Industry Statistics Sampler: NAICS 337

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NAICS 337
Furniture and related product manufacturing

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2002 Economic Census Industry Series Reports

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2002 NAICS	Report title	Report number	Release date (PDF)	Full report		Tables only
2002 NAICS	Report title	Report number	Release date (PDF)	Link to PDF	Size in kb	Link to PDF	Size in kb
337110	Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337110	01/18/2005		470		227
337121	Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337121	01/07/2005		458		216
337122	Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337122	01/18/2005		471		228
337124	Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337124	09/20/2004		451		209
337125	Household Furniture (except Wood and Metal) Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337125	01/07/2005		448		206
337127	Institutional Furniture Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337127	09/07/2004		456		211
337129	Wood Television, Radio, and Sewing Machine Cabinet Mfg	EC02-31I-337129	09/15/2004		443		198
337211	Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337211	09/01/2004		453		209
337212	Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Mfg.	EC02-31I-337212	08/17/2004		444		204
337214	Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337214	09/15/2004		452		207
337215	Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337215	09/09/2004		464		219
337910	Mattress Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337910	07/30/2004		449		212
337920	Blind and Shade Manufacturing	EC02-31I-337920	08/10/2004		452		206

NAICS Hierarchy: 1997

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Indus-
try
Detail NAICS
code NAICS Title
(and link to definition) Estab-
lish-
ments Value of shipments
($1,000) Annual
payroll
($1,000) Paid
employees

31-33 Manufacturing 362,829 3,834,700,920 569,808,845 16,805,127

337 Furniture & related product mfg 20,738 64,299,098 14,986,222 603,668

3371 Household & institutional furniture & kitchen cabinet mfg 15,259 36,418,307 8,767,969 388,438

3372 Office furniture (including fixtures) mfg 4,289 21,517,554 5,172,846 172,723

3379 Other furniture related product mfg 1,190 6,363,237 1,045,407 42,507

NAICS code	NAICS Title (and link to definition)	Estab- lish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
31-33	Manufacturing	362,829	3,834,700,920	569,808,845	16,805,127
337	Furniture & related product mfg	20,738	64,299,098	14,986,222	603,668
3371	Household & institutional furniture & kitchen cabinet mfg	15,259	36,418,307	8,767,969	388,438
3372	Office furniture (including fixtures) mfg	4,289	21,517,554	5,172,846	172,723
3379	Other furniture related product mfg	1,190	6,363,237	1,045,407	42,507

Table includes only establishments with payroll.

NAICS 337: Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing . Industries in the Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing subsector make furniture and related articles, such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, and fixtures. The processes used in the manufacture of furniture include the cutting, bending, molding, laminating, and assembly of such materials as wood, metal, glass, plastics, and rattan. However, the production process for furniture is not solely bending metal, cutting and shaping wood, or extruding and molding plastics. Design and fashion trends play an important part in the production of furniture. The integrated design of the article for both esthetic and functional qualities is also a major part of the process of manufacturing furniture. Design services may be performed by the furniture establishment's work force or may be purchased from industrial designers.

Furniture may be made of any material, but the most common ones used in North America are metal and wood. Furniture manufacturing establishments may specialize in making articles primarily from one material. Some of the equipment required to make a wooden table, for example, is different from that used to make a metal one. However, furniture is usually made from several materials. A wooden table might have metal brackets, and a wooden chair a fabric or plastics seat. Therefore, in NAICS, furniture initially is classified based on the type of furniture (application for which it is designed) rather than the material used. For example, an upholstered sofa is treated as household furniture, although it may also be used in hotels or offices.

When classifying furniture according to the component material from which it is made, furniture made from more than one material is classified based on the material used in the frame, or if there is no frame, the predominant component material. Upholstered household furniture (excluding kitchen and dining room chairs with upholstered seats) is classified without regard to the frame material. Kitchen or dining room chairs with upholstered seats are classified according to the frame material.

Furniture may be made on a stock or custom basis and may be shipped assembled or unassembled (i.e., knockdown). The manufacture of furniture parts and frames is included in this subsector.

Some of the processes used in furniture manufacturing are similar to processes that are used in other segments of manufacturing. For example, cutting and assembly occurs in the production of wood trusses that are classified in Subsector 321, Wood Product Manufacturing. However, the multiple processes that distinguish wood furniture manufacturing from wood product manufacturing warrant inclusion of wooden furniture manufacturing in the Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing subsector. Metal furniture manufacturing uses techniques that are also employed in the manufacturing of roll-formed products classified in Subsector 332, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. The molding process for plastics furniture is similar to the molding of other plastics products. However, plastics furniture producing establishments tend to specialize in furniture.

NAICS attempts to keep furniture manufacturing together, but there are two notable exceptions: seating for transportation equipment and laboratory and hospital furniture. These exceptions are related to that fact that some of the aspects of the production process for these products, primarily the design, are highly integrated with that of other manufactured goods, namely motor vehicles and health equipment.

Geographic Distribution -- Furniture and related product manufacturing: 1997

Data for the Manufacturing sector are published for the U.S., states with 100 or more employees, metropolitan areas with 250 or more employees, and counties and cities with 500 or more employees. Counts of establishments are also published for ZIP Codes.

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Other
Indus-
tries State Estab-
lish-
ments Value of shipments
($1,000) Value of shipments
% of
U.S. Annual
payroll
($1,000) Paid
employees

United States 20,738 64,299,098 100.00 14,986,222 603,668

North Carolina 1,178 7,301,225 11.36 1,812,245 81,384

California 2,741 6,669,318 10.37 1,569,380 65,654

Michigan 603 5,810,657 9.04 1,271,692 33,502

Ohio 735 3,039,424 4.73 586,361 20,761

Mississippi 368 2,917,715 4.54 652,385 30,270

Indiana 509 2,864,951 4.46 666,195 26,150

Pennsylvania 854 2,819,727 4.39 654,389 24,571

Texas 1,034 2,698,845 4.20 610,156 27,706

Illinois 844 2,512,115 3.91 558,584 19,933

Tennessee 561 2,365,540 3.68 566,026 26,529

Virginia 472 2,175,392 3.38 505,571 23,671

New York 1,136 2,111,880 3.28 568,623 21,818

Wisconsin 504 1,977,738 3.08 487,075 17,305

Florida 1,422 1,707,544 2.66 412,674 18,698

Georgia 678 1,656,537 2.58 324,434 13,970

Alabama 471 1,494,617 2.32 313,242 14,789

Minnesota 514 1,280,827 1.99 323,667 11,619

Missouri 444 1,225,212 1.91 294,538 11,504

Iowa 181 1,122,061 1.75 220,931 7,980

New Jersey 534 1,008,286 1.57 262,569 8,920

Arkansas 210 892,978 1.39 213,720 10,530

Massachusetts 356 814,168 1.27 200,125 6,775

Washington 474 675,292 1.05 188,121 7,351

Arizona 360 675,028 1.05 162,802 7,977

South Carolina 194 569,616 0.89 119,591 5,450

Oregon 376 561,086 0.87 149,654 6,081

Colorado 344 475,367 0.74 125,111 5,041

Utah 257 473,214 0.74 130,235 5,648

Kentucky 218 465,858 0.72 113,448 5,284

Kansas 181 445,663 0.69 109,723 4,687

Maryland 247 443,933 0.69 105,632 4,306

Nebraska 105 379,777 0.59 77,462 3,075

Connecticut 246 327,553 0.51 92,197 3,124

Oklahoma 166 269,368 0.42 75,101 3,374

Rhode Island 68 201,889 0.31 49,634 1,915

Nevada 109 198,850 0.31 43,262 1,626

Vermont 81 181,123 0.28 61,824 2,662

Maine 100 166,575 0.26 45,702 1,699

South Dakota 54 140,495 0.22 34,247 1,479

New Hampshire 104 137,944 0.21 40,305 1,547

Idaho 142 136,446 0.21 36,662 1,782

West Virginia 66 104,993 0.16 24,403 1,161

Louisiana 123 103,412 0.16 24,714 1,332

North Dakota 51 86,453 0.13 23,709 1,076

Delaware 33 70,512 0.11 14,208 548

Montana 84 52,101 0.08 15,176 750

Hawaii 47 40,407 0.06 10,339 372

All other states, including those below 159 449,386 0.70 38,378 282

New Mexico 129 D D (1000-2499)

Alaska 21 D D (100-249)

District of Columbia 2 D D (100-249)

Wyoming 27 D D (100-249)

State	Estab- lish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Value of shipments % of U.S.	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
United States	20,738	64,299,098	100.00	14,986,222	603,668
North Carolina	1,178	7,301,225	11.36	1,812,245	81,384
California	2,741	6,669,318	10.37	1,569,380	65,654
Michigan	603	5,810,657	9.04	1,271,692	33,502
Ohio	735	3,039,424	4.73	586,361	20,761
Mississippi	368	2,917,715	4.54	652,385	30,270
Indiana	509	2,864,951	4.46	666,195	26,150
Pennsylvania	854	2,819,727	4.39	654,389	24,571
Texas	1,034	2,698,845	4.20	610,156	27,706
Illinois	844	2,512,115	3.91	558,584	19,933
Tennessee	561	2,365,540	3.68	566,026	26,529
Virginia	472	2,175,392	3.38	505,571	23,671
New York	1,136	2,111,880	3.28	568,623	21,818
Wisconsin	504	1,977,738	3.08	487,075	17,305
Florida	1,422	1,707,544	2.66	412,674	18,698
Georgia	678	1,656,537	2.58	324,434	13,970
Alabama	471	1,494,617	2.32	313,242	14,789
Minnesota	514	1,280,827	1.99	323,667	11,619
Missouri	444	1,225,212	1.91	294,538	11,504
Iowa	181	1,122,061	1.75	220,931	7,980
New Jersey	534	1,008,286	1.57	262,569	8,920
Arkansas	210	892,978	1.39	213,720	10,530
Massachusetts	356	814,168	1.27	200,125	6,775
Washington	474	675,292	1.05	188,121	7,351
Arizona	360	675,028	1.05	162,802	7,977
South Carolina	194	569,616	0.89	119,591	5,450
Oregon	376	561,086	0.87	149,654	6,081
Colorado	344	475,367	0.74	125,111	5,041
Utah	257	473,214	0.74	130,235	5,648
Kentucky	218	465,858	0.72	113,448	5,284
Kansas	181	445,663	0.69	109,723	4,687
Maryland	247	443,933	0.69	105,632	4,306
Nebraska	105	379,777	0.59	77,462	3,075
Connecticut	246	327,553	0.51	92,197	3,124
Oklahoma	166	269,368	0.42	75,101	3,374
Rhode Island	68	201,889	0.31	49,634	1,915
Nevada	109	198,850	0.31	43,262	1,626
Vermont	81	181,123	0.28	61,824	2,662
Maine	100	166,575	0.26	45,702	1,699
South Dakota	54	140,495	0.22	34,247	1,479
New Hampshire	104	137,944	0.21	40,305	1,547
Idaho	142	136,446	0.21	36,662	1,782
West Virginia	66	104,993	0.16	24,403	1,161
Louisiana	123	103,412	0.16	24,714	1,332
North Dakota	51	86,453	0.13	23,709	1,076
Delaware	33	70,512	0.11	14,208	548
Montana	84	52,101	0.08	15,176	750
Hawaii	47	40,407	0.06	10,339	372
All other states, including those below	159	449,386	0.70	38,378	282
New Mexico	129	D		D	(1000-2499)
Alaska	21	D		D	(100-249)
District of Columbia	2	D		D	(100-249)
Wyoming	27	D		D	(100-249)

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available

Other Data from the 1997 Economic Census

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EC97M- Industry Series Preliminary data including detailed characteristics, establishment size, and product detail

EC97M31S-GS General Summary Detailed statistics, employment size of establishments, method of inventory valuation, and legal form of organization for manufacturing and its subsectors; summaries by industry , state, and metro area.

EC97M31S-PS Product Summary Shipments by detailed product category for 1997 and 1992, without regard to the industry where produced

EC97M31S-MS Material Summary Detailed cost of materials consumed in manufacturing for 1997 and 1992, by industry.

EC97M31S-CR Concentration Ratios Summary Share of shipments and value added accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 largest companies in each of the 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit NAICS industries for 1997

EC97X-CS3 Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only) Defines comparability of individual industries.

EC97X-CS2 Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states) 1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis

EC97X-CS4 Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros) Nonemployers account for 45 % of establishments and .3 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports above.

Series number	Title	Contents
EC97M-	Industry Series	Preliminary data including detailed characteristics, establishment size, and product detail
EC97M31S-GS	General Summary	Detailed statistics, employment size of establishments, method of inventory valuation, and legal form of organization for manufacturing and its subsectors; summaries by industry , state, and metro area.
EC97M31S-PS	Product Summary	Shipments by detailed product category for 1997 and 1992, without regard to the industry where produced
EC97M31S-MS	Material Summary	Detailed cost of materials consumed in manufacturing for 1997 and 1992, by industry.
EC97M31S-CR	Concentration Ratios Summary	Share of shipments and value added accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 largest companies in each of the 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit NAICS industries for 1997
EC97X-CS3	Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only)	Defines comparability of individual industries.
EC97X-CS2	Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states)	1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis
EC97X-CS4	Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros)	Nonemployers account for 45 % of establishments and .3 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports above.

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs

Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Smallest Geography Contents

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey Annual U.S. Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees

Annual Survey of Manufactures Annual State Detailed national statistics for the industry; 7-digit product classes; general statistics for states

County Business Patterns Annual County, metro area, ZIP Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment

E-Commerce Statistics Annual U.S. Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Monthly U.S. Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders

Nonemployer Statistics Annual State, metro area, county Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees

Quarterly Financial Report Quarterly U.S. Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations of manufacturing corporations with assets over $250,000, and corporations in the mining and trade areas with over $50 million.

Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual State, metro area Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Smallest Geography	Contents
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	U.S.	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees
Annual Survey of Manufactures	Annual	State	Detailed national statistics for the industry; 7-digit product classes; general statistics for states
County Business Patterns	Annual	County, metro area, ZIP	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment
E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	U.S.	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders	Monthly	U.S.	Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	State, metro area, county	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees
Quarterly Financial Report	Quarterly	U.S.	Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations of manufacturing corporations with assets over $250,000, and corporations in the mining and trade areas with over $50 million.
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	State, metro area	Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

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