Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing measuring and controlling devices, not elsewhere classified, including meteorological instruments. Important products of this industry are physical properties testing equipment, nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instrumentation, aircraft engine instruments (except flight), and liquid-in-glass and bimetal thermometers. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing surveying and drafting instruments, such as alidades, transits, sextants, theodolites, slide rules, and T- squares.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 3829 - Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified are:
- Accelerometers, except aerospace type
- Actinometers, meteorological
- Alidades, surveying
- Anamometers
- Barographs
- Barometers, mercury and aneroid types
- Cable testing machines
- Ceilometers
- Chronometers, electronic
- Clinical thermometers, including digital
- Compasses, magnetic: portable type
- Count rate meters, nuclear radiation
- Drafting instruments and machines
- Dynamometer instruments
- Electrogamma ray loggers
- Evaporation meters
- Fare registers: e.g., for streetcars and buses
- Fatigue testing machines, industrial: mechanical
- Fuel densitometers, aircraft engine
- Fuel mixture indicators, aircraft engine
- Fuel system instruments, aircraft
- Fuel totalizers, aircraft engine
- Gauges except electric, motor vehicle: oil pressure and water
- Gauging instruments, thickness: ultrasonic
- Geiger counters
- Hardness testing equipment
- Humidity instruments, except industrial process and air-conditioning
- Hydrometers, except industrial process type
- Hygrometers, except industrial process type
- Hygrothermographs
- Instrumentation for reactor controls, auxiliary
- Ion chambers
- Kinematic test and measuring equipment
- Level gauges, radiation type
- Levels and tapes, surveying
- Magnetometers
- Map plotting instruments
- Meteorogic tracking systems
- Meteorological instruments
- Nephoscopes
- Nuclear instrument modules
- Nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments
- Personnel dosimetry devices
- Photogrammetrical instruments
- Photopitometers
- Physical properties testing and inspection equipment
- Pitometers
- Pressure and vacuum indicators, aircraft engine
- Pulse analyzers, nuclear monitoring
- Pyrheliometers
- Radiation measuring and detecting (radiac) equipment
- Rain gauges
- Restitution apparatus, photogrammetrical
- Sample changers, nuclear radiation
- Scalers, nuclear radiation
- Scintillation detectors
- Seismographs
- Seismometers
- Seismoscopes
- Sextants, surveying
- Solarimeters
- Spectrometers, liquid scintillation and nuclear
- Stereotopographs
- Stress, strain, and flaw detecting and measuring equipment
- Surveying instruments
- Synchronizers, aircraft engine
- Testers for checking hydraulic controls on aircraft
- Testing equipment: abrasion, shearing strength, tensile strength, and
- Theodolites, surveying
- Thermocouples, except industrial process, aircraft type, and glass
- Thermohydrometers
- Thermometers, liquid-in-glass and bimetal types
- Thrust power indicators, aircraft engine
- Toll booths, automatic
- Transducers, pressure
- Transits, surveying
- Turnstiles, equipped with counting mechanisms
- Ultrasonic testing equipment
- Vibration meters, analyzers, and calibrators
- Viscosimeters, except industrial process type
- Weather tracking equipment
- Whole body counters, nuclear
- Wind direction indicators
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Navigational Instrument Manufacturing in the US (33451a)
Revenue 2025
$135.4bn
Growth 2025
1.28%
Key Trends
To remain competitive, domestic manufacturers have invested in research and development
A rebound in commercial air travel in 2022 is expected to fuel a resurgence in demand from this industry
Increased R&D spending will likely stimulate demand from downstream consumers
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 3829 - Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
US-SIC Code 3829 - Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified 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 3829 - Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3829 - Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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382901 Compasses (manufacturers)
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382902 Hydrometers (manufacturers)
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382904 Drafting room equipment-manufacturers
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382905 Hygrometers-manufacturers
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382906 Radioactivity instruments supls/svc-mfrs
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382907 Surveying instruments-manufacturers
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382908 Testing apparatus-manufacturers
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382912 Air quality measuring equipment
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382913 Dynamometers (manufacturers)
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382914 Measuring tapes & rules (manufacturers)
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382915 Stress relief equip & service-ind (mfrs)
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382916 Turnstiles (manufacturers)
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382917 Rulers & yardsticks (manufacturers)
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382918 Seismograph equipment & supplies (mfrs)
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382919 Anemometers (manufacturers)
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382920 Alcohol breath detectors (manufacturers)
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382921 Templates (manufacturers)
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382922 Booths-toll & parking lot & etc (mfrs)
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382924 Photogrammetric instruments (mfrs)
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382925 Thermometer wells (manufacturers)
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382926 Thermostatic bimetals (manufacturers)
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382927 Thermometers-manufacturers
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382929 Weather instruments-mfrs
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382998 Measuring/controlling devices nec (mfrs)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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38290000 Measuring and controlling devices, nec
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38290100 Aircraft and motor vehicle measurement equipment
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38290101 Accelerometers
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38290102 Fuel densitometers, aircraft engine
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38290103 Fuel mixture indicators, aircraft engine
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38290104 Fuel system instruments, aircraft
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38290105 Fuel totalizers, aircraft engine
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38290106 Gauges, motor vehicle: oil pressure, water temperature
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38290107 Gauging instruments, thickness ultrasonic
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38290108 Instrument board gauges, automotive: computerized
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38290109 Oil pressure gauges, motor vehicle
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38290110 Pressure and vacuum indicators, aircraft engine
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38290111 Synchronizers, aircraft engine
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38290112 Testers for checking hydraulic controls on aircraft
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38290113 Thrust power indicators, aircraft engine
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38290114 Water temperature gauges, motor vehicle
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38290200 Geophysical and meteorological testing equipment
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38290201 Actinometers, meteorological
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38290202 Barographs
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38290203 Barometers, mercury and aneroid types
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38290204 Ceilometers
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38290205 Evaporation meters
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38290206 Geophysical or meteorological electronic equipment
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38290207 Humidity instruments, except industrial process type
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38290208 Hygrometers, except industrial process type
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38290209 Magnetometers
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38290210 Meteorologic tracking systems
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38290211 Meteorological instruments
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38290212 Moisture density meters
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38290213 Nephoscopes
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38290214 Rain gauges
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38290215 Seismographs
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38290216 Seismometers
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38290217 Seismoscopes
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38290218 Solarimeters
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38290219 Weather tracking equipment
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38290220 Wind direction indicators
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38290300 Surveying and drafting equipment
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38290301 Alidades, surveying
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38290302 Drafting instruments and machines: t-square, template, etc.
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38290303 Levels and tapes, surveying
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38290304 Map plotting instruments
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38290305 Photogrammetrical instruments
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38290306 Phototheodolites
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38290307 Plotting instruments, drafting and map reading
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38290308 Plumb bobs
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38290309 Restitution apparatus, photogrammetrical
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38290310 Sextants, surveying
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38290311 Stereotopographs
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38290312 Surveying instruments and accessories
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38290313 Theodolites
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38290314 Transits, surveyors'
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38290400 Physical property testing equipment
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38290401 Cable testing machines
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38290402 Coal testing apparatus
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38290403 Dynamometer instruments
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38290404 Fatigue testing machines, industrial: mechanical
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38290405 Hardness testing equipment
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38290406 Stress, strain, and flaw detecting/measuring equipment
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38290407 Tensile strength testing equipment
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38290408 Testing equipment: abrasion, shearing strength, etc.
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38290409 Torsion testing equipment
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38290500 Nuclear radiation and testing apparatus
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38290501 Count rate meters, nuclear radiation
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38290502 Electrogamma ray loggers
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38290503 Geiger counters
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38290504 Ion chambers
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38290505 Level gauges, radiation type
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38290506 Medical diagnostic systems, nuclear
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38290507 Nuclear instrument modules
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38290508 Personnel dosimetry devices
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38290509 Pulse analyzers, nuclear monitoring
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38290510 Sample changers, nuclear radiation
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38290511 Scalers, nuclear radiation
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38290512 Spectrometers, liquid scintillation and nuclear
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38290513 Whole body counters, nuclear
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38290600 Automatic turnstiles and related apparatus
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38290601 Fare registers, for street cars, buses, etc.
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38290602 Toll booths, automatic
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38290603 Turnstiles, equipped with counting mechanisms
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38290700 Thermometers and temperature sensors
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38290701 Temperature sensors, except industrial process and aircraft
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38290702 Thermocouples
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38290703 Thermometers, including digital: clinical
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38290704 Thermometers, liquid-in-glass and bimetal type
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38299900 Measuring and controlling devices, nec
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38299901 Anamometers
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38299902 Breathalyzers
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38299903 Chronometers, electronic
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38299904 Compasses, magnetic: portable type
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38299905 Fire detector systems, non-electric
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38299906 Gas detectors
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38299907 Hydrometers, except industrial process type
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38299908 Instrumentation for reactor controls, auxiliary
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38299909 Kinematic test and measuring equipment
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38299910 Liquid scintillation spectrometers
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38299911 Photopitometers
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38299912 Pitometers
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38299913 Pressure transducers
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38299914 Pyrheliometers
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38299915 Salinity indicators, except industrial process type
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38299916 Scintillation detectors
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38299917 Shadowgraphs
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38299918 Slide rules
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38299919 Thermohydrometers
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38299920 Thermomagnetic oxygen analyzer
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38299921 Turntable indicator testers
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38299922 Ultrasonic testing equipment
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38299923 Vibration meters, analyzers, and calibrators
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38299924 Viscosimeters, except industrial process type
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38299925 Polygraph devices
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38299926 Liquid leak detection equipment
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