335220 Major Household Appliance Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household-type cooking appliances, household-type laundry equipment, household-type refrigerators, upright and chest freezers, and other electrical and nonelectrical major household-type appliances, such as dishwashers, water heaters, and garbage disposal units.

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 small electric appliances and electric housewares, such as hot plates, griddles, toasters, and electric irons are classified in Industry 335210, Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing commercial and industrial refrigerators and freezers are classified in U.S. Industry 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing commercial-type cooking equipment and commercial-type laundry, drycleaning, and pressing equipment are classified in Industry 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing household-type sewing machines are classified in U.S. Industry 333248, All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 335220

The Census index assigns these 27 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Barbecues, grills, and braziers manufacturing
• Braziers, barbecue, manufacturing
• Convection ovens (including portable), household-type, manufacturing
• Dishwashers, household-type, manufacturing
• Dishwashing machines, household-type, manufacturing
• Drycleaning and laundry machines, household-type, manufacturing
• Dryers, clothes, household-type, gas and electric, manufacturing
• Dryers, household-type laundry, manufacturing
• Food waste disposal units, household-type, manufacturing
• Freezers, chest and upright household-type, manufacturing
• Garbage disposal units, household-type, manufacturing
• Gas ranges, household-type, manufacturing
• Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing
• Ice boxes, household-type, manufacturing
• Ironers and mangles, household-type (except portable irons), manufacturing
• Laundry equipment (e.g., dryers, washers), household-type, manufacturing
• Microwave ovens (including portable), household-type, manufacturing
• Ovens, freestanding household-type, manufacturing
• Ovens, portable household-type convection and microwave, manufacturing
• Ranges, household-type cooking, manufacturing
• Refrigerator/freezer combinations, household-type, manufacturing
• Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, manufacturing
• Stoves, ceramic disk element, household-type, manufacturing
• Stoves, household-type cooking, manufacturing
• Trash and garbage compactors, household-type, manufacturing
• Washing machines, household-type, manufacturing
• Water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 335220

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 335220, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,500 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: 2750), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 27510Manufacture of electric domestic appliancesUK SIC
• 27520Manufacture of non-electric domestic appliancesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 335210Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing