Manufacturing of binoculars and astronomical instruments, including optical telescopes

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Industry	Establishments	Share of industry

Withheld means Census suppressed the figure because publishing it would disclose an individual establishment. The line itself is never suppressed — only the numbers on it.

The U.S. Census Bureau recorded this product line in 1 US manufacturing industry in the 2022 Economic Census, as the most specific line that industry reported, where 78 establishments reported producing it.

These are counts of establishments by industry: the Economic Census publishes them as industry totals and never as a list of plants.

Part of Manufacturing of all other miscellaneous optical instruments and lenses, including binoculars, astronomical instruments, optical test and inspection equipment, optical instrument and lens filters, and unmounted and mounted lenses for optical instruments

Manufacturing of filters for optical instruments and lenses Manufacturing of mounted lenses for optical instruments Manufacturing of optical instruments used for inspecting semiconductors, wafers, and photo masks Manufacturing of optical test and inspection equipment, including microscopes Manufacturing of other optical instruments (excluding astronomical, test, and inspection instruments)Manufacturing of unmounted lenses for optical instruments

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NAPCS collection code 2018600003. Source for the product line, the establishment counts and the shares: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census (ECNNAPCSIND2022). Federal source data is public domain. Facility records are compiled separately by FactoryRegistry and carry their own sources.