Analysis
NAICS 325412 is the 2022 national industry for pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing, part of 32541 (Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing). Census lists 74 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,436 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 170,029 people at an average annual payroll of $114,378 per employee (89th percentile of national industries). 26% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, with 49.4% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include adrenal medicinal preparations manufacturing, analgesic preparations manufacturing, anesthetic preparations manufacturing and angiourographic diagnostic preparations manufacturing, among 74 in all.
Its goods appear in 203 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3004 (medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006)…), 2937 (hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes…) and 2933 (heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment rose 19%. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing in-vivo diagnostic substances and pharmaceutical preparations (except biological) intended for internal and external consumption in dose forms, such as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing uncompounded medicinal chemicals and their derivatives | 325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing in-vitro diagnostic substances | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing vaccines, toxoids, blood fractions, and culture media of plant or animal origin (except for diagnostic use) | 325414 Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing |
Index entries (74)
- Adrenal medicinal preparations manufacturing
- Analgesic preparations manufacturing
- Anesthetic preparations manufacturing
- Angiourographic diagnostic preparations manufacturing
- Antacid preparations manufacturing
- Anthelmintic preparations manufacturing
- Antibacterial preparations manufacturing
- Antibiotic preparations manufacturing
- Antidepressant preparations manufacturing
- Antihistamine preparations manufacturing
- Antineoplastic preparations manufacturing
- Antipyretic preparations manufacturing
- Antiseptic preparations manufacturing
- Antispasmodic preparations manufacturing
- Astringent preparations manufacturing
- Barbiturate preparations manufacturing
- Barium in-vivo diagnostic substances manufacturing
- Belladonna preparations manufacturing
- Birth control pills manufacturing
- Botanical extract preparations (except in-vitro diagnostics) manufacturing
- Cardiac preparations manufacturing
- Cathartic preparations manufacturing
- Central nervous system stimulant preparations manufacturing
- Coagulation in-vivo diagnostic substances manufacturing
- Cold remedies manufacturing
- Contraceptive preparations manufacturing
- Contrast media in-vivo diagnostic substances (e.g., iodine, barium) manufacturing
- Cough drops, medicated, manufacturing
- Cough medicines manufacturing
- Cyclopropane medicinal preparations manufacturing
- Dermatological preparations manufacturing
- Diagnostic biological preparations (except in-vitro) manufacturing
- Dietary supplements, compounded, manufacturing
- Digestive system preparations manufacturing
- Digitalis medicinal preparations manufacturing
- Diuretic preparations manufacturing
- Effervescent salts manufacturing
- Electrolyte in-vivo diagnostic substances manufacturing
- Eye and ear preparations manufacturing
- Fever remedy preparations manufacturing