Printing
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 32311 directly.
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Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing on apparel and textile products, paper, metal, glass, plastics, and other materials, except fabric (grey goods). The printing processes employed include, but are not limited to, lithographic, gravure, screen, flexographic, digital, and letterpress. Establishments in this industry do not manufacture the stock that they print, but may perform postprinting activities, such as folding, cutting, or laminating the materials they print, and mailing.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Printing establishments apply designs and text to existing materials such as apparel, textiles, paper, metal, glass, and plastics using processes like lithography, gravure, screen printing, and digital printing. These establishments do not manufacture the base materials they print on, distinguishing them from textile mills that print on fabric grey goods. The boundary with Support Activities for Printing lies in whether the establishment performs the core printing operation itself; support activities such as platemaking and typesetting that occur before printing, or postpress services like die cutting and embossing performed as standalone services without printing, are classified separately.