336612 Boat Building

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in building boats. Boats are defined as watercraft not built in shipyards and typically of the type suitable or intended for personal use. Included in this industry are establishments that manufacture heavy-duty inflatable rubber or inflatable plastic boats (RIBs).

Examples Census gives

• Inflatable plastic boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing
• Inflatable rubber boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing
• Boats (e.g., motorboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks) manufacturing
• Rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) manufacturing
• Sailboat building, not done in shipyards
• Yacht building, not done in shipyards

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:

• Ship building or ship repairs performed in a shipyard are classified in U.S. Industry 336611, Ship Building and Repairing.
• Ship repairs performed in floating drydocks are classified in Industry 488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation.
• Manufacturing inflatable rubber swimming pool rafts and similar flotation devices are classified in U.S. Industry 326299, All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing inflatable plastic swimming pool rafts and similar flotation devices are classified in U.S. Industry 326199, All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 336612

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

• Air boat building
• Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities)
• Boats (e.g., motorboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks) manufacturing
• Boats (i.e., suitable or intended for personal use) manufacturing
• Boats, inflatable plastics (except toy-type), manufacturing
• Cabin cruiser building
• Dinghies manufacturing
• Dories building
• Hovercraft building
• Inflatable plastic boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing
• Inflatable rubber boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing
• Life rafts, inflatable, manufacturing
• Motorboat, inboard or outboard, building
• Pleasure boats manufacturing
• Rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) manufacturing
• Sailboat building, not done in shipyards
• Underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) manufacturing in boat yards
• Unmanned and robotic watercraft manufacturing in boat yards
• Yacht building, not done in shipyards

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 336612

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 336612, 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: 3012), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 30120Building of pleasure and sporting boatsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 336611Ship Building and Repairing