2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325920 Explosives Manufacturing
NAICS 325920 is the US industry code for explosives manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing explosives.
- Code
- 325920 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Explosives 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 explosives.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
Activities listed under 325920
The Census index assigns these 23 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Amatols manufacturing
- Azides explosive materials manufacturing
- Blasting accessories (e.g., caps, fuses, ignitors, squibbs) manufacturing
- Blasting powders manufacturing
- Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing
- Cordite explosive materials manufacturing
- Detonating caps, cord, fuses, and primers manufacturing
- Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing
- Dynamite manufacturing
- Explosives manufacturing
- Gunpowder manufacturing
- Mannitol hexanitrate explosive materials manufacturing
- Mercury fulminate explosive materials manufacturing
- Nitrocellulose explosive materials manufacturing
- Nitroglycerin explosive materials manufacturing
- Nitrostarch explosive materials manufacturing
- Pentolite explosive materials manufacturing
- Picric acid explosive materials manufacturing
- Safety fuses, blasting, manufacturing
- Styphnic acid explosive materials manufacturing
- Tetryl explosive materials manufacturing
- TNT (trinitrotoluene) manufacturing
- Trinitrotoluene (TNT) manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325920
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325920, 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: 2029), 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.