3259

Analysis

NAICS 3259 is the 2022 industry group for other chemical product and preparation manufacturing, part of 325 (Chemical Manufacturing). Census lists 152 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 2,251 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 86,668 people at an average annual payroll of $78,366 per employee (67th percentile of national industries). 30% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 152 index entries; typical ones are bronze printing inks manufacturing, amatols manufacturing, custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased… and computer printer toner cartridges manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 185 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 3301 (essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes…), 3702 (photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any…) and 3215 (printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 32599 (All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing) with 1,865.

Its more detailed codes are 32591 Printing Ink Manufacturing (306 establishments), 32592 Explosives Manufacturing (80 establishments) and 32599 All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1,865 establishments).