336211 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing truck and bus bodies and cabs and automobile bodies. The products made may be sold separately or may be assembled on purchased chassis and sold as complete 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 complete automobiles and light duty motor vehicles (i.e., body and chassis or unibody) or manufacturing automobile and light duty motor vehicle chassis only are classified in Industry 336110, Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing heavy duty trucks, buses, motor homes, and other special purpose heavy duty motor vehicles for highway use (i.e., body and chassis) or manufacturing heavy duty truck chassis only are classified in Industry 336120, Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 336211

The Census index assigns these 29 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Ambulance bodies manufacturing
• Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis
• Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing
• Automobile wrecker truck bodies manufacturing
• Automobile wreckers assembling on purchased chassis
• Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis
• Bus bodies assembling on purchased chassis
• Bus bodies manufacturing
• Car bodies, kit, manufacturing
• Dump-truck lifting mechanisms manufacturing
• Fifth-wheel assemblies manufacturing
• Garbage truck bodies manufacturing
• Garbage trucks assembling on purchased chassis
• Hearse bodies manufacturing
• Hearses assembling on purchased chassis
• Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis
• Highway tractors assembling on purchased chassis
• Kit car bodies manufacturing
• Ready-mix concrete trucks assembling on purchased chassis
• School buses assembling on purchased chassis
• Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) assembling on purchased chassis
• Special purpose highway vehicle (e.g., firefighting vehicles) bodies manufacturing
• Stretch limousines assembling on purchased chassis
• Tank bodies for trucks manufacturing
• Tank trucks (e.g., fuel oil, milk, water) assembling on purchased chassis
• Tow trucks (including tilt and load) assembling on purchased chassis
• Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing
• Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis
• Truck tractors for highway use, assembling on purchased chassis

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 336211

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 336211, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 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: 2816, 2910, 2920, 2930), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 29100Manufacture of motor vehiclesUK SIC
• 29201Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)UK SIC
• 29202Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailersUK SIC
• 29203Manufacture of caravansUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 336212Truck Trailer Manufacturing
• 336213Motor Home Manufacturing
• 336214Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing