NAICS code 332420: Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing

NAICS 332420 is “Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing”. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in cutting, forming, and joining heavy gauge metal to manufacture tanks, vessels, and other containers.

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Absorbers, gas, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing; Accumulators, industrial pressure vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing; Acetylene cylinders, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing; Air receiver tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing; Annealing vats, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing; and Autoclaves, industrial-type, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

Businesses mainly manufacturing power boilers are classified in Industry 332410, Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing; manufacturing light gauge metal containers are classified in Industry 33243, Metal Can, Box, and Other Metal Container (Light Gauge) Manufacturing; and installing heavy gauge metal tanks without manufacturing are classified in Industry 238120, Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors.

750 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

SIC 3443 (Fabricated Plate Work, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

332000 (Fabricated metal product mfg.) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 332111–332999.

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