2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing
NAICS 325992 is the US industry code for photographic film, paper, plate, chemical, and copy toner manufacturing. This U.S.
- Code
- 325992 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing
- Part of
- All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,500 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 20200, 28110, 28120, 28131 and 3 more (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 U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sensitized film, sensitized paper, sensitized cloth, sensitized plates, toners (i.e., for photocopiers, laser printers, and similar electrostatic printing devices), toner cartridges, and photographic chemicals.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing photographic paper stock (i.e., unsensitized) and paper mats, mounts, easels, and folders for photographic use are classified in Subsector 322, Paper Manufacturing.
- Purchasing used toner cartridges and reselling them to manufacturers for remanufacturing are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
Activities listed under 325992
The Census index assigns these 21 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Computer printer toner cartridges manufacturing
- Developers, prepared photographic, manufacturing
- Diazo (i.e., whiteprint) paper and cloth, sensitized, manufacturing
- Driers, photographic chemical, manufacturing
- Facsimile toner cartridges manufacturing
- Film, sensitized (e.g., camera, motion picture, X-ray), manufacturing
- Fixers, prepared photographic, manufacturing
- Graphic arts plates, sensitized, manufacturing
- Heat sensitized (i.e., thermal) paper made from purchased paper
- Motion picture film manufacturing
- Paper, photographic sensitized, manufacturing
- Photocopying toner cartridges manufacturing
- Photographic chemicals manufacturing
- Photographic film, cloth, paper, and plate, sensitized, manufacturing
- Photomasks manufacturing
- Photosensitized paper manufacturing
- Sensitized cloth or paper (e.g., blueprint, photographic) manufacturing
- Toner cartridges manufacturing
- Toner cartridges rebuilding
- Toners, electrostatic and photographic, manufacturing
- X-ray film and plates, sensitized, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 325992
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325992, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,500 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, 2817), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 20200Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical productsUK SIC
- 28110Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle enginesUK SIC
- 28120Manufacture of fluid power equipmentUK SIC
- 28131Manufacture of pumpsUK SIC
- 28132Manufacture of compressorsUK SIC
- 28140Manufacture of taps and valvesUK SIC
- 28150Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elementsUK SIC
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.