2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing
NAICS 325411 is the US industry code for medicinal and botanical manufacturing. This U.S.
- Code
- 325411 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing
- Part of
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,000 employees
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 U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing uncompounded medicinal chemicals and their derivatives (i.e., generally for use by pharmaceutical preparation manufacturers) and/or (2) grading, grinding, and milling uncompounded botanicals.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing packaged compounded medicinals and botanicals are classified in U.S. Industry 325412, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing vaccines, toxoids, blood fractions, and culture media of plant or animal origin (except for diagnostic use) are classified in U.S. Industry 325414, Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 325411
The Census index assigns these 60 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Acetylsalicylic acid manufacturing
- Adrenal derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Agar-agar manufacturing
- Amphetamines, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Anesthetics, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Antibiotics, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Anticholinergics, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Anticonvulsants, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Antidepressants, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Ascorbic acid (i.e., vitamin C), uncompounded, manufacturing
- Atropine and derivatives manufacturing
- Barbiturates, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Barbituric acid manufacturing
- Brucine manufacturing
- Caffeine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Cephalosporin, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Cinchona and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Cocaine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Cod liver oil, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Codeine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Concentrated medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Cortisone, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Dietary supplements, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Digitoxin, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Endocrine products, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals), pharmaceutical use, manufacturing
- Ephedrine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Ergot alkaloids (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Fish liver oils, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Glandular derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Glycosides, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal or dietary supplement use)
- Herbal supplements, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Hormones and derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Hypnotic drugs, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Insulin, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Magnesia, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Medicinal gelatins manufacturing
- Morphine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Nicotine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- N-methylpiperazine manufacturing
- Oils, vegetable and animal, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Ophthalmic agents, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Opium and opium derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Penicillin, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Physostigmine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Pituitary gland derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Procaine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Quinine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Reserpines (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Salicylic acid, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Steroids, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Strychnine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Sulfa drugs, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Sulfonamides, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Tetracycline, uncompounded, manufacturing
- Theobromine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals) manufacturing
- Vegetable alkaloids (i.e., basic chemicals) (e.g., caffeine, codeine, morphine, nicotine), manufacturing
- Vitamins, uncompounded, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325411
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325411, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 employees. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.