Industry Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic inorganic chemicals (except industrial gases and synthetic dyes and pigments).
Illustrative Examples:
Alkalies manufacturing
Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
Carbides (e.g., baron, calcium, silicon, tungsten) manufacturing
Carbon black manufacturing
Chlorine manufacturing
Hydrochloric acid manufacturing
Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
Radioactive isotopes manufacturing
Sulfides and sulfites manufacturing
Sulfuric acid manufacturing
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 325180 - Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing are:
- Cobalt sulfate manufacturing
- Potassium nitrate manufacturing
- Chromium salts manufacturing
- Potassium carbonate manufacturing
- Silicofluorides manufacturing
- Sodium uranate manufacturing
- Sodium bicarbonate manufacturing
- Calcium hypochlorite manufacturing
- Sodium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
- Sulfocyanides manufacturing
- Potassium chloride manufacturing
- Copper compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sulfur recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
- Ammonium perchlorate manufacturing
- Cobalt chloride manufacturing
- Sodium aluminate manufacturing
- Carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten) manufacturing
- Potassium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Cesium and cesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Copper chloride manufacturing
- Ammonium hydroxide manufacturing
- Calcium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing
- Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing
- Radioactive isotopes manufacturing
- Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing
- Potassium sulfate manufacturing
- Nickel compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Barium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Glauber's salt manufacturing
- Arsenites (except insecticides) manufacturing
- Alkalies manufacturing
- Hydrosulfites manufacturing
- Ferric chloride manufacturing
- Manganese dioxide manufacturing
- Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sulfuric acid manufacturing
- Lithium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sodium peroxide manufacturing
- Tungstates (e.g., ammonium tungstate, sodium tungstate) manufacturing
- Sodium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Potassium cyanide manufacturing
- Chloride of lime manufacturing
- Cerium salts manufacturing
- Channel black manufacturing
- Potassium chlorate manufacturing
- Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Hydrofluoric acid manufacturing
- Sulfides and sulfites manufacturing
- Zinc sulfide manufacturing
- Fuel propellants, solid inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Deuterium oxide (i.e., heavy water) manufacturing
- Copper iodide manufacturing
- Indium chloride manufacturing
- Sulfur dioxide manufacturing
- Nuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing
- Borosilicate manufacturing
- Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
- Sodium borate manufacturing
- Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing
- Copper sulfate manufacturing
- Nickel sulfate manufacturing
- Potassium hypochlorate manufacturing
- Iron sulphate manufacturing
- Hydrocyanic acid manufacturing
- Mercury oxide manufacturing
- Strontium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Titanium dioxide manufacturing
- Sodium molybdate manufacturing
- Tin salts manufacturing
- Sodium sulfate manufacturing
- Iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
- Bromine manufacturing
- Cobalt 60 (i.e., radioactive cobalt) manufacturing
- Zinc ammonium chloride manufacturing
- Beryllium oxide manufacturing
- Solid fuel propellants, inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Lead silicate manufacturing
- Hypochlorites manufacturing
- Radium chloride manufacturing
- Ammonium thiosulfate manufacturing
- Tanning agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- Carbonic acid manufacturing
- Potassium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
- Thiocyanate manufacturing
- Carbon inorganic compounds manufacturing
- Aluminum hydroxide (i.e., alumina trihydrate) manufacturing
- Potassium salts manufacturing
- Potassium permanganate manufacturing
- Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
- Potassium hydroxide (i.e., caustic potash) manufacturing
- Soda ash manufacturing
- Selenium dioxide manufacturing
- Hydrazine manufacturing
- Silver chloride manufacturing
- Sodium silicate (i.e., water glass) manufacturing
- Carbon black manufacturing
- Hydrofluosilicic acid manufacturing
- Fluorine manufacturing
- Strontium nitrate manufacturing
- Cyanides manufacturing
- Chromium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sodium tetraborate manufacturing
- Heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide) manufacturing
- Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Mercury chloride manufacturing
- Zinc chloride manufacturing
- Sulfur chloride manufacturing
- Borax (i.e., sodium borate) manufacturing
- Rare earth salts manufacturing
- Sodium polyphosphate manufacturing
- Ferric oxide manufacturing
- Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sulfur and sulfur compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Potassium iodide manufacturing
- Tin oxide manufacturing
- Perchloric acid manufacturing
- Fluoboric acid manufacturing
- Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Caustic soda (i.e., sodium hydroxide) manufacturing
- Ammonium molybdate manufacturing
- Magnesium carbonate manufacturing
- Hypophosphites manufacturing
- Ammonium chloride manufacturing
- Potassium bromide manufacturing
- Radium luminous compounds manufacturing
- Uranium oxide manufacturing
- Dichromates manufacturing
- Sodium cyanide manufacturing
- Sodium chlorate manufacturing
- Sodium carbonate (i.e., soda ash) manufacturing
- Silica gel manufacturing
- Hydrogen sulfide manufacturing
- Sodium hydrosulfite manufacturing
- Silver bromide manufacturing
- Radioactive elements manufacturing
- Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Arsenates (except insecticides) manufacturing
- Chlorine dioxide manufacturing
- Sodium arsenite (except insecticides) manufacturing
- Phosphorus compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Mercury compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Chromic acid manufacturing
- Chlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Animal black manufacturing
- Silica, amorphous, manufacturing
- Sodium tungstate manufacturing
- Magnesium chloride manufacturing
- Sodium phosphate manufacturing
- Sodium hydroxide (i.e., caustic soda) manufacturing
- Sal soda (i.e., washing soda) manufacturing
- Phosphorus oxychloride manufacturing
- Silver compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Stannic and stannous chloride manufacturing
- Sodium silicofluoride manufacturing
- Nickel ammonium sulfate manufacturing
- Iodides manufacturing
- Chlorosulfonic acid manufacturing
- Arsenic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Chromium oxide manufacturing
- Sodium antimoniate manufacturing
- Sodium bromide manufacturing
- Chlorine manufacturing
- Hydrochloric acid manufacturing
- Furnace black manufacturing
- Antimony oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
- Oleum (i.e., fuming sulfuric acid) manufacturing
- Tin compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sodium perborate manufacturing
- Selenium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Carbon disulfide manufacturing
- Lamp black manufacturing
- Ammonium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Uranium, enriched, manufacturing
- Boric acid manufacturing
- Sodium stannate manufacturing
- Hydrogen peroxide manufacturing
- Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Barium hydroxide manufacturing
- Silver nitrate manufacturing
- Zinc hydrosulfite (i.e., zinc dithionite) manufacturing
- Sulfur hexafluoride gas manufacturing
- Sodium thiosulfate manufacturing
- Nickel carbonate manufacturing
- Tin chloride manufacturing
- Ferrocyanides manufacturing
- Caustic potash manufacturing
- Bone black manufacturing
- Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Zinc compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Aluminum chloride manufacturing
- Sodium borohydride manufacturing
- Uranium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Strontium carbonate manufacturing
- Peroxides, inorganic, manufacturing
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing in the US (32518)
Revenue 2025
$42bn
Growth 2025
-8.18%
Key Trends
Increasing home building activity has benefited the industry
Oil and gas production affects refining activity
The production of tight oil is expected to remain strong
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Mining and/or beneficiating alkalies--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
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Manufacturing industrial gases--are classified in Industry 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing inorganic dyes and pigments--are classified in Industry 325130, Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing nitrogenous and phosphoric fertilizers and fertilizer materials--are classified in Industry 32531, Fertilizer Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing inorganic insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal and pesticidal preparations--are classified in Industry 325320, Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; and
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Manufacturing pharmaceuticals, medicines, and dietary supplements--are classified in Industry Group 3254, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing household bleaches--are classified in U.S. Industry 325612, Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing photographic chemicals--are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing.
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Manufacturing chlorine preparations (e.g., for swimming pools)--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing aluminum oxide (alumina)--are classified in U.S. Industry 331313, Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production;
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NAICS Hierarchy 325180 - Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
NAICS Code 325180 - Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing sits in the 2-digit Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes
2 Digits: 31-33
Sector Title: Manufacturing
3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits
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3211 Sawmills and Wood Preservation
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32111 Sawmills and Wood Preservation
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3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing
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32121 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing
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3219 Other Wood Product Manufacturing
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32191 Millwork
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32192 Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
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32199 All Other Wood Product Manufacturing
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3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
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32211 Pulp Mills
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32212 Paper Mills
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32213 Paperboard Mills
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3222 Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
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32221 Paperboard Container Manufacturing
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32222 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing
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32223 Stationery Product Manufacturing
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32229 Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
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3231 Printing and Related Support Activities
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32311 Printing
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32312 Support Activities for Printing
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3241 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
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32411 Petroleum Refineries
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32412 Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing
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32419 Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
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3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing
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32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing
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32512 Industrial Gas Manufacturing
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32513 Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing
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32518 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
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32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
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3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
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32521 Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing
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32522 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
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3253 Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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32531 Fertilizer Manufacturing
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32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
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32541 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
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3255 Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing
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32551 Paint and Coating Manufacturing
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32552 Adhesive Manufacturing
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3256 Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
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32561 Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing
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32562 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
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3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
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32591 Printing Ink Manufacturing
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32592 Explosives Manufacturing
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32599 All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
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3261 Plastics Product Manufacturing
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32611 Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing
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32612 Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing
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32613 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing
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32614 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
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32615 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
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32616 Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
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32619 Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
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3262 Rubber Product Manufacturing
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32621 Tire Manufacturing
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32622 Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing
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32629 Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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3271 Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing
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32711 Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing
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32712 Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing
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3272 Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing
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3273 Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing
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32731 Cement Manufacturing
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32732 Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
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32733 Concrete Pipe, Brick, and Block Manufacturing
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32739 Other Concrete Product Manufacturing
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3274 Lime and Gypsum Product Manufacturing
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32741 Lime Manufacturing
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32742 Gypsum Product Manufacturing
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3279 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
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32791 Abrasive Product Manufacturing
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32799 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
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