2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing
NAICS 325120 is the US industry code for industrial gas manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gases in compressed, liquid, and solid forms.
- Code
- 325120 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Part of
- Basic Chemical Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,200 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 20110 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gases in compressed, liquid, and solid forms.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
Activities listed under 325120
The Census index assigns these 25 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Acetylene manufacturing
- Argon manufacturing
- Biogases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing
- Carbon dioxide manufacturing
- Chlorodifluoromethane manufacturing
- Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases manufacturing
- Compressed and liquefied industrial gas manufacturing
- Dichlorodifluoromethane manufacturing
- Dry ice (i.e., solid carbon dioxide) manufacturing
- Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases manufacturing
- Fluorocarbon gases manufacturing
- Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing
- Helium manufacturing
- Helium recovery from natural gas
- Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) gases manufacturing
- Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases manufacturing
- Hydrogen manufacturing
- Ice, dry, manufacturing
- Industrial gases manufacturing
- Liquid air manufacturing
- Monochlorodifluoromethane manufacturing
- Neon manufacturing
- Nitrogen manufacturing
- Nitrous oxide manufacturing
- Oxygen manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325120
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325120, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,200 employees. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
Closest UK SIC 2007 codes
There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 2011), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.