Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sporting and athletic goods (except apparel and footwear).

Businesses classified here include

• Archery equipment manufacturing
• Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing
• Badminton equipment manufacturing
• Bags, golf, manufacturing
• Bags, punching, manufacturing
• Bait, artificial, fishing, manufacturing
• Balls, baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, pool, and bowling, manufacturing
• Baseball equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
• Basketball equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
• Billiard equipment and supplies manufacturing
• Bobsleds manufacturing
• Boomerangs manufacturing
• Bowling pin machines, automatic, manufacturing
• Bows, archery, manufacturing
• Boxing equipment manufacturing
• Caddy carts manufacturing
• Carts, caddy, manufacturing
• Clubs, sporting goods (e.g., golf, Indian), manufacturing
• Croquet sets manufacturing
• Dumbbells manufacturing
• Exercise machines manufacturing
• Fencing equipment (sporting goods) manufacturing
• Fishing tackle and equipment (except lines, nets, seines) manufacturing
• Flies, artificial fishing, manufacturing
• Football equipment and supplies (except footwear, uniforms) manufacturing
• Gloves, sport and athletic (e.g., baseball, boxing, racketball, handball), manufacturing
• Golfing equipment (e.g., bags, balls, caddy carts, clubs, tees) manufacturing
• Gymnasium and playground equipment, manufacturing
• Helmets, athletic (except motorized vehicle crash helmets), manufacturing
• Hockey equipment (except apparel) manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 339920), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for sporting and athletic goods manufacturing

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Sporting
• Athletic
• Good
• 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 sporting and athletic goods manufacturing

1. California 241 locations
2. Florida 116 locations
3. Texas 98 locations
4. Michigan 65 locations
5. Washington 64 locations
6. Pennsylvania 61 locations
7. New York 56 locations
8. Colorado 54 locations
9. Oregon 53 locations
10. Wisconsin 53 locations

All 47 states

• Alabama (24)
• Arizona (29)
• Arkansas (22)
• California (241)
• Colorado (54)
• Connecticut (19)
• Florida (116)
• Georgia (39)
• Hawaii (20)
• Idaho (32)
• Illinois (50)
• Indiana (35)
• Iowa (25)
• Kansas (14)
• Kentucky (17)
• Louisiana (16)
• Maine (9)
• Maryland (11)
• Massachusetts (30)
• Michigan (65)
• Minnesota (52)
• Mississippi (12)
• Missouri (31)
• Montana (23)
• Nebraska (17)
• Nevada (17)
• New Hampshire (6)
• New Jersey (21)
• New Mexico (3)
• New York (56)
• North Carolina (40)
• North Dakota (3)
• Ohio (38)
• Oklahoma (11)
• Oregon (53)
• Pennsylvania (61)
• Rhode Island (7)
• South Carolina (22)
• South Dakota (3)
• Tennessee (27)
• Texas (98)
• Utah (51)
• Vermont (12)
• Virginia (16)
• Washington (64)
• Wisconsin (53)
• Wyoming (6)

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