Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing instruments for measuring and testing the characteristics of electricity and electrical signals. Examples of products made by these establishments are circuit and continuity testers, voltmeters, ohm meters, wattmeters, multimeters, and semiconductor test equipment.

Businesses classified here include

• Alternator and generator testers manufacturing
• Ampere-hour meters manufacturing
• Analyzers for testing electrical characteristics manufacturing
• Audiofrequency oscillators manufacturing
• Audiometers (except medical) manufacturing
• Automotive ammeters and voltmeters manufacturing
• Automotive electrical engine diagnostic equipment manufacturing
• Battery testers, electrical, manufacturing
• Bridges, electrical (e.g., Kelvin, megohm, vacuum tube, Wheatstone), manufacturing
• Circuit testers manufacturing
• Communications signal testing and evaluation equipment manufacturing
• Current measuring equipment manufacturing
• Decade boxes (i.e., capacitance, inductance, resistance) manufacturing
• Demand meters, electric, manufacturing
• Digital panel meters, electricity measuring, manufacturing
• Digital test equipment (e.g., electronic and electrical circuits and equipment testing) manufacturing
• Diode and transistor testers manufacturing
• Distortion meters and analyzers manufacturing
• Elapsed time meters, electronic, manufacturing
• Electrical network analyzers manufacturing
• Electrical power measuring equipment manufacturing
• Electricity and electrical signal measuring instruments manufacturing
• Electricity and electrical signal testing equipment manufacturing
• Electron tube test equipment manufacturing
• Electronic test equipment for testing electrical characteristics manufacturing
• Energy measuring equipment, electrical, manufacturing
• Field strength and intensity measuring equipment, electrical, manufacturing
• Frequency meters (e.g., electrical, electronic, mechanical) manufacturing
• Frequency synthesizers manufacturing
• Function generators manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 334515), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for instrument manufacturing for measuring and testing electricity and electrical signals

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Instrument
• Measuring
• Testing
• Electricity
• Works
• Forge
• Precision
• Machine
• Steel
• Made

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 instrument manufacturing for measuring and testing electricity and electrical signals

1. California 165 locations
2. Texas 51 locations
3. Massachusetts 42 locations
4. Florida 39 locations
5. New York 29 locations
6. Michigan 26 locations
7. New Jersey 24 locations
8. Illinois 23 locations
9. Ohio 23 locations
10. Pennsylvania 23 locations

All 35 states

• Alabama (4)
• Arizona (18)
• California (165)
• Colorado (15)
• Connecticut (7)
• Florida (39)
• Georgia (10)
• Idaho (4)
• Illinois (23)
• Indiana (7)
• Iowa (4)
• Kansas (4)
• Kentucky (3)
• Louisiana (4)
• Massachusetts (42)
• Michigan (26)
• Minnesota (14)
• Missouri (7)
• Nevada (5)
• New Hampshire (10)
• New Jersey (24)
• New Mexico (5)
• New York (29)
• North Carolina (12)
• Ohio (23)
• Oklahoma (4)
• Oregon (14)
• Pennsylvania (23)
• South Carolina (6)
• Tennessee (5)
• Texas (51)
• Utah (9)
• Virginia (14)
• Washington (16)
• Wisconsin (14)

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