2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325320 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
NAICS 325320 is the US industry code for pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the formulation and preparation of agricultural and household pest control chemicals (except fertilizers).
- Code
- 325320 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
- Part of
- Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,150 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 20200 (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 the formulation and preparation of agricultural and household pest control chemicals (except fertilizers).
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing basic chemicals requiring further processing before use as agricultural chemicals are classified in Industry Group 3251, Basic Chemical Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing fertilizers are classified in Industry 32531, Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing agricultural lime products are classified in Industry 327410, Lime Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 325320
The Census index assigns these 43 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Ant poisons manufacturing
- Arsenate insecticides manufacturing
- Arsenite insecticides manufacturing
- Benzene hexachloride (BHC) insecticides manufacturing
- Bordeaux mixture insecticides manufacturing
- Botanical insecticides manufacturing
- Chlordane insecticides manufacturing
- Cholinesterase inhibitors used as insecticides manufacturing
- DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) insecticides manufacturing
- Defoliants manufacturing
- Dips (i.e., pesticides), cattle and sheep, manufacturing
- Endrin insecticides manufacturing
- Exterminating chemical products (e.g., fungicides, insecticides, pesticides) manufacturing
- Flea powders or sprays manufacturing
- Fly sprays manufacturing
- Fungicides manufacturing
- Herbicides manufacturing
- Household-type insecticides manufacturing
- Insecticides manufacturing
- Lime-sulfur fungicides manufacturing
- Lindane pesticides manufacturing
- Malathion insecticides manufacturing
- Methoxychlor insecticides manufacturing
- Moth repellents manufacturing
- Nicotine insecticides manufacturing
- Organo-phosphate based insecticides manufacturing
- Parathion insecticides manufacturing
- Paris green insecticides manufacturing
- Pest (e.g., ant, rat, roach, rodent) control poison manufacturing
- Pesticides manufacturing
- Plant growth regulants manufacturing
- Pyrethrin insecticides manufacturing
- Roach poisons manufacturing
- Rodent poisons manufacturing
- Rodenticides manufacturing
- Root removing chemicals manufacturing
- Rotenone insecticides manufacturing
- Seed treatment preparations manufacturing
- Sodium arsenite insecticides manufacturing
- Sulfur insecticides manufacturing
- Termite poisons manufacturing
- Tick powders or sprays manufacturing
- Xanthone insecticides manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325320
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325320, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,150 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: 2021), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.