North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 336611 is used by federal buyers for market research, set-aside size standards, and reporting. Official titles come from the Census Bureau NAICS structure.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating shipyards. 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. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling.
Included activity examples
- Barge building
- Cargo ship building
- Drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building
- Passenger ship building
- Submarine building
- Yachts built in shipyards
- Official title
- Ship Building and Repairing
- Code level
- 6
- Parent industry
- Ship and Boat Building 33661
- Open opportunities
- 177 open · 1,331 active
SBA small-business size standard
1,300 employees
Employee-count basis · Special exception text applies
Check this standard and its exceptionsExcluded or separately classified activities
Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
Fabricating structural assemblies or components for ships, or subcontractors engaged in ship painting, joinery, carpentry work, and electrical wiring installation--are classified based on the production process used; and
Ship repairs performed in floating drydocks--are classified in Industry 488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation.
Source and edition
2022 NAICS Manual definition and reference material from the U.S. Census Bureau.