SIC 3524 Lawn and Garden Tractors and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment

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SIC 3524
LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTORS AND HOME LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT

This entry discusses establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing lawn mowers, lawn and garden tractors, and other lawn and garden equipment used for home lawn and garden care. It also includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing snow blowers and throwers for residential use. Other equipment classified here includes: wagons and carts for lawn and garden use, lawn mover grass catchers, power hedge trimmers, power lawn edgers, loaders for garden tractors, mulchers, plow attachments for garden tractors, rototillers, seeders, and residential lawn vacuums.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm equipment and machinery are classified in SIC 3523: Farm Machinery and Equipment. Those manufacturing hand lawn and garden shears and pruners are classified in SIC 3421: Cutlery, and those manufacturing other garden handtools are classified in SIC 3424: Hand and Edge Tools, Except Machine Tools and Handsaws.

NAICS Code(s)

333112 (Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing)

332212 (Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing)

Industry Snapshot

Lawn and garden equipment companies manufacture a variety of tools, including walk-behind power mowers, lawn tractors, tillers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, snow blowers, and other gas- and electric-powered equipment. In 2000, the value of industry shipments was $7.28 billion. Lawn and garden equipment manufacturers are influenced by a number of factors, such as weather conditions, the housing market, demographics, and the overall economy. The industry has been strong in the late 1990s, as aging and affluent baby boomers

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