NAICS 327120 · Manufacturing
Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 464 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in shaping, molding, baking, burning, or hardening clay refractories, nonclay refractories, ceramic tile, structural clay tile, brick, and other structural clay building materials. A refractory is a material that will retain its shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures and is used in applications that require extreme resistance to heat, such as furnace linings.
Businesses classified here include
- Adobe bricks manufacturing
- Alumina fused refractories manufacturing
- Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing
- Architectural terra cotta manufacturing
- Bauxite brick manufacturing
- Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing
- Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing
- Bricks, adobe, manufacturing
- Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing
- Bricks, nonclay refractory, manufacturing
- Building tile, clay, manufacturing
- Carbon brick manufacturing
- Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing
- Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing
- Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing
- Ceramic tiles, floor and wall, manufacturing
- Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing
- Conduit, vitrified clay, manufacturing
- Coping, wall, clay, manufacturing
- Crucibles, fire clay, manufacturing
- Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing
- Drain tile, clay, manufacturing
- Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing
- Floaters, glasshouse, clay, manufacturing
- Floor tile, ceramic, manufacturing
- Flue lining, clay, manufacturing
- Glasshouse refractories manufacturing
- Insulating firebrick and shapes, clay, manufacturing
- Kiln furniture, clay, manufacturing
- Liner brick and plates, vitrified clay, manufacturing
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 327120), U.S. Census Bureau.
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for clay building material and refractories manufacturing
- Ohio 62 locations
- California 36 locations
- Pennsylvania 34 locations
- Texas 27 locations
- Indiana 25 locations
- North Carolina 21 locations
- Tennessee 19 locations
- New York 18 locations
- Alabama 17 locations
- Illinois 16 locations
All 38 states
- Alabama (17)
- Arizona (4)
- Arkansas (5)
- California (36)
- Colorado (11)
- Connecticut (3)
- Delaware (4)
- Florida (9)
- Georgia (15)
- Illinois (16)
- Indiana (25)
- Iowa (4)
- Kansas (4)
- Kentucky (12)
- Louisiana (5)
- Maine (3)
- Massachusetts (6)
- Michigan (11)
- Minnesota (6)
- Mississippi (3)
- Missouri (10)
- Nebraska (4)
- New Jersey (7)
- New Mexico (4)
- New York (18)
- North Carolina (21)
- Ohio (62)
- Oklahoma (9)
- Oregon (5)
- Pennsylvania (34)
- South Carolina (7)
- Tennessee (19)
- Texas (27)
- Utah (5)
- Virginia (9)
- Washington (6)
- West Virginia (4)
- Wisconsin (7)