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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2621 - Paper Mills

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paper from woodpulp and other fiber pulp, and which may also manufacture converted paper products. Establishments primarily engaged in integrated operations of producing pulp and manufacturing paper are included in this industry if primarily shipping paper or paper products. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing converted paper products from purchased paper stock are classified in Industry Group 265 or Industry Group 267.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2621 - Paper Mills are:

  • Absorbent paper-mitse
  • Asbestos paper and asbestos filled paper-mitse
  • Asphalt paper: laminated-mitse
  • Asphalt sheathing-mitse
  • Bag paper-mitse
  • Blotting paper-mitse
  • Bond paper-mitse
  • Book paper-mitse
  • Bristols, except bogus-mitse
  • Building paper: sheathing, insulation, saturating, and dry felts-mitse
  • Capacitor paper-mitse
  • Catalog paper-mitse
  • Cigarette paper-mitse
  • Cleansing tissue stock-mitse
  • Condenser paper-mitse
  • Construction paper-mitse
  • Cotton fiber paper-mitse
  • Cover paper-mitse
  • Dry felts, except textile-mitse
  • Facial tissue stock-mitse
  • Felts, building-mitse
  • Filter paper-mitse
  • Greaseproof wrapping paper-mitse
  • Groundwood paper-mitse
  • Hanging paper (wallpaper stock)-mitse
  • Kraft sheathing paper-mitse
  • Kraft wrapping paper-mitse
  • Lining paper-mitse
  • Lithograph paper-mitse
  • Manila wrapping paper-mitse
  • Matrix paper-mitse
  • Milk filter disks-mitse
  • Napkin stock, paper-mitse
  • News tablet paper-mitse
  • Newsprint-mitse
  • Offset paper-mitse
  • Paper mills-mitse
  • Paper, building-mitse
  • Paper-mitse
  • Parchment paper-mitse
  • Poster paper-mitse
  • Printing paper-mitse
  • Publication paper-mitse
  • Roofing felt stock-mitse
  • Rope and jute wrapping paper-mitse
  • Rotogravure paper-mitse
  • Saturated felt-mitse
  • Shipping sack paper-mitse
  • Tagboard, made in paper mills-mitse
  • Tar paper, building and roofing-mitse
  • Text paper-mitse
  • Thin paper-mitse
  • Tissue paper-mitse
  • Toilet tissue stock-mitse
  • Toweling paper-mitse
  • Wallpaper stock (hanging paper)-mitse
  • Wrapping paper-mitse
  • Writing paper-mitse

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Paper Mills in the US (32212)

Revenue 2025

$31bn

Growth 2025

-6.19%

Key Trends

  • Major industry operators have had to contend with the rise of digital media and electronic alternatives

  • Demand for certain personal care products increased as consumers pantry-loaded during the initial outbreak of the pandemic

  • The rise of digital media and electronic substitutes will likely continue to threaten the industry

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2621 - Paper Mills

US-SIC Code 2621 - Paper Mills sits in the 2-digit Paper Mills sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2621 - Paper Mills

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2621 - Paper Mills. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 262101 Paper-manufacturers
  • 262102 Paper towels-mfrs
  • 262104 Cigarette papers & tubes-manufacturers
  • 262105 Printing supplies-manufacturers
  • 262106 Card & paper finishing (manufacturers)

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 26210000 Paper mills
  • 26210100 Towels, tissues and napkins; paper and stock
  • 26210101 Cleansing paper
  • 26210102 Creping tissue
  • 26210103 Facial tissue stock
  • 26210104 Napkin stock, paper
  • 26210105 Pattern tissue
  • 26210106 Sanitary tissue paper
  • 26210107 Tissue paper
  • 26210108 Toilet tissue stock
  • 26210109 Toweling tissue (paper)
  • 26210200 Parchment, securities, and bank note papers
  • 26210201 Bank note paper
  • 26210202 Parchment paper
  • 26210203 Securities paper
  • 26210300 Specialty or chemically treated papers
  • 26210301 Absorbent paper
  • 26210302 Blotting paper
  • 26210303 Capacitor paper
  • 26210304 Cigarette paper
  • 26210305 Condenser paper
  • 26210306 Filter paper
  • 26210307 Milk filter disks
  • 26210308 Specialty papers
  • 26210309 Waterproof paper
  • 26210400 Book, bond and printing papers
  • 26210401 Bond paper
  • 26210402 Book paper
  • 26210403 Lithograph paper
  • 26210404 Matrix paper
  • 26210405 Offset paper
  • 26210406 Printing paper
  • 26210407 Rotogravure paper
  • 26210408 Text paper
  • 26210500 Poster and art papers
  • 26210501 Art paper
  • 26210502 Bristols
  • 26210503 Construction paper
  • 26210504 Poster paper
  • 26210600 Stationary, envelope and tablet papers
  • 26210601 Business form paper
  • 26210602 Card paper
  • 26210603 Copy paper
  • 26210604 Envelope paper
  • 26210605 Greeting card paper
  • 26210606 Papeteries
  • 26210607 Tablet paper
  • 26210608 Writing paper
  • 26210700 Catalog, magazine, and newsprint papers
  • 26210701 Catalog paper
  • 26210702 Cover paper
  • 26210703 Magazine paper
  • 26210704 Newsprint paper
  • 26210800 Wrapping and packaging papers
  • 26210801 Bag paper
  • 26210802 Glassine wrapping paper
  • 26210803 Greaseproof wrapping paper
  • 26210804 Kraft wrapping paper
  • 26210805 Manila wrapping paper
  • 26210806 Packaging paper
  • 26210807 Shipping sack paper
  • 26210808 Wrapping paper
  • 26210900 Building and roofing paper, felts and insulation siding
  • 26210901 Asbestos filled paper
  • 26210902 Asbestos paper
  • 26210903 Asphalt paper, laminated
  • 26210904 Building paper and felts, nec
  • 26210905 Building paper, insulation
  • 26210906 Building paper, saturating
  • 26210907 Building paper, sheathing
  • 26210908 Felts, building
  • 26210909 Insulation siding, paper
  • 26210910 Kraft sheathing paper
  • 26210911 Roofing felt stock
  • 26210912 Saturated felts
  • 26210913 Tar paper, building/roofing
  • 26211000 Pressed and molded pulp and fiber products
  • 26211001 Can stock, fiber
  • 26211002 Lath, fiber
  • 26211003 Molded pulp products
  • 26211004 Pressed pulp products
  • 26211005 Tube stock
  • 26219900 Paper mills, nec
  • 26219901 Fine paper
  • 26219902 Kraft paper
  • 26219903 Rope or jute paper
  • 26219904 Uncoated paper
  • 26219905 Wallpaper (hanging paper)

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Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
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G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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