2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325510 Paint and Coating Manufacturing
NAICS 325510 is the US industry code for paint and coating manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in (1) mixing pigments, solvents, and binders into paints and other coatings, such as stains, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, shellacs, and water-repellent coatings for concrete and masonry, and/or (2) manufacturing allied paint products, such as putties, paint and varnish removers, paint brush cleaners, and frit.
- Code
- 325510 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Paint and Coating Manufacturing
- Part of
- Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,000 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 (1) mixing pigments, solvents, and binders into paints and other coatings, such as stains, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, shellacs, and water-repellent coatings for concrete and masonry, and/or (2) manufacturing allied paint products, such as putties, paint and varnish removers, paint brush cleaners, and frit.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing creosote or turpentine are classified in U.S. Industry 325194, Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing caulking compounds and sealants are classified in Industry 325520, Adhesive Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing artists' paints are classified in Industry 339940, Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 325510
The Census index assigns these 31 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing
- Calcimines manufacturing
- Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing
- Dopes, paint, and lacquer manufacturing
- Driers, paint and varnish, manufacturing
- Enamel paints manufacturing
- Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins
- Fillers, wood (e.g., dry, liquid, paste), manufacturing
- Frit manufacturing
- Glaziers' putty manufacturing
- Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing
- Lacquers manufacturing
- Latex paint (i.e., water based) manufacturing
- Marine paints manufacturing
- Motor vehicle paints manufacturing
- Paint and varnish removers manufacturing
- Paint thinner and reducer preparations manufacturing
- Paintbrush cleaners manufacturing
- Paints (except artist's) manufacturing
- Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing
- Paints, oil and alkyd vehicle, manufacturing
- Plastic wood fillers manufacturing
- Plastisol coating compounds manufacturing
- Polyurethane coatings manufacturing
- Powder coatings manufacturing
- Primers, paint, manufacturing
- Shellac manufacturing
- Stains (except biological) manufacturing
- Varnishes manufacturing
- Water-repellent coatings for wood, concrete and masonry manufacturing
- Wood fillers manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325510
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325510, 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: 2022), 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.