Sawmills
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 321113 directly.
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Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in sawing dimension lumber, boards, beams, timbers, poles, ties, shingles, shakes, siding, and wood chips from logs or bolts. Sawmills may plane the rough lumber that they make with a planing machine to achieve smoothness and uniformity of size.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Sawmills cut lumber and wood products from raw logs and bolts, and may plane the finished material for smoothness and uniform size. The boundary with Wood Preservation lies in the treatment process; sawmills that apply preservatives to poles, pilings, and posts they have sawed, or that treat wood sawed elsewhere with preservatives like creosote or copper compounds to prevent decay and insect damage, are classified in Wood Preservation instead.