NAICS 321920 — Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

NAICS 321920 is the national industry code for wood container and pallet manufacturing establishments in the United States. The Small Business Administration sets a size standard of 500 for this classification. It forms part of the hierarchical North American Industry Classification System maintained by the Census Bureau.

SBA: 500 View full SBA standard

Official Illustrative Examples

Primary activities officially recognized by Census Bureau / Statistics Canada:

containers (e.g., fruit baskets, boxes), made from veneer cooperage stock (e.g., heading, hoops, staves), manufacturing skids, pallets and pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing wooden boxes for ammunition or shell, manufacturing

Complete Index of Activities (40 recognized activities) ▼

baskets, wood (e.g., round stave, veneer), manufacturing

box cleats, wood, manufacturing

box shook, manufacturing

boxes, jewellery, wood or part wood, manufacturing

buckets or pails, wood, manufacturing

buckets, wood, coopered, manufacturing

casks, wood, coopered, manufacturing

chests for tools, wood, manufacturing

chicken coops (i.e., crates), wood, wire bound, for shipping poultry, manufacturing

container parts (shook) ready for assembly, manufacturing

containers (e.g., fruit baskets, boxes), made from veneer

cooperage products, wood, manufacturing

cooperage stock (e.g., heading, hoops, staves), manufacturing

cooperage stock mills

cooperage, manufacturing

coopered tubs, manufacturing

drums, plywood, manufacturing

firkins and kits, wood, coopered, manufacturing

flats, wood, greenhouse, manufacturing

fruit and vegetable containers (e.g., baskets, boxes, crates, hampers, bushel baskets), wood, manufacturing

fruit and vegetable crates, wood, wire bound, manufacturing

heading, barrel (i.e., cooperage stock), wood, manufacturing

hogsheads, coopered wood, manufacturing

hoops, sawed or split wood, for tight or slack cooperage, manufacturing

hot tubs, coopered, manufacturing

kegs, wood, coopered, manufacturing

packing or shipping crates, wood, manufacturing

pails, coopered wood, manufacturing

pallet parts, wooden, manufacturing

pallets and skids of wood, manufacturer repaired and recycled

round stave baskets (e.g., fruit, vegetable), manufacturing

shipping cases and drums, wood, wire bound, manufacturing

skids, pallets and pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing

staves, barrel, sawed or split, manufacturing

tanks, wood, coopered, manufacturing

tobacco hogsheads, manufacturing

trays, carrier, wood, manufacturing

veneer, manufacturing and converting into containers (e.g., fruit or vegetable baskets, boxes, hampers, bushel baskets)

wooden boxes for ammunition or shell, manufacturing

wooden shipping and packing cases, manufacturing

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022
Issuing authority	U.S. Census Bureau with OMB, Statistics Canada, and INEGI
Tax authority	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Purpose	Statistical business classification and federal contracting (SAM.gov, SBA standards)
Used in	SAM.gov registration, SBA size determinations, IRS tax classification, SEC EDGAR (via SIC crosswalk)
Active since	2022 (current edition)
Hierarchy level	Sector (2-digit)
Source	https://www.census.gov/naics/