2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

323111 Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing (except screen printing, books printing) without publishing (except grey goods printing). The printing processes used in this industry include, but are not limited to, lithographic, gravure, flexographic, letterpress, engraving, and various digital printing technologies. This industry includes establishments engaged in commercial printing on purchased stock materials, such as stationery, invitations, labels, and similar items, on a job-order basis. Establishments primarily engaged in traditional printing activities combined with document photocopying services (i.e., quick printers) or primarily engaged in printing graphical materials using digital printing equipment are included in this industry.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Screen printing on purchased stock materials (except books, grey goods, and manifold business forms)--are classified in U.S. Industry 323113, Commercial Screen Printing;
  • Printing on grey goods--are classified in Industry 313310, Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills;
  • Printing books and pamphlets--are classified in U.S. Industry 323117, Books Printing;
  • Manufacturing printed stationery, invitations, labels, and similar items--are classified in Subsector 322, Paper Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing and printing advertising specialties--are classified in the Manufacturing sector according to the products made;
  • Providing photocopying service on photocopy equipment without performing traditional printing activities--are classified in U.S. Industry 561439, Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops); and
  • Printing and publishing, known as publishers--are classified in Subsector 511, Publishing Industries (except Internet).
2007
NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
32311   323111   323111   Address lists commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Advertising materials (e.g., coupons, flyers) commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Agricultural magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Albums (e.g., photo, scrap) and refills manufacturing
323118   323111   323111   Appointment books and refills manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Art prints commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Atlases commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Blankbooks and refills manufacturing
323116   323111   323111   Books, sales, manifold, printing
32311   323111   323111   Business directories commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Business forms commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323116   323111   323111   Business forms, manifold, printing
32311   323111   323111   Calendars commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Cards (e.g., business, greeting, playing, postcards, trading) commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Catalogs commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Catalogs of collections commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323116   323111   323111   Checkbooks and refills printing
32311   323111   323111   Comic books commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Commercial digital printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial engraving printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial flexographic printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial gravure printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial letterpress printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial lithographic (offset) printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial printing (except screen, books)
32311   323111   323111   Commercial quick printing (except books)
323116   323111   323111   Computer forms (manifold or continuous) printing
32311   323111   323111   Credit and identification card imprinting, embossing, and encoding
32311   323111   323111   Databases commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Diaries manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Digital printing (e.g., billboards, other large format graphic materials, high resolution) (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Directories commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Discount coupon books commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Financial magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Flexographic printing (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Globe covers and maps commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Gravure printing (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Greeting cards (e.g., birthday, holiday, sympathy) commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Guides, street map, commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Hydrographic printing
32311   323111   323111   Instant printing (i.e., quick printing) (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Intaglio printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing (except screen, books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, engraving (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, flexographic (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, gravure (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, letterpress (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, lithographic (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Job printing, offset (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Juvenile magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Labels, commercial printing (except screen), on a job-order basis
32311   323111   323111   Lithographic printing (except books, grey goods)
323118   323111   323111   Looseleaf binders and devices manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323116   323111   323111   Manifold business forms printing
32311   323111   323111   Maps commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Music, sheet, commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Newsletters commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Offset printing (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Patterns and plans (e.g., clothing patterns) commercial printing (except blueprinting, screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Photo albums and refills manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Postcards commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Posters commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, digital (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, engraving (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, flexographic (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, gravure (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, letterpress (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Print shops, quick (except printing books)
32311   323111   323111   Printing apparel (except screen printing)
323116   323111   323111   Printing manifold business forms
32311   323111   323111   Printing, digital (e.g., billboards, other large format graphical materials, high resolution) (except books, grey goods)
323119   323111   323111   Printing, engraving, on paper products
32311   323111   323111   Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Printing, gravure (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Printing, letterpress (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Printing, lithographic (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Printing, photo-offset (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Printing, quick (except books, grey goods)
32311   323111   323111   Professional magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Quick printing (except books)
32311   323111   323111   Racetrack programs commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Racing forms commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Radio guides commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Radio schedules commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Religious magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Rotogravure printing (except books)
323116   323111   323111   Sales books, manifold, printing
32311   323111   323111   Scholarly journals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Scholastic magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Scrapbooks and refills manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Sheet music commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Shipping registers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Stationery, commercial printing (except screen), on a job-order basis
32311   323111   323111   Technical magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Telephone directories commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Television guides commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323118   323111   323111   Time planners/organizers and refills manufacturing
32311   323111   323111   Trade journals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
32311   323111   323111   Trade magazines and periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing
323116   323111   323111   Unit set forms (e.g., manifold credit card slips) printing
32311   323111   323111   Yearbooks commercial printing (except screen) without publishing