325193

Analysis

NAICS 325193 is the 2022 national industry for ethyl alcohol manufacturing, part of 32519 (Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing). Census lists 4 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 207 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 10,719 people at an average annual payroll of $91,148 per employee (79th percentile of national industries). 8% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include denatured alcohol manufacturing, ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing, ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing and grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 4 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2207 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, distilling liquors (except brandy) are classified in 312140 (Distilleries) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 312140 and 312130. 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.