325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemical products (except basic chemicals, resins, and synthetic rubber; cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers and filaments; pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals; pharmaceuticals and medicines; paints, coatings and adhesives; soaps, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations; printing inks; explosives; custom compounding of purchased resins; and photographic films, papers, plates, chemicals, and copy toners).

Examples Census gives

• Activated carbon and charcoal manufacturing
• Antifreeze preparations manufacturing
• Electronic cigarette vapor liquids, including closed refills, manufacturing
• Industrial salt manufacturing
• Lighter fluids (e.g., charcoal, cigarette) manufacturing
• Matches and matchbook manufacturing
• Pyrotechnics (e.g., flares, flashlight bombs, signals) manufacturing
• Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made from purchased synthetic sweeteners
• Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing
• Writing inks manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Manufacturing basic chemicals are classified in Industry Group 3251, Basic Chemical Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing resins, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments are classified in Industry Group 3252, Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals are classified in Industry Group 3253, Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing pharmaceuticals and medicines, including medicinal gelatins (e.g., agar-agar) are classified in Industry Group 3254, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing paints, coatings, and adhesives are classified in Industry Group 3255, Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing soaps and cleaning compounds are classified in Industry 32561, Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing printing and inkjet inks are classified in Industry 325910, Printing Ink Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing explosives are classified in Industry 325920, Explosives Manufacturing.
• Custom compounding purchased plastics resins are classified in U.S. Industry 325991, Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins.
• Manufacturing photographic films, papers, plates, chemicals, and copy toners are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing dessert gelatin are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 325998

The Census index assigns these 89 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Activated carbon or charcoal manufacturing
• Additive preparations for gasoline (e.g., antiknock preparations, detergents, gum inhibitors) manufacturing
• Aerosol can filling on a job-order or contract basis
• Aerosol packaging services
• Anise oil manufacturing
• Antifreeze preparations manufacturing
• Antiscaling compounds manufacturing
• Bay oil manufacturing
• Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing
• Cannabidiol (CBD oil) manufacturing
• Caps for toy pistols manufacturing
• Capsules, gelatin, empty, manufacturing
• Carbon, activated, manufacturing
• Carburetor cleaners manufacturing
• Cat litter manufacturing
• Cedar oil manufacturing
• Charcoal, activated, manufacturing
• Citronella oil manufacturing
• Clove oil manufacturing
• Concrete additive preparations (e.g., curing, hardening) manufacturing
• Correction fluids (i.e., typewriter) manufacturing
• Crankcase additive preparations manufacturing
• Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing
• Defoamers and antifoaming agents manufacturing
• Degreasing preparations for machinery parts manufacturing
• Deicing preparations manufacturing
• Desalination kits manufacturing
• Distilled water manufacturing
• Drawing inks manufacturing
• Drilling mud compounds, conditioners, and additives (except bentonites) manufacturing
• Dye preparations, clothing, household-type, manufacturing
• Electronic cigarette vapor liquids, including closed refills, manufacturing
• Embalming fluids manufacturing
• Engine degreasers manufacturing
• Engine starting fluids manufacturing
• Essential oils manufacturing
• Eucalyptus oil manufacturing
• Fire extinguisher chemical preparations manufacturing
• Fire retardant chemical preparations manufacturing
• Fireworks manufacturing
• Flares manufacturing
• Fluxes (e.g., brazing, galvanizing, soldering, welding) manufacturing
• Foundry core oil, wash, and wax manufacturing
• Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing
• Gelatin capsules, empty, manufacturing
• Grapefruit oil manufacturing
• Greases, synthetic lubricating, manufacturing
• Hydraulic fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
• Incense manufacturing
• Indelible inks manufacturing
• India inks manufacturing
• Industrial salt manufacturing
• Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing
• Inks, writing, manufacturing
• Insulating oils manufacturing
• Lemon oil manufacturing
• Lighter fluids (e.g., charcoal, cigarette) manufacturing
• Lime oil manufacturing
• Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing
• Matches and match books manufacturing
• Motor oils, synthetic, manufacturing
• Napalm manufacturing
• Oil additive preparations manufacturing
• Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing
• Oils, lubricating, synthetic, manufacturing
• Orange oil manufacturing
• Orris oil manufacturing
• Ossein manufacturing
• Packer's fluids manufacturing
• Penetrating fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
• Peppermint oil manufacturing
• Pyrotechnics (e.g., flares, flashlight bombs, signals) manufacturing
• Radiator additive preparations manufacturing
• Recycling services for degreasing solvents (e.g., engine, machinery) manufacturing
• Retarders (e.g., flameproofing agents, mildewproofing agents) manufacturing
• Rubber processing preparations (e.g., accelerators, stabilizers) manufacturing
• Rust preventive preparations manufacturing
• Salt (except table) manufacturing
• Soil testing kits manufacturing
• Spearmint oil manufacturing
• Stamp pad ink manufacturing
• Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made from purchased synthetic sweeteners
• Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing
• Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing
• Tire inflators, aerosol, manufacturing
• Transmission fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
• Water, distilled, manufacturing
• Wintergreen oil manufacturing
• Writing inks manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 325998

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 325998, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 650 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: 2011, 2022, 2023, 2029, 2399, 8292), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 20110Manufacture of industrial gasesUK SIC
• 23990Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.UK SIC
• 82920Packaging activitiesUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 325991Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
• 325992Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing