NAICS 332510 hardware manufacturing obligations

Metal hardware, not computers

NAICS 332510 is hardware manufacturing. In Census usage that means fabricated metal hardware, not servers or laptops. Contracting officers assign it when the principal product is hinges, locks, fasteners classified as hardware, and related metal hardware as the class groups them. This $1,391,094,162.66 is that manufacturing tag. It is not electronic computer manufacturing, not computer and software stores, and not a facilities square-footage total.

One hundred seventy-seven thousand four hundred forty-three awards produced a mean of about $7,800. That is the highest award count in this batch and among the lowest means: a catalog of many small hardware actions rather than a handful of large primes. The packet does not count screws, locksets, or doors hung.

Computer and software stores (443120) are a retail class. A laptop buy tagged 443120 does not sit in $1.4 billion under 332510.

Why 177,443 awards is the story

The 177,443-award book is the distinctive shape of this hub. Federal buyers place repeated small orders against hardware schedules and IDIQs. USAspending may still group multiple modifications into a single award identifier, so the count is not a packing-slip count.

Dividing $1,391,094,162.66 by 177,443 awards is a mean obligation per award identifier, not a unit price for a hinge. Treating the mean as a typical lockset price would still misread how awards bundle line items.

What this total excludes

Assistance that funds housing hardware often lacks NAICS and does not enter $1,391,094,162.66. In-house government shops that fabricate hardware are not 332510 contracts. Merchant wholesalers of hardware tagged to a 423 wholesale NAICS follow a distribution class.

Hardware contracts often obligate estimated catalog value and pay as pieces ship. Unused options leave obligated balances unpaid. Treating $1.4 billion as hardware already installed would overstate cash. Hinges, locksets, and related builders’ hardware can share 332510 when that is the principal product. The $1,391,094,162.66 total does not count pieces across the 177,443 awards.

How to use the 332510 hub

Read $1.4 billion and 177,443 awards as the fabricated-metal hardware manufacturing tag, then open the hardware manufacturing industry page for award-level fields. Rank 332 fabricated-metal codes on the all-industries index without converting this hardware class into computer equipment or a construction-project total.

This guide does not add SKU inventories because they are not in the facts object. Fasteners classified to another 332 fabricated-metal code are not this hardware book if the officer used that other code. Quote obligations, not doors hung, and keep computer-hardware language out because Census hardware here is metal, not servers.

Classification limits

Hardware manufacturing is not computer manufacturing and not a wholesale merchant class. Mixed hardware-and-construction vehicles follow the principal NAICS. SpendingVault reports the tagged 332510 sum.

Extract updates will move $1,391,094,162.66 and 177,443 with USAspending.

Metal hardware catalogs versus computer hardware

One hundred seventy-seven thousand four hundred forty-three awards at $1,391,094,162.66 produce a mean of about $7,800 — the highest count and among the lowest means in this batch. Census hardware manufacturing is fabricated metal hardware: hinges, locks, related builders’ and furniture hardware. It is not servers. A laptop tagged to computer stores (443120) or electronic computer manufacturing is not this $1.4 billion. The mean is not a hinge list price; awards still bundle line items.

Wholesale hardware merchants follow a 423 class when that is the principal tag. Assistance that funds housing hardware often omits NAICS and stays outside $1,391,094,162.66. In-house shops that fabricate hardware are not 332510 contracts. Open the hardware manufacturing industry page for award-level fields. Rank 332 fabricated-metal codes on the all-industries index without converting this class into computer equipment. Cite USAspending.gov. Unused catalog options mean obligated hardware dollars can exceed pieces already installed. Extract updates will move both the dollars and the 177,443-award count. A searcher asking how much the federal government spent on hardware should still separate fabricated metal hardware from computer equipment. The $1,391,094,162.66 figure answers the NAICS 332510 question only. The 177,443-award count answers how many award identifiers carried that tag, not how many hinges shipped. Open the hardware manufacturing industry page, then compare other 332 fabricated-metal codes on the all-industries index. Keep the language to obligations recorded in USAspending.gov, and do not convert the mean of about $7,800 into a unit price for a lockset.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 332510?

Hardware manufacturing contracts in USAspending show $1,391,094,162.66 in obligations across 177,443 awards. That is a fabricated-metal hardware tag, not computer equipment. The figure is obligations, not outlays. Assistance without a NAICS code is excluded from this industry extract on SpendingVault.

What is the average hardware-manufacturing award?

Dividing $1,391,094,162.66 by 177,443 awards yields about $7,800. That mean often reflects many small catalog actions rather than a single construction package. It is not a unit price per hinge and not a lockset price. The packet does not publish a median or a piece count.

Does hardware manufacturing mean computer hardware?

No. NAICS 332510 is fabricated metal hardware in Census usage. Electronic computers and computer stores are separate classes. Mixed metal-and-IT buys follow the principal code the officer selected. This $1.4 billion is the metal-hardware tag. Use electronics hubs for computer equipment.

Are these dollars already paid to hardware makers?

No. USAspending reports obligations on this hub, not outlays. Open catalog orders and unused options can leave balances unliquidated after the award is recorded. The 177,443-award count is not a proof of hardware installed. Cite USAspending.gov for the tagged extract on SpendingVault.