Analysis
NAICS 32419 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other petroleum and coal products manufacturing, part of 3241 (Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing). Census lists 25 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 350 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 16,850 people at an average annual payroll of $90,398 per employee (78th percentile of national industries). 21% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Census lists 8 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 32411, 32519, 32412 and 33111. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 11% and employment rose 5%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Across its national industries Census lists 25 index entries; typical ones are brake fluids, petroleum, made from refined petroleum and biodiesel fuels not made in petroleum refineries and….
Its goods appear in 4 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3819 (), 2701 (coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels…) and 2707 (oils and other products of the distillation of high…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing petroleum products (except asphalt paving, roofing, and saturated materials) from refined petroleum or coal products made in coke ovens not integrated with a steel mill.
Illustrative Examples:
Biodiesel fuels not made in petroleum refineries and blended with purchased refined petroleum Coke oven products (e.g., coke, gases, tars) made in coke oven establishments Petroleum brake fluids made from refined petroleum Petroleum jelly made from refined petroleum Petroleum briquettes made from refined petroleum Petroleum lubricating oils and greases made from refined petroleum Petroleum waxes made from refined petroleum Re-refining used petroleum lubricating oils
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing petroleum products by refining crude petroleum | 32411 Petroleum Refineries |
| Manufacturing biofuels not blended with refined petroleum | 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing asphalt and tar paving, roofing, and saturated materials from refined petroleum | 32412 Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing coke oven products in steel mills | 33111 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing acyclic and cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (i.e., petrochemicals) from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons | 32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing cyclic and acyclic organic chemicals (except petrochemicals) | 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing petroleum polymer resins | 32521 Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing synthetic lubricating oils and greases | 32599 All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing |
Index entries (25)
- Brake fluids, petroleum, made from refined petroleum
- Biodiesel fuels not made in petroleum refineries and blended with purchased refined petroleum