NAICS Code 33661 — Ship and Boat Building

NAICS Industry in the official 2022 North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau). It contains 2 direct sub-codes.

Code	33661
Title	Ship and Boat Building
Level	NAICS Industry (5-digit)
Edition	NAICS 2022 edition

Official definition (2022 NAICS)

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating shipyards or boat yards (i.e., ship or boat manufacturing facilities). Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. Boats are defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for personal use. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling.

Illustrative Examples:

Barge building

Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities)

Cargo ship building

Drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building

Passenger ship building

Inflatable plastic boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing

Inflatable rubber boats, heavy-duty, manufacturing

Rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) manufacturing

Boats (e.g., motorboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks) manufacturing

Where 33661 sits in the hierarchy

Level	Code	Title
Sector	31-33	Manufacturing
Subsector	336	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Industry Group	3366	Ship and Boat Building
NAICS Industry	33661	Ship and Boat Building

Codes under 33661

Code	Title
336611	Ship Building and Repairing
336612	Boat Building

Data: official 2022 NAICS structure, descriptions and Census concordances, U.S. Census Bureau — U.S. government works in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Suggested reference, not an official determination.