2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325910 Printing Ink Manufacturing
NAICS 325910 is the US industry code for printing ink manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing printing and inkjet inks and inkjet cartridges.
- Code
- 325910 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Printing Ink Manufacturing
- Part of
- Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 750 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 manufacturing printing and inkjet inks and inkjet cartridges.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing writing, drawing, and stamping inks are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing toners and toner cartridges for photocopiers, fax machines, computer printers, and similar office machines are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing.
- Purchasing used inkjet cartridges and reselling them to manufacturers for remanufacturing are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
Activities listed under 325910
The Census index assigns these 15 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Bronze printing inks manufacturing
- Duplicating inks manufacturing
- Flexographic inks manufacturing
- Gold printing inks manufacturing
- Gravure inks manufacturing
- Inkjet cartridges manufacturing
- Inkjet inks manufacturing
- Inks, printing, manufacturing
- Letterpress inks manufacturing
- Lithographic inks manufacturing
- Offset inks manufacturing
- Printing inks manufacturing
- Screen process inks manufacturing
- Stencil inks manufacturing
- Textile printing inks manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325910
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325910, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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.