Analysis
NAICS 325194 is the 2022 national industry for cyclic crude, intermediate, and gum and wood chemical manufacturing, part of 32519 (Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing). Census lists 100 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 68 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 5,542 people at an average annual payroll of $94,888 per employee (81st percentile of national industries). 18% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 9%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, with 5.8% of them.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 325199, 325110, 324110 and 331110. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include acetate of lime, natural, made by distillation of wood, acetone, natural, manufacturing, aminoanthraquinone manufacturing and aminoazobenzene manufacturing, among 100 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) distilling wood or gum into products, such as tall oil and wood distillates; (2) distilling coal tars; (3) manufacturing wood or gum chemicals, such as naval stores, natural tanning materials, charcoal briquettes, and charcoal (except activated); and (4) manufacturing cyclic crudes or cyclic intermediates (i.e., hydrocarbons, except aromatic petrochemicals) from refined petroleum or natural gas.
Cross-references. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing cyclic chemicals (except aromatic and intermediates) | 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing aromatic petrochemicals from refined petroleum or natural gas | 325110 Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing aromatic petrochemicals by refining crude petroleum | 324110 Petroleum Refineries |
| Manufacturing coal tar crudes in steel mills with coke ovens | 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing fuel briquettes from refined petroleum | 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing activated charcoal | 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing |
Index entries (100)
- Acetate of lime, natural, made by distillation of wood
- Acetone, natural, manufacturing
- Aminoanthraquinone manufacturing
- Aminoazobenzene manufacturing
- Aminoazotoluene manufacturing
- Aminophenol manufacturing
- Aniline manufacturing
- Annatto extract manufacturing
- Anthracene manufacturing
- Azobenzene manufacturing
- Benzaldehyde manufacturing
- Benzoic acid manufacturing
- Brazilwood extract manufacturing
- Brewers' pitch made by distillation of wood
- Camphor, natural, manufacturing
- Charcoal (except activated) manufacturing
- Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing
- Chestnut extract manufacturing
- Chlorobenzene manufacturing
- Chloronaphthalene manufacturing
- Chlorophenol manufacturing
- Chlorotoluene manufacturing
- Coal tar distillates manufacturing
- Creosote made by distillation of coal tar
- Creosote made by distillation of wood tar
- Cresols made by distillation of coal tar
- Cresylic acids made from refined petroleum or natural gas
- Cyclic crudes made by distillation of coal tar
- Cyclic intermediates made from refined petroleum or natural gas (except aromatic petrochemicals)
- Cyclohexane manufacturing
- Cyclopentane made from refined petroleum or natural gas
- Cyclopropane made from refined petroleum or natural gas
- Cycloterpenes manufacturing
- Diethylcyclohexane manufacturing
- Diphenylamine manufacturing
- Distillates, wood, manufacturing
- Dragon's blood manufacturing
- Dyes, natural, manufacturing
- Ethyl acetate, natural, manufacturing
- Extracts, natural dyeing and tanning, manufacturing