336110 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing complete automobiles and light duty motor vehicles (i.e., body and chassis or unibody) or (2) manufacturing automobile and light duty motor vehicle chassis only. Vehicles made include passenger cars, light duty trucks, light duty vans, pick-up trucks, minivans, and sport utility vehicles.

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 car, truck, and bus bodies and assembling vehicles on purchased chassis and manufacturing kit cars for highway use are classified in U.S. Industry 336211, Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing motor homes on purchased light duty truck chassis are classified in U.S. Industry 336213, Motor Home Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing race cars are classified in U.S. Industry 336999, All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 336110

The Census index assigns these 19 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture
• Assembly plants, minivans on chassis of own manufacture
• Assembly plants, passenger car on chassis of own manufacture
• Assembly plants, sport utility vehicles on chassis of own manufacture
• Automobiles assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Cab and chassis, light trucks and vans, manufacturing
• Cars, electric, for highway use, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Chassis, automobile, manufacturing
• Chassis, light truck and utility, manufacturing
• Electric automobiles for highway use manufacturing
• Hearses assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Light utility trucks assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Minivans assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Motor homes, self-contained, mounted on light duty truck chassis of own manufacture
• Pick-up trucks, light duty, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Sport utility vehicles assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Trucks, light duty, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Unmanned and robotic automobiles manufacturing
• Vans, commercial and passenger light duty, assembling on chassis of own manufacture

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 336110

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 336110, 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: 2910), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 29100Manufacture of motor vehiclesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 336120Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing