NAICS Code 334516: Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
National industry
SBA small business size standard: 1,000 employees
Definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing instruments and instrumentation systems for laboratory analysis of the chemical or physical composition or concentration of samples of solid, fluid, gaseous, or composite material.
Government contracts for this product: PSC 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
Code facts
- Part of
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31-33
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334
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3345
- 33451
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3345
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334
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31-33
- Contract awards
- 5,122 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $851,137,312 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 334516
- Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing
- Amino acid analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Automatic chemical analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Blood bank process equipment manufacturing
- Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Chronoscopes manufacturing
- Colorimeters, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Coulometric analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Densitometers, laboratory analytical, manufacturing
- Differential thermal analysis instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Electrolytic conductivity instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Electron microprobes, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Electron microscopes manufacturing
- Electron paramagnetic spin-type apparatus manufacturing
- Electrophoresis instruments manufacturing
- Elemental analyzers manufacturing
- Flame photometers manufacturing
- Gas analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Gas chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Hematology instruments manufacturing
- Immunology instruments, laboratory, manufacturing
- Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing
- Liquid chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) type apparatus (except medical diagnostic) manufacturing
- Mass spectrometers manufacturing
- Mass spectroscopy instrumentation manufacturing
- Microbiology instruments manufacturing
- Microprobes (e.g., electron, ion, laser, X-ray) manufacturing
- Microscopes, electron and proton, manufacturing
- Moisture analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Monochrometers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Nephelometers (except meteorological) manufacturing
- Neutron activation analysis instruments manufacturing
- Osmometers manufacturing
- Particle beam excitation instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Particle size analyzers manufacturing
- Photometers (except photographic exposure meters) manufacturing
- Photonexcitation analyzers manufacturing
- Polariscopes manufacturing
- Polarizers manufacturing
- Polarographic equipment manufacturing
- Protein analyzers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Redox (i.e., oxidation-reduction potential) instruments manufacturing
- Refractometers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Resonance instruments (i.e., laboratory-type) manufacturing
- Sample analysis instruments (except medical) manufacturing
- Specific ion measuring instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Spectrofluorometers manufacturing
- Spectrographs manufacturing
- Spectrometers (e.g., electron diffraction, mass, NMR, Raman) manufacturing
- Spectrophotometers (e.g., atomic absorption, atomic emission, flame, fluorescence, infrared, Raman, visible) manufacturing
- Surface area analyzers manufacturing
- Thermal analysis instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Thermal conductivity instruments and sensors manufacturing
- Thermogravimetric analyzers manufacturing
- Titrimeters manufacturing
- Turbidometers, laboratory-type, manufacturing
- Ultraviolet-type analytical instruments manufacturing
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $29,316,012 |
| FY2026 | $857,963,453 |
| FY2025 | $851,137,312 |
| FY2024 | $1,082,513,706 |
| FY2023 | $1,116,680,966 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbott Laboratories Inc. | $96,368,477 | |
| 2 | Roche Diagnostics Corporation | $66,932,149 | |
| 3 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. | $53,033,848 | |
| 4 | Government Scientific Source Inc. | $40,560,886 | |
| 5 | Agilent Technologies Inc. | $30,893,349 | |
| 6 | Sysmex America, Inc. | $27,525,132 | |
| 7 | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | $22,515,817 | |
| 8 | Cepheid | $22,249,129 | |
| 9 | Thermo Electron North America LLC | $22,009,993 | |
| 10 | Life Technologies Corporation | $18,794,897 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of NAICS 334516 contractors, by parent company.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $343,172,097 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $140,787,868 | |
| 3 | Defense Health Agency | $68,927,534 | |
| 4 | Department of Commerce | $60,591,975 | |
| 5 | Department of Agriculture | $58,923,600 | |
| 6 | Department of Justice | $35,914,442 | |
| 7 | Department of the Navy | $29,330,402 | |
| 8 | Department of the Army | $26,780,623 | |
| 9 | Department of Homeland Security | $24,905,097 | |
| 10 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $22,602,311 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies | $470,755,023 | |
| 2 | 6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments | $89,275,506 | |
| 3 | 6550 In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets | $60,251,910 | |
| 4 | 6515 Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies | $40,088,405 | |
| 5 | 6632 Analysis Instruments, Medical Laboratory Use | $31,358,184 | |
| 6 | 5961 Semiconductor Devices and Associated Hardware | $28,538,602 | |
| 7 | J066 Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment: Instruments and Laboratory Equipment | $26,300,955 | |
| 8 | Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing | $20,235,029 | |
| 9 | 6650 Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories | $16,072,754 | |
| 10 | 6635 Physical Properties Testing and Inspection | $13,298,392 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $120,559,470 | |
| 2 | Illinois | $59,822,742 | |
| 3 | Maryland | $58,206,442 | |
| 4 | Virginia | $54,582,800 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $53,419,396 | |
| 6 | Georgia | $33,874,859 | |
| 7 | Indiana | $30,759,573 | |
| 8 | New York | $23,759,320 | |
| 9 | Florida | $21,572,997 | |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | $21,003,173 | |
| 11 | Texas | $19,228,849 | |
| 12 | Delaware | $15,984,882 | |
| 13 | Colorado | $14,837,707 | |
| 14 | Ohio | $14,748,309 | |
| 15 | North Carolina | $11,225,159 | |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $10,776,808 | |
| 17 | Arizona | $10,730,358 | |
| 18 | District of Columbia | $10,119,039 | |
| 19 | Utah | $10,025,224 | |
| 20 | New Jersey | $9,394,826 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma | $8,427,329 | |
| 22 | Minnesota | $7,065,818 | |
| 23 | Oregon | $6,451,532 | |
| 24 | Washington | $6,407,508 | |
| 25 | Michigan | $5,226,786 | |
| 26 | Kentucky | $5,201,141 | |
| 27 | Tennessee | $5,046,674 | |
| 28 | Iowa | $4,791,453 | |
| 29 | Alabama | $4,559,568 | |
| 30 | Kansas | $4,530,907 | |
| 31 | Montana | $3,929,835 | |
| 32 | Connecticut | $3,567,407 | |
| 33 | South Carolina | $3,414,186 | |
| 34 | Nebraska | $3,363,632 | |
| 35 | New Mexico | $3,280,575 | |
| 36 | Missouri | $3,201,946 | |
| 37 | Nevada | $2,804,994 | |
| 38 | Arkansas | $2,455,340 | |
| 39 | North Dakota | $2,263,187 | |
| 40 | Mississippi | $2,199,934 | |
| 41 | Louisiana | $1,986,306 | |
| 42 | Vermont | $1,899,016 | |
| 43 | South Dakota | $1,578,444 | |
| 44 | Hawaii | $1,297,338 | |
| 45 | Rhode Island | $1,258,904 | |
| 46 | West Virginia | $860,375 | |
| 47 | New Hampshire | $737,218 | |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | $674,673 | |
| 49 | Guam | $609,128 | |
| 50 | Maine | $565,172 | |
| 51 | Wyoming | $222,151 | |
| 52 | Alaska | $4,658 |
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Shares are of everything obligated under NAICS 334516 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.
Contract opportunities
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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 334516?
NAICS 334516 is Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, a national industry in NAICS 31-33, Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for osmometers manufacturing?
The NAICS code for osmometers manufacturing is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for polarizers manufacturing?
The NAICS code for polarizers manufacturing is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for titrimeters manufacturing?
The NAICS code for titrimeters manufacturing is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
When did the size standard for NAICS 334516 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 334516 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards for Manufacturing" (81 FR 4469), published Jan 26, 2016 and effective Feb 26, 2016.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 334516?
Federal contracts under NAICS 334516 obligated $851,137,312 in fiscal year 2025 and $3,937,611,449 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 334516?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 334516 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Abbott Laboratories Inc. ($96,368,477); Roche Diagnostics Corporation ($66,932,149); and Beckman Coulter, Inc. ($53,033,848).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 334516?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 334516 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of Veterans Affairs ($343,172,097), Department of Health and Human Services ($140,787,868) and Defense Health Agency ($68,927,534).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 334516?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 334516 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies; 6630 Chemical Analysis Instruments; and 6550 In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets.
Where is the work under NAICS 334516 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 334516 over the last 12 months are California ($120,559,470), Illinois ($59,822,742) and Maryland ($58,206,442).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 334516?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 334516 is Continously tunable laser (CTL), solicitation from Naval Sea Systems Command (Navy), posted November 6, 2026.
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