2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
339910 Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing
NAICS 339910 is the US industry code for jewelry and silverware manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching fine and costume jewelry; (2) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching metal personal goods (i.e., small articles carried on or about the person, such as compacts or cigarette cases); (3) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching precious metal solid, precious metal clad, or pewter flatware and other hollowware; (4) stamping coins; (5) manufacturing unassembled jewelry parts and stock shop products, such as sheet, wire, and tubing; (6) cutting, slabbing, tumbling, carving, engraving, polishing, or faceting precious or semiprecious stones and gems; (7) recutting, repolishing, and setting gem stones; and (8) drilling, sawing, and peeling cultured and costume pearls.
- Code
- 339910 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing
- Part of
- Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 700 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 25920, 25990, 32110, 32120 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching fine and costume jewelry; (2) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching metal personal goods (i.e., small articles carried on or about the person, such as compacts or cigarette cases); (3) manufacturing, engraving, chasing, or etching precious metal solid, precious metal clad, or pewter flatware and other hollowware; (4) stamping coins; (5) manufacturing unassembled jewelry parts and stock shop products, such as sheet, wire, and tubing; (6) cutting, slabbing, tumbling, carving, engraving, polishing, or faceting precious or semiprecious stones and gems; (7) recutting, repolishing, and setting gem stones; and (8) drilling, sawing, and peeling cultured and costume pearls. This industry includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing precious solid, precious clad, and precious plated jewelry and personal goods.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing nonprecious and precious plated metal cutlery and flatware are classified in U.S. Industry 332215, Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing nonprecious metal plated ware (except cutlery and flatware) are classified in U.S. Industry 332999, All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing.
- Engraving, chasing, or etching nonprecious and precious plated metal cutlery, flatware, and other plated ware are classified in U.S. Industry 332812, Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers.
- Plating jewelry are classified in U.S. Industry 332813, Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring.
- Manufacturing synthetic stones are classified in U.S. Industry 327999, All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing personal goods (except metal) carried on or about the person, such as compacts and cigarette cases are classified in Industry 316990, Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 339910
The Census index assigns these 49 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Bracelets, precious metal, manufacturing
- Buttons, precious metal, precious stones, semiprecious stones, manufacturing
- Card cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Cases, jewelry, metal, manufacturing
- Chains or necklace, precious metal, manufacturing
- Checkbook covers, precious metal, manufacturing
- Cigar cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Cigarette cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Coin purses, precious metal, manufacturing
- Comb cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Compacts, precious metal, manufacturing
- Cosmetic bags, precious metal, manufacturing
- Costume jewelry manufacturing
- Cuff links, precious metal, manufacturing
- Cutlery, precious metal (except precious plated), manufacturing
- Diamond cutting and polishing
- Drilling pearls
- Engraving and etching precious metal flatware
- Engraving and etching precious metal jewelry
- Engraving and/or etching costume jewelry
- Findings, jeweler's, manufacturing
- Handbags, precious metal, manufacturing
- Hollowware, precious metal, manufacturing
- Jewel settings and mountings, precious metal, manufacturing
- Jeweler's findings and materials manufacturing
- Jewelry, costume, manufacturing
- Jewelry, natural or cultured pearls, manufacturing
- Jewelry, precious metal, manufacturing
- Key cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Lapidary work manufacturing
- Lighters, cigar and cigarette, clad with precious metal, manufacturing
- Novelties, precious metal (except precious plated), manufacturing
- Pearl drilling, peeling, or sawing
- Pearls, costume, manufacturing
- Personal goods, metal, manufacturing
- Pewter ware manufacturing
- Pins and brooches, precious metal, manufacturing
- Pocketbooks, precious metal, men's or women's, manufacturing
- Purses, precious metal or clad with precious metal, manufacturing
- Rosaries and other small religious articles, precious metal, manufacturing
- Sewing cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Stamping coins
- Straps, watch, precious metal, manufacturing
- Table cutlery, precious metal, manufacturing
- Tobacco pouches, precious metal, manufacturing
- Toilet kits and cases, precious metal, manufacturing
- Trophies, precious metal (except precious plated), manufacturing
- Wallets, precious metal, manufacturing
- Watch bands, metal, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 339910
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 339910, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 700 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: 2592, 2599, 3211, 3212), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 25920Manufacture of light metal packagingUK SIC
- 25990Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.UK SIC
- 32110Striking of coinsUK SIC
- 32120Manufacture of jewellery and related articlesUK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.