325212 Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing synthetic rubber.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Processing natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber into intermediate or final products (except adhesives) are classified in Industry Group 3262, Rubber Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing rubber adhesives are classified in Industry 325520, Adhesive Manufacturing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 325212

The Census index assigns these 41 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Acrylate rubber manufacturing
• Acrylate-butadiene rubber manufacturing
• Acrylic rubber manufacturing
• Butadiene copolymers containing more than 50 percent butadiene manufacturing
• Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing
• Butyl rubber manufacturing
• Chlorinated rubber, synthetic, manufacturing
• Chloroprene rubber manufacturing
• Chlorosulfonated polyethylenes manufacturing
• Cyclo rubber, synthetic, manufacturing
• Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing
• Epichlorohydrin elastomers manufacturing
• Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing
• Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing
• Fluoro rubbers manufacturing
• Fluorocarbon derivative rubbers manufacturing
• Isobutylene-isoprene rubber manufacturing
• Isocyanate rubber manufacturing
• Latex rubber, synthetic, manufacturing
• Neoprene manufacturing
• Nitrile rubber manufacturing
• Nitrile-butadiene rubber manufacturing
• Nitrile-chloroprene rubbers manufacturing
• N-type rubber manufacturing
• Polyethylene rubber manufacturing
• Polyisobutylene rubber manufacturing
• Polyisobutylene-isoprene rubber manufacturing
• Polymethylene rubber manufacturing
• Polysulfide rubber manufacturing
• Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing
• Silicone rubber manufacturing
• Stereo rubber manufacturing
• S-type rubber manufacturing
• Styrene-butadiene rubber containing less than 50 percent styrene manufacturing
• Styrene-chloroprene rubber manufacturing
• Styrene-isoprene rubber manufacturing
• Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing
• Thermosetting vulcanizable elastomers manufacturing
• Thiol rubber manufacturing
• Urethane rubber manufacturing
• Vulcanized oils manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 325212

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325212, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 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: 2013), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 20130Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicalsUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

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