2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
339940 Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing
NAICS 339940 is the US industry code for office supplies (except paper) manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing office supplies.
- Code
- 339940 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing
- Part of
- Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 750 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 13990, 16290 (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 manufacturing office supplies. Examples of products made by these establishments are pens, pencils, felt tip markers, crayons, chalk, pencil sharpeners, staplers, modeling clay, hand operated stamps, stamp pads, stencils, carbon paper, and inked ribbons.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing writing and drawing inks are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing rubber erasers are classified in U.S. Industry 326299, All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing paper office supplies are classified in Subsector 322, Paper Manufacturing.
- Printing manifold business forms and manufacturing blankbooks, looseleaf binders, and looseleaf devices are classified in U.S. Industry 323111, Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books).
- Manufacturing drafting tables and boards are classified in U.S. Industry 337127, Institutional Furniture Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing inkjet and toner cartridges are classified in Industry Group 3259, Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 339940
The Census index assigns these 55 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Artist's paint manufacturing
- Artist's supplies (except paper) manufacturing
- Ball point pens manufacturing
- Blackboards, framed, manufacturing
- Branding irons (i.e., marking irons) manufacturing
- Brushes, artists', manufacturing
- Canvas board, artist's, manufacturing
- Canvas, artist's, prepared on frames, manufacturing
- Carbon paper manufacturing
- Chalk (e.g., artist's, blackboard, carpenter's, marking, tailor's), manufacturing
- Chalkboards, framed, manufacturing
- Clay, modeling, manufacturing
- Crayons manufacturing
- Date stamps, hand operated, manufacturing
- Drafting materials (except instruments and tables) manufacturing
- Easels, artists', manufacturing
- Embossing stamps manufacturing
- Felt tip markers manufacturing
- Fountain pens manufacturing
- Frames for artist's canvases (i.e., stretchers) manufacturing
- Hand operated stamps (e.g., canceling, postmark, shoe, textile marking) manufacturing
- Holepunchers, hand operated, manufacturing
- Inked ribbons manufacturing
- Label making equipment, handheld, manufacturing
- List finders and roledex address files manufacturing
- Marker boards (i.e., whiteboards) manufacturing
- Marking devices manufacturing
- Mechanical pencil refills manufacturing
- Mechanical pencils manufacturing
- Metal hand stamps manufacturing
- Modeling clay manufacturing
- Nibs (i.e., pen points) manufacturing
- Paints, artist's, manufacturing
- Palettes, artist's, manufacturing
- Paper cutters, office-type, manufacturing
- Paper, carbon, manufacturing
- Paper, stencil, manufacturing
- Pen refills and cartridges manufacturing
- Pencil leads manufacturing
- Pencil sharpeners manufacturing
- Pencils manufacturing
- Pens manufacturing
- Ribbons (e.g., cash register, printer, typewriter), inked, manufacturing
- Ribbons, inked, manufacturing
- Rubber stamps manufacturing
- Seal presses (e.g., notary), hand operated, manufacturing
- Stamp pads manufacturing
- Stamping devices, hand operated, manufacturing
- Staple removers manufacturing
- Staplers manufacturing
- Stencil paper manufacturing
- Stencils for painting and marking (e.g., cardboard, metal) manufacturing
- Tape dispensers manufacturing
- Typewriter ribbons manufacturing
- Water colors, artist's, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 339940
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 339940, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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: 1399, 1629, 1701, 1709, 2022, 2817, 2819, 3290), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 13990Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.UK SIC
- 16290Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materialsUK 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.