NAICS 32551

Paint & Coating Manufacturing

Key Figures

Establishments
1,125
Census CBP · 2023
Employment
46,345
Census CBP · 2023
Market size
$33.2B
Census Economic Census · 2022

Figures are published for NAICS 32551 directly.

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Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) mixing pigments, solvents, and binders into paints and other coatings, such as stains, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, shellacs, and water-repellent coatings for concrete and masonry, and/or (2) manufacturing allied paint products, such as putties, paint and varnish removers, paint brush cleaners, and frit.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 325510, the only detailed industry in this group.

Which code does this activity belong in?

Paint and coating manufacturing establishments mix pigments, solvents, and binders to produce paints, stains, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, shellacs, and water-repellent coatings for concrete and masonry, or manufacture allied products such as putties, paint removers, and brush cleaners. This code does not include the manufacturing of adhesives, which is classified in Adhesive Manufacturing.

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Written for NAICS 325510, the only detailed industry in this group.

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