathode, manufacturing
• Fluorescent lamp tubes, electric, manufacturing
• Flytraps, electrical, manufacturing
• Fountain lighting fixtures manufacturing
• Gas lighting fixtures manufacturing
• Glow lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Halogen light bulbs manufacturing
• Health lamp bulbs, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, manufacturing
• High intensity lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Incandescent filament lamp bulbs, complete, manufacturing
• Infrared lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Infrared lamp fixtures manufacturing
• Insect lamps, electric, manufacturing
• Lamp bulb parts (except glass blanks and light emitting diodes (LEDs)), electric, manufacturing
• Lamp bulbs and tubes, electric (i.e., fluorescent, incandescent filament, vapor), manufacturing
• Lamp bulbs and tubes, health, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, manufacturing
• Lamps, insect, electric fixture, manufacturing
• Lanterns (e.g., carbide, electric, gas, gasoline, kerosene) manufacturing
• Lead-in wires, electric lamp, made from purchased wire
• LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs manufacturing
• Light bulbs manufacturing
• Light bulbs, sealed beam automotive, manufacturing
• Lighting fixtures, airport (e.g., approach, ramp, runway, taxi), manufacturing
• Lighting fixtures, nonelectric (e.g., propane, kerosene, carbide), manufacturing
• Mercury halide lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Miner's lamps manufacturing
• Ornaments, Christmas tree, electric, manufacturing
• Photoflash and photoflood lamp bulbs and tubes manufacturing
• Prewired poles, brackets, and accessories for electric lighting, manufacturing
• Reflectors for lighting equipment, metal, manufacturing
• Sealed beam automotive light bulbs manufacturing
• Searchlights, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing
• Sodium vapor lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Spotlights (except vehicular) manufacturing
• Stage lighting equipment manufacturing
• Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing
• Strobotrons manufacturing
• Swimming pool lighting fixtures manufacturing
• Trouble lights manufacturing
• Ultraviolet lamp bulbs manufacturing
• Ultraviolet lamp fixtures manufacturing
• Underwater lighting fixtures manufacturing
• Vapor lamps, electric, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 335139

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 335139, 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: 2740, 1399, 2790), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 13990Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.UK SIC
• 27400Manufacture of electric lighting equipmentUK SIC
• 27900Manufacture of other electrical equipmentUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 335131Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing
• 335132Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing