By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in miscellaneous manufacturing (except medical equipment and supplies, jewelry and silverware, sporting and athletic goods, dolls, toys, games, office supplies, signs, gaskets, packing, and sealing devices, musical instruments, fasteners, buttons, needles, pins, brooms, brushes, mops, and burial caskets).
FY2025 obligations
$4.3B
Contract actions
23,630
IDVs
256
Top buying agencies
- Department of Defense$4.1B
- Department of State$181.8M
- National Archives and Records Administration$8.8M
- Department of Agriculture$4.1M
- Department of Homeland Security$3.9M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
NAICS 339999 obligated $4.3 billion in FY2025 across 23,630 contract actions. That is the largest residual manufacturing code in federal contracting by a wide margin. DoD is $4.08 billion, State $182 million, and then the tail includes the National Archives at $9 million, an agency that appears in almost no other code's top five. The average action is about $182,000.
What belongs here
Miscellaneous manufacturing excluding medical equipment and supplies, jewelry and silverware, sporting and athletic goods, dolls, toys, games, office supplies, signs, gaskets, packing and sealing devices, musical instruments, fasteners, buttons, needles, pins, brooms, brushes, mops, and burial caskets. In federal practice it absorbs individual equipment, field gear, and specialized items that no product code describes.
- Miscellaneous fabricated metal products are 332999.
- Miscellaneous electrical equipment is 335999.
- Surgical appliances, including body armor and protective equipment, are 339113.
Competing in this code
256 IDVs against 23,630 actions is remarkably thin coverage for a $4.3 billion code, which means an unusual amount of this competes openly. The 550-employee size standard is the tightest in this reference set, so set-asides reach small manufacturers directly. The reason so much money sits in a residual code is soldier and operator equipment: gear that is neither clothing, nor a weapon, nor a medical device, and therefore fits nowhere else. That demand is recurring, specification-driven, and reachable by a small manufacturer with a compliant product.
Frequently Asked
NAICS 339999 questions, answered.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 339999?
SBA sets it at 550 employees, counted as a 24-month average headcount across your company and every affiliate, not revenue. At or under that number you are small on NAICS 339999 solicitations and eligible for the set-asides in this code.
Which agencies buy under NAICS 339999?
FY2025 obligations: DoD ($4.1 billion), State ($182 million), NARA ($9 million), USDA ($4 million), DHS ($4 million). State's $182 million and the National Archives appearance are unusual, and DoD's share is dominated by individual equipment and field gear.
Why is NAICS 339999 so large for a residual code?
Because soldier and operator equipment often fits no product-specific code. Items that are not clothing, not weapons, not medical devices, and not electronics land here, and DoD obligated $4.08 billion against them in FY2025. That makes it a genuine market rather than an accounting leftover.
Does the 550-employee size standard make this code accessible?
Yes. It is the tightest employee-based standard in this reference set, so set-asides reach small manufacturers, not mid-cap firms. Combined with only 256 IDVs covering 23,630 actions, a small manufacturer with a specification-compliant product can compete directly instead of chasing vehicle positions.
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