Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing heavy machinery and equipment of a type used primarily by the construction industries, such as bulldozers; concrete mixers; cranes, except industrial plant overhead and truck-type cranes; dredging machinery; pavers; and power shovels. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing forestry equipment and certain specialized equipment, not elsewhere classified, similar to that used by the construction industries, such as elevating platforms, ship cranes and capstans, aerial work platforms, and automobile wrecker hoists. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing mining equipment are classified in Industry 3532; those manufacturing well-drilling machinery are classified in Industry 3533; those manufacturing industrial plant overhead traveling cranes are classified in Industry 3536; and those manufacturing industrial truck-type cranes are classified in Industry 3537.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 3531 - Construction Machinery and Equipment are:
- Aerial work platforms, hydraulic or electric truck or carrier mounted
- Aggregate spreaders
- Asphalt plants, including travel-mix type
- Automobile wrecker hoists
- Backfillers, self-propelled
- Backhoes
- Ballast distributors (railway track equipment)
- Batching plants, bituminous
- Batching plants, for aggregate concrete and bulk cement
- Blades for graders, scrapers, dozers, and snowplows
- Breakers, paving
- Buckets, excavating: e.g., clamshell, concrete, dragline, drag scraper,
- Bulldozers, construction
- Cab, construction machinery
- Capstans, ship
- Carriers, crane
- Chip spreaders, self-propelled
- Chippers, commercial: brush, limb, and log
- Concrete buggies, powered
- Concrete grouting equipment
- Concrete gunning equipment
- Concrete plants
- Construction machinery, except mining
- Cranes, construction
- Cranes, except industrial plant
- Crushers, mineral: portable
- Derricks, except oil and gas field
- Distributors (construction machinery)
- Ditchers, ladder: vertical boom or wheel
- Dozers, tractor mounted: material moving
- Draglines, powered
- Drags, road (construction and road maintenance equipment)
- Dredging machinery
- Excavators: e.g., cable, clamshell, crane, derrick, dragline, power
- Extractors, piling
- Finishers and spreaders, construction
- Finishers, concrete and bituminous: powered
- Grader attachments, elevating
- Graders, road (construction machinery)
- Grapples: rock, wood, etc.
- Grinders, stone: portable
- Hammer mills (rock and ore crushing machines), portable
- Hammers, pile driving
- Line markers, self-propelled
- Locomotive cranes
- Log splitters
- Logging equipment
- Mixers: e.g., concrete, ore, sand, slag, plaster, mortar, bituminous
- Mortar mixers
- Mud jacks
- Pavers
- Pile driving equipment
- Planers, bituminous
- Plaster mixers
- Plows, construction: excavating and grading
- Post hole diggers, powered
- Power cranes, draglines, and shovels
- Pulverizers, stone: portable
- Railway track equipment: e.g., rail layers, ballast distributors
- Rakes, land clearing: mechanical
- Road construction and maintenance machinery
- Rock crushing machinery, portable
- Rollers, road
- Rollers, sheepsfoot and vibratory
- Sand mixers
- Scarifiers, road
- Scrapers, construction
- Screeds and screeding machines
- Screeners, portable
- Ship cranes and derricks
- Ship winches
- Shovel loaders
- Shovels, power
- Silos, cement (batch plant)
- Slag mixers
- Snowplow attachments
- Soil compactors: vibratory
- Spreaders and finishers, construction
- Subgraders, construction equipment
- Subsoiler attachments, tractor-mounts
- Surfacers, concrete grinding
- Tampers, powered
- Tamping equipment, rail
- Teeth, bucket and scarifier
- Tractors, construction
- Tractors, crawler
- Tractors, tracklaying
- Trenching machines
- Trucks, off-highway
- Vibrators for concrete construction
- Wellpoint systems
- Winches, all types
- Work platforms, elevated
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Construction Machinery Manufacturing in the US (33312)
Revenue 2025
$48.5bn
Growth 2025
0.80%
Key Trends
A strong US dollar and tariffs on steel imports have made US-produced machinery less attractive abroad
Historically low interest rates made construction projects attractive
The Infrastructure and Jobs Act will support manufacturers that produce graders and mixers
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 3531 - Construction Machinery and Equipment
US-SIC Code 3531 - Construction Machinery and Equipment sits in the 2-digit Construction Machinery and Equipment sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: D
Division Title: Manufacturing
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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201 Meat Products
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202 Dairy Products
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203 Canned, Frozen, and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Specialties
- 2032 Canned Specialties
- 2033 Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Preserves, Jams, and Jellies
- 2034 Dried and Dehydrated Fruits, Vegetables, and Soup Mixes
- 2035 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables, Vegetable Sauces and Seasonings, and Salad Dressings
- 2037 Frozen Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Vegetables
- 2038 Frozen Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified
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204 Grain Mill Products
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205 Bakery Products
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206 Sugar and Confectionery Products
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207 Fats and Oils
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208 Beverages
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209 Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred
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211 Cigarettes
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212 Cigars
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213 Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff
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214 Tobacco Stemming and Redrying
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221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
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222 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
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223 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (including Dyeing and Finishing)
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224 Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills, Cotton, Wool, Silk, and Manmade Fiber
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225 Knitting Mills
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226 Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, Except Wool Fabrics
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227 Carpets and Rugs
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228 Yarn and Thread Mills
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229 Miscellaneous Textile Goods
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231 Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats, and Overcoats
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232 Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, and Allied Garments
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233 Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Outerwear
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234 Women's, Misses', Children's, and Infants'
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235 Hats, Caps, and Millinery
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236 Girls', Children's, and Infants' Outerwear
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237 Fur Goods
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238 Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories
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239 Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
- 2391 Curtains and Draperies
- 2392 House Furnishing, Except Curtains and Draperies
- 2393 Textile Bags
- 2394 Canvas and Related Products
- 2395 Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade
- 2396 Automotive Trimmings, Apparel Findings, and Related Products
- 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
- 2399 Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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241 Logging
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242 Sawmills and Planing Mills
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243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and Structural Wood
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244 Wood Containers
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245 Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes
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249 Miscellaneous Wood Products
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251 Household Furniture
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252 Office Furniture
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253 Public Building and Related Furniture
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254 Partitions, Shelving, Lockers, and Office and Store Fixtures
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259 Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures
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261 Pulp Mills
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262 Paper Mills
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263 Paperboard Mills
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265 Paperboard Containers and Boxes
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267 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes
- 2671 Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated
- 2672 Coated and Laminated Paper, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 2673 Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags
- 2674 Uncoated Paper and Multiwall Bags
- 2675 Die-Cut Paper and Paperboard and Cardboard
- 2676 Sanitary Paper Products
- 2677 Envelopes
- 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related Products
- 2679 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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271 Newspapers - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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272 Periodicals - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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273 Books
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274 Miscellaneous Publishing
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275 Commercial Printing
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276 Manifold Business Forms
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277 Greeting Cards
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278 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, and Bookbinding
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279 Service Industries for the Printing Trade
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281 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
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282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic
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283 Drugs
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284 Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations; Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations
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285 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
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286 Industrial Organic Chemicals
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287 Agricultural Chemicals
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289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products
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291 Petroleum Refining
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295 Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials
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299 Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum and Coal
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301 Tires and Inner Tubes
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302 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
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305 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices and Rubber
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306 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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308 Miscellaneous Plastics Products
- 3081 Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet
- 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes
- 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes
- 3084 Plastics Pipe
- 3085 Plastics Bottles
- 3086 Plastics Foam Products
- 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
- 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
- 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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311 Leather Tanning and Finishing
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313 Boot and Shoe Cut Stock and Findings
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314 Footwear, Except Rubber
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315 Leather Gloves and Mittens
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316 Luggage
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317 Handbags and Other Personal Leather Goods
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319 Leather Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
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321 Flat Glass
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322 Glass and Glassware, Pressed Or Blown
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323 Glass Products, Made of Purchased Glass
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324 Cement, Hydraulic
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325 Structural Clay Products
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326 Pottery and Related Products
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327 Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
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328 Cut Stone and Stone Products
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329 Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous
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331 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and Finishing Mills
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332 Iron and Steel Foundries
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333 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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334 Secondary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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335 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous
- 3351 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Copper
- 3353 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil
- 3354 Aluminum Extruded Products
- 3355 Aluminum Rolling and Drawing, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3356 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
- 3357 Drawing and Insulating of Nonferrous Wire
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336 Nonferrous Foundries (castings)
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339 Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products
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341 Metal Cans and Shipping Containers
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342 Cutlery, Handtools, and General Hardware
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343 Heating Equipment, Except Electric And Warm Air; And Plumbing Fixtures
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344 Fabricated Structural Metal Products
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345 Screw Machine Products, and Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, and Washers
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346 Metal Forgings and Stampings
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347 Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services
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348 Ordnance and Accessories, Except Vehicles and Guided Missiles
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349 Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
- 3491 Industrial Valves
- 3492 Fluid Power Valves and Hose Fittings
- 3493 Steel Springs, Except Wire
- 3494 Valves and Pipe Fittings, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3495 Wire Springs
- 3496 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products
- 3497 Metal Foil and Leaf
- 3498 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fittings
- 3499 Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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351 Engines and Turbines
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352 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
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353 Construction, Mining, and Materials Handling
- 3531 Construction Machinery and Equipment
- 3532 Mining Machinery and Equipment, Except Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3533 Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3534 Elevators and Moving Stairways
- 3535 Conveyors and Conveying Equipment
- 3536 Overhead Traveling Cranes, Hoists, and Monorail Systems
- 3537 Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, and Stackers
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354 Metalworking Machinery and Equipment
- 3541 Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types
- 3542 Machine Tools, Metal Forming Types
- 3543 Industrial Patterns
- 3544 Special Dies and Tools, Die Sets, Jigs and Fixtures, and Industrial Molds
- 3545 Cutting Tools, Machine Tool Accessories, and Machinists' Precision Measuring Devices
- 3546 Power-Driven Handtools
- 3547 Rolling Mill Machinery and Equipment
- 3548 Electric and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment
- 3549 Metalworking Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified
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355 Special Industry Machinery, Except Metalworking
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356 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment
- 3561 Pumps and Pumping Equipment
- 3562 Ball and Roller Bearings
- 3563 Air and Gas Compressors
- 3564 Industrial and Commercial Fans and Blowers and Air Purification Equipment
- 3565 Packaging Machinery
- 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High-Speed Drives, and Gears
- 3567 Industrial Process Furnaces and Ovens
- 3568 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3569 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Not Elsewhere
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357 Computer and Office Equipment
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358 Refrigeration and Service Industry Machinery
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359 Miscellaneous Industrial and Commercial
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361 Electric Transmission and Distribution Equipment
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362 Electrical Industrial Apparatus
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363 Household Appliances
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364 Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment
- 3641 Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes
- 3643 Current-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3644 Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3645 Residential Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3646 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3647 Vehicular Lighting Equipment
- 3648 Lighting Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
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365 Household Audio And Video Equipment, And Audio Recordings
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366 Communications Equipment
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367 Electronic Components and Accessories
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369 Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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371 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment
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372 Aircraft and Parts
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373 Ship and Boat Building and Repairing
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374 Railroad Equipment
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375 Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Parts
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376 Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles and Parts
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379 Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment
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381 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems, Instruments, and Equipment
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382 Laboratory Apparatus and Analytical, Optical, Measuring, and Controlling Instruments
- 3821 Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture
- 3822 Automatic Controls for Regulating Residential and Commercial Environments and Appliances
- 3823 Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control of Process Variables; and Related Products
- 3824 Totalizing Fluid Meters and Counting Devices
- 3825 Instruments for Measuring and Testing of Electricity and Electrical Signals
- 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- 3827 Optical Instruments and Lenses
- 3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
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384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies
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385 Ophthalmic Goods
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386 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
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387 Watches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices, and Parts
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391 Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware
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393 Musical Instruments
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394 Dolls, Toys, Games and Sporting and Athletic
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395 Pens, Pencils, and Other Artists Materials
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396 Costume Jewelry, Costume Novelties, Buttons, And Miscellaneous Notions, Except Precious Metal
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399 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 3531 - Construction Machinery and Equipment
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3531 - Construction Machinery and Equipment. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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353101 Machinery-manufacturers
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353104 Construction equipment-manufacturers
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353105 Contractors-equipment-manufacturers
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353106 Sandblasting equipment & supplies-mfrs
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353107 Pile driving equipment (manufacturers)
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353108 Street cleaning equipment (mfrs)
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353109 Cranes-manufacturers
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353110 Concrete breaking cutting equipment-mfrs
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353111 Concrete mixers-manufacturers
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353113 Prestressing equip & materials (mfrs)
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353114 Paving equipment-manufacturers
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353116 Insulation applying machinery (mfrs)
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353117 Scrap processing equipment (mfrs)
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353118 Piling contractors' equipment (mfrs)
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353119 Pipe pushing equipment (manufacturers)
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353120 Batching equipment (manufacturers)
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353121 Ship building equip & supplies (mfrs)
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353122 Shovels-power (manufacturers)
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353123 Stripers-mechanical-manufacturers
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353124 Dredging machinery-mfrs
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353198 Construction machinery & equip (mfrs)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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35310000 Construction machinery
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35310100 Forestry related equipment
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35310101 Chippers: brush, limb, and log
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35310102 Log splitters
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35310103 Logging equipment
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35310200 Marine related equipment
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35310201 Capstans, ship
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35310202 Cranes, ship
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35310203 Ship winches
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35310300 Railroad related equipment
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35310301 Ballast distributors
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35310302 Cranes, locomotive
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35310303 Laying equipment, rail
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35310304 Railway track equipment
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35310400 Bituminous, cement and concrete related products and equip.
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35310401 Asphalt plant, including gravel-mix type
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35310402 Batching plants, for aggregate concrete and bulk cement
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35310403 Bituminous batching plants
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35310404 Cement silos (batch plant)
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35310405 Concrete buggies, powered
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35310406 Concrete grouting equipment
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35310407 Concrete gunning equipment
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35310408 Concrete plants
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35310409 Finishers, concrete and bituminous: powered
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35310410 Mixers, bituminous
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35310411 Mixers, concrete
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35310412 Pavers
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35310413 Paving breakers
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35310414 Planers, bituminous
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35310415 Screeds and screeding machines
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35310416 Surfacers, concrete grinding
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35310417 Vibrators for concrete construction
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35310500 Scrapers, graders, rollers, and similar equipment
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35310501 Backfillers, self-propelled
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35310502 Finishers and spreaders (construction equipment)
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35310503 Graders, road (construction machinery)
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35310504 Ladder ditchers, vertical boom or wheel
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35310505 Line markers, self-propelled
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35310506 Pile drivers (construction machinery)
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35310507 Piling extractors
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35310508 Rollers, road: steam or other power
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35310509 Rollers, sheepsfoot and vibratory
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35310510 Scarifiers, road
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35310511 Scrapers (construction machinery)
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35310512 Tampers, powered
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35310600 Backhoes, tractors, cranes, plows, and similar equipment
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35310601 Backhoes
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35310602 Bulldozers (construction machinery)
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35310603 Crane carriers
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35310604 Cranes, nec
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35310605 Dozers, tractor mounted: material moving
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35310606 Draglines, powered
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35310607 Dredging machinery
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35310608 Entrenching machines
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35310609 Excavators: cable, clamshell, crane, derrick, dragline, etc.
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35310610 Loaders, shovel: self-propelled
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35310611 Shovel loaders
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35310612 Shovels, power
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35310613 Subgraders (construction equipment)
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35310614 Tractors, construction
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35310615 Tractors, crawler
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35310616 Tractors, tracklaying
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35310617 Trucks, off-highway
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35310618 Tunneling machinery
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35310700 Crushers, grinders, and similar equipment
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35310701 Crushers, portable
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35310702 Grinders, stone: portable
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35310703 Hammer mills (rock and ore crushing machines), portable
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35310704 Mixers, nec: ore, plaster, slag, sand, mortar, etc.
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35310705 Posthole diggers, powered
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35310706 Rock crushing machinery, portable
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35310707 Screeners, portable
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35310708 Soil compactors: vibratory
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35310709 Stone pulverizers, portable
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35310800 Construction machinery attachments
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35310801 Aggregate spreaders
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35310802 Backhoe mounted, hydraulically powered attachments
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35310803 Blades for graders, scrapers, dozers, and snow plows
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35310804 Bucket or scarifier teeth
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35310805 Buckets, excavating: clamshell, concrete, dragline, etc.
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35310806 Cabs, for construction machinery
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35310807 Drags, road (construction and road maintenance equipment)
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35310808 Grader attachments, elevating
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35310809 Grapples: rock, wood, etc.
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35310810 Plows: construction, excavating, and grading
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35310811 Rakes, land clearing: mechanical
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35310812 Snow plow attachments
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35310813 Subsoiler attachments, tractor mounted
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35310814 Winches
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35319900 Construction machinery, nec
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35319901 Aerial work platforms: hydraulic/elec. truck/carrier mounted
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35319902 Airport construction machinery
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35319903 Automobile wrecker hoists
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35319904 Catch basin cleaners
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35319905 Chip spreaders, self-propelled
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35319906 Derricks, except oil and gas field
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35319907 Mud jacks
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35319908 Road construction and maintenance machinery
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35319909 Roofing equipment
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35319910 Wellpoint systems
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