NAICS code 325510: Paint and Coating Manufacturing

NAICS 325510 is “Paint and Coating Manufacturing”. 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.

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing; Calcimines manufacturing; Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing; Dopes, paint, and lacquer manufacturing; Driers, paint and varnish, manufacturing; and Enamel paints manufacturing.

Businesses mainly 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; and manufacturing artists' paints are classified in Industry 339940, Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing.

1,000 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

SIC codes 2851 (Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels and Allied Products) and 2899 (Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, NEC, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

325500 (Paint, coating, & adhesive mfg.) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 325510, 325520.

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