NAICS 334511 · Manufacturing

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas

48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 503 U.S. business locations broken down by state.

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instruments. Examples of products made by these establishments are aircraft instruments (except engine), flight recorders, navigational instruments and systems, radar systems and equipment, and sonar systems and equipment.

Businesses classified here include

  • Acceleration indicators and systems components, aerospace type, manufacturing
  • Aeronautical systems and instruments manufacturing
  • Aeronautical systems and instruments overhauling, conversion, or rebuilding
  • Air traffic control radar systems and equipment manufacturing
  • Airborne navigational systems manufacturing
  • Aircraft flight instruments (except engine instruments) manufacturing
  • Airframe equipment instruments manufacturing
  • Airspeed instruments (aeronautical) manufacturing
  • Altimeters, aeronautical, manufacturing
  • Angle-of-attack instrumentation manufacturing
  • Angle-of-yaw instrumentation manufacturing
  • Artificial horizon instrumentation manufacturing
  • Bank and turn indicators and components (aeronautical instruments) manufacturing
  • Cabin environment indicators, transmitters, and sensors manufacturing
  • Compasses, gyroscopic and magnetic (except portable), manufacturing
  • Countermeasure sets (e.g., active countermeasures, jamming equipment) manufacturing
  • Distance measuring equipment (DME), aeronautical, manufacturing
  • Driftmeters, aeronautical, manufacturing
  • Electronic guidance systems and equipment manufacturing
  • Fathometers manufacturing
  • Fish finders (i.e., sonar) manufacturing
  • Flight and navigation sensors, transmitters, and displays manufacturing
  • Flight recorders (i.e., black boxes) manufacturing
  • Glide slope instrumentation manufacturing
  • Gyrocompasses manufacturing
  • Gyrogimbals manufacturing
  • Gyroscopes manufacturing
  • Heads-up display (HUD) systems, aeronautical, manufacturing
  • Horizon situation instrumentation manufacturing
  • HUD (heads-up display) systems, aeronautical, manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 334511), U.S. Census Bureau.

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U.S. business numbers

503Business locations (establishments)
126,086Paid employees (mid-March)
$12,257,410,000Annual payroll
$97,215Average pay per employee
250.7Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-4114
5-957
10-1959
20-4987
50-9949
100-24946
250-49932
500-99927
1,000+32

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 search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing

  1. California 97 locations
  2. Florida 48 locations
  3. Texas 38 locations
  4. Massachusetts 24 locations
  5. New York 20 locations
  6. Virginia 19 locations
  7. Arizona 18 locations
  8. Washington 18 locations
  9. Ohio 17 locations
  10. Pennsylvania 16 locations

All 35 states

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