NAICS Code 331491: Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding
National industry
SBA small business size standard: 900 employees
Definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) from purchased nonferrous metals and/or (2) recovering nonferrous metals from scrap and rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) in integrated mills.
Government contracts for this product: PSC 9660 Precious Metals Primary Forms and PSC 9650 Nonferrous Base Metal Refinery and Intermediate Forms
Code facts
- Part of
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31-33
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331
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3314
- 33149
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3314
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331
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31-33
- Contract awards
- 785 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $566,096,882 In FY2025
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Business activities under NAICS 331491
- Aircraft and automotive wire and cable (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Apparatus wire and cord (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
- Coaxial cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Communications wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Cord sets, flexible, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Energy wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Foil, gold, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Foil, nickel, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Foil, silver, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Gold and gold alloy bar, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Gold foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap
- Iridium bar, rod, sheet, strip and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Lead and lead alloy bar, pipe, plate, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Lead rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium and magnesium alloy bar, rod, shape, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Magnesium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Magnet wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Mesh, wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
- Molybdenum rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Nails, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Nickel and nickel alloy pipe, plate, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Nickel rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
- Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
- Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
- Pipe, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Plate, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Platinum and platinum alloy rolling, drawing, or extruding from purchased metals or scrap
- Platinum and platinum alloy sheet and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Precious metal bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Rod, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Selenium bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Silver and silver alloy bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Silver foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
- Silver rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Tin and tin alloy bar, pipe, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Tin rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Titanium and titanium alloy bar, billet, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Titanium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Tungsten bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Welding rod, uncoated, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Wire cloth, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
- Wire screening, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
- Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
- Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
- Zinc rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
- Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
- Zirconium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $42,465 |
| FY2026 | $1,076,233,534 |
| FY2025 | $566,096,882 |
| FY2024 | $1,037,651,777 |
| FY2023 | $972,047,603 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | $571,611,254 | |
| 2 | Glencore LTD. | $451,063,187 | |
| 3 | RIO Tinto Services Inc. | $26,814,308 | |
| 4 | A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. | $6,410,682 | |
| 5 | Murray Benjamin Electric Company LLC | $2,206,633 | |
| 6 | Rudy Iii, Ernest | $1,774,434 | |
| 7 | Pierce Aluminum Company, Inc. | $1,380,897 | |
| 8 | The Monroe Cable Company, Inc. | $1,152,144 | |
| 9 | Hydraulics International, Inc. | $1,031,031 | |
| 10 | Hurlen Corporation | $939,189 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of NAICS 331491 contractors, by parent company.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Treasury | $578,323,329 | |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $492,947,968 | |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $3,702,321 | |
| 4 | Air Force | $724,890 | |
| 5 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $165,133 | |
| 6 | Department of the Interior | $154,323 | |
| 7 | Department of State | $136,278 | |
| 8 | Department of Homeland Security | $127,275 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9660 Precious Metals Primary Forms | $578,021,937 | |
| 2 | 9650 Nonferrous Base Metal Refinery and Intermediate Forms | $479,299,020 | |
| 3 | 9535 Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Foil: Nonferrous Base Metal | $7,446,713 | |
| 4 | 6145 Wire and Cable, Electrical | $4,606,532 | |
| 5 | 9530 Bars and Rods, Nonferrous Base Metal | $1,194,340 | |
| 6 | 4925 Ammunition Maintenance, Repair, and Checkout Specialized Equipment | $1,031,031 | |
| 7 | 1660 Aircraft Air Conditioning, Heating, and Pressurizing Equipment | $1,003,386 | |
| 8 | 9515 Plate, Sheet, Strip, Foil, and Leaf | $864,209 | |
| 9 | 9540 Structural Shapes, Nonferrous Base Metal | $649,360 | |
| 10 | 9610 Ores | $301,392 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | $498,250,071 | |
| 2 | New York | $452,414,092 | |
| 3 | Indiana | $26,864,818 | |
| 4 | California | $4,584,947 | |
| 5 | Connecticut | $2,953,788 | |
| 6 | Texas | $1,986,633 | |
| 7 | Florida | $1,538,750 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $1,506,636 | |
| 9 | Ohio | $908,370 | |
| 10 | Nebraska | $653,695 | |
| 11 | Illinois | $617,402 | |
| 12 | Maryland | $489,110 | |
| 13 | New Jersey | $405,425 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $309,683 | |
| 15 | Washington | $216,310 | |
| 16 | Alabama | $178,200 | |
| 17 | Virginia | $174,449 | |
| 18 | Tennessee | $163,968 | |
| 19 | Michigan | $147,084 | |
| 20 | Louisiana | $139,222 | |
| 21 | Georgia | $98,734 | |
| 22 | Idaho | $93,384 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma | $29,645 | |
| 24 | South Dakota | $19,941 | |
| 25 | Maine | $9,765 | |
| 26 | South Carolina | $631 |
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Shares are of everything obligated under NAICS 331491 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.
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Size standard history
Federal Register rules that named this code
From the NAICS codes each rule's amendments to 13 CFR 121.201 name. Rules that print their size standard tables as images aren't listed.
Quick answers
What is NAICS 331491?
NAICS 331491 is Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding, a national industry in NAICS 31-33, Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap?
The NAICS code for gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap is 331491, Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding.
What is the NAICS code for silver foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap?
The NAICS code for silver foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap is 331491, Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding.
What is the NAICS code for magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap?
The NAICS code for magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap is 331491, Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding.
When did the size standard for NAICS 331491 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 331491 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards: Manufacturing and Industries With Employee-Based Size Standards in Other Sectors Except Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade" (88 FR 9970), published Feb 15, 2023 and effective Mar 17, 2023.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 331491?
Federal contracts under NAICS 331491 obligated $566,096,882 in fiscal year 2025 and $3,652,072,261 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 331491?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 331491 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Asahi Refining USA Inc. ($571,611,254), Glencore LTD. ($451,063,187) and RIO Tinto Services Inc. ($26,814,308).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 331491?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 331491 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of the Treasury ($578,323,329), Defense Logistics Agency ($492,947,968) and Department of the Navy ($3,702,321).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 331491?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 331491 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 9660 Precious Metals Primary Forms; 9650 Nonferrous Base Metal Refinery and Intermediate Forms; and 9535 Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Foil: Nonferrous Base Metal.
Where is the work under NAICS 331491 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 331491 over the last 12 months are Utah ($498,250,071), New York ($452,414,092) and Indiana ($26,864,818).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 331491?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 331491 is Plate, metal, solicitation from Construction and Equipment (DLA), posted November 11, 2026.
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