Federal obligations in all other industrial machinery manufacturing (NAICS 333248)

A residual machinery code at $809.3M

Census NAICS 333248 catches industrial machinery that is not packaged into a named six-digit sibling—turbines, machine tools, industrial trucks, and similar named lines live elsewhere. Federal buyers still need those leftover machines, and USAspending tags $809.3M of contract obligations to this residual on 1,900 awards. The figure is not a census of plants and not a unit count of machines delivered.

Because 333248 is a catch-all, the mix behind $809.3M can include specialized process equipment, custom industrial machines, and related manufacturing that contracting officers coded here rather than under a tighter title. Packet facts give the dollar total and the 1,900 count only. Brand lists and model numbers are not in the harvest.

1,900 awards and a large-lot average

One thousand nine hundred awards against $809.3M averages about $426,000 per action. That scale fits complete industrial machines and multi-unit lots better than small spare-part tickets. Modifications, options, and delivery orders still increment the count, so 1,900 is not a count of unique vendors and not a count of unique machine serials.

The industry hub shows how the 1,900 rows stack: a few large obligations can dominate $809.3M even when the award count looks broad. Sort by amount on the hub rather than treating the simple average as a typical invoice.

What 333248 is not

Turbine and turbine generator set manufacturing is NAICS 333611. Machine tool manufacturing is 333517. Industrial truck, tractor, trailer, and stacker machinery is 333924. Those named codes are not rolled into this residual. $809.3M follows the 333248 tag as recorded on 1,900 actions; it does not absorb neighbor totals.

A complete citation of this industry is $809.3M in USAspending contract obligations tagged to NAICS 333248, all other industrial machinery manufacturing, on 1,900 awards. Dropping the NAICS, dropping the word obligations, or treating the figure as outlays overstates what the extract contains. The packet facts do not include a fiscal year, so this guide does not invent one.

Obligations versus payments

Machinery contracts often obligate a lot and pay on inspection and acceptance. The $809.3M is committed value on 1,900 tagged actions, not cash already paid for every residual industrial machine. Cancellations de-obligate. Outlay fields on USAspending track payments on a different calendar.

Classification errors sit at the margin. A vendor that also builds named machinery lines may land in 333248 on some actions and in 333611 or 333517 on others. The public-record stance is to keep $809.3M attached to 333248 as tagged, then inspect descriptions on the 1,900 rows where the hub allows. Re-tagging the extract by hand is out of scope.

Reading the industry hub

Open the all other industrial machinery manufacturing industry page for the 1,900 awards behind $809.3M. Use the all-industries directory to open named machinery codes without merging their dollars into this residual. Source: USAspending.gov contract awards. Assistance without NAICS remains outside even when the real-world purchase looks like industrial equipment.

Live tables can move when USAspending posts modifications; the harvested pair remains $809.3M and 1,900. Internal links on this file point only to the industry page and the all-industries directory. Neighboring codes named in prose are classification context only.

What the residual tag can and cannot tell a researcher

Researchers who land on 333248 usually want a named machine. The residual title refuses that request. $809.3M is the tagged contract total on 1,900 awards; it is not a split among packaging machines, textile machines, or other leftover industrial lines that Census parks here when a tighter six-digit title does not fit. Anyone who needs that split has to read award descriptions on the industry hub, not this overlay.

The 1,900-award file is large enough to hide both a few capital lots and a tail of modifications. Sorting the hub by amount is the only packet-legal way to see that mix. Inventing a fiscal year, a top vendor, or a unit count would break the facts contract. USAspending.gov is the source; assistance without NAICS still sits outside even when a grant buys leftover industrial machines.

A working citation remains $809.3M in USAspending contract obligations tagged to NAICS 333248, all other industrial machinery manufacturing, on 1,900 awards. Neighbor machinery codes named in this guide—333611 turbines, 333517 machine tools, 333924 industrial trucks—are classification fences, not addends. Do not sum them into the residual cell. The harvested pair does not move when a reader prefers a different NAICS; live tables on the hub can move when USAspending posts modifications.

Questions

How much federal contracting is coded to NAICS 333248?

NAICS 333248 shows $809.3M in obligations on 1,900 USAspending contract awards. That is the residual industrial-machinery manufacturing tag, not turbines, machine tools, or industrial trucks. The unit is obligations, not outlays or unit counts. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS, so grants remain outside the 1,900-award extract behind $809.3M.

Does 333248 include turbine manufacturing?

No. Turbine and turbine generator set units manufacturing is NAICS 333611. Machine tools are 333517. Industrial trucks and stackers are 333924. This page’s $809.3M is the leftover industrial-machinery class on 1,900 tagged awards. Keep those neighbor codes on their own industry pages; do not add them into the 333248 cell.

Why is the average award so large?

Dividing $809.3M by 1,900 awards yields about $426,000 per action. That average fits complete industrial machines and large lots, but modifications and delivery orders also increment count. It is not a typical spare-parts ticket and not a count of unique companies. Use the hub amount sort to see whether a few large rows drive most of the tagged total.

Are equipment grants included in $809.3M?

Usually not. Assistance awards may not carry NAICS, so they fall outside this 1,900-award contract extract. Program pages cover grants. This industry guide covers tagged contracts only: $809.3M obligated on 1,900 all-other industrial machinery manufacturing awards in USAspending. Outlays are a different field.