336414 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing complete guided missiles and space vehicles and/or (2) developing and making prototypes of guided missiles or space 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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing space satellites are classified in Industry 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing.
• Research and development establishments primarily engaged in guided missile and space vehicle R&D (except prototype production) are classified in U.S. Industry 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

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

Activities listed under 336414

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Developing and producing prototypes for complete guided missiles and space vehicles
• Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing
• Guided missiles, complete, assembling
• Rockets (guided missiles), space and military, complete, manufacturing
• Space vehicles, complete, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 336414

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 336414, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,300 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: 3030), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 30300Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machineryUK SIC

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

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