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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, or otherwise preparing natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds (other than common salt) are classified in Industry 1474. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household bleaches are classified in Industry 2842; those manufacturing phosphoric acid are classified in Industry 2874; and those manufacturing nitric acid, anhydrous ammonia, and other nitrogenous fertilizer materials are classified in Industry 2873.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified are:

  • Activated carbon and charcoal
  • Alkali metals
  • Alumina
  • Aluminum chloride
  • Aluminum compounds
  • Aluminum hydroxide (alumina trihydrate)
  • Aluminum oxide
  • Aluminum sulfate
  • Alums
  • Ammonia alum
  • Ammonium chloride, hydroxide, and molybdate
  • Ammonium compounds, except for fertilizer
  • Ammonium perchlorate
  • Ammonium thiosulfate
  • Barium compounds
  • Bauxite, refined
  • Beryllium oxide
  • Bleach (calcium hypochlorite), industrial
  • Bleach (sodium hypochlorite), industrial
  • Bleaches, industrial
  • Bleaching powder, industrial
  • Borax (sodium tetraborate)
  • Boric acid
  • Boron compounds, not produced at mines
  • Borosilicate
  • Brine
  • Bromine, elemental
  • Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite
  • Calcium compounds, inorganic
  • Calcium metal
  • Carbide
  • Catalysts, chemical
  • Cerium salts
  • Cesium metal
  • Charcoal, activated
  • Chlorosulfonic acid
  • Chromates and bichromates
  • Chromic acid
  • Chromium compounds, inorganic
  • Chromium salts
  • Cobalt 60 (radioactive)
  • Cobalt chloride
  • Cobalt sulfate
  • Copper chloride
  • Copper iodide and oxide
  • Copper sulfate
  • Cyanides
  • Desiccants, activated: silica gel
  • Dichromates
  • Ferric chloride
  • Ferric oxides, except pigments
  • Ferrocyanides
  • Fissionable material production
  • Fluorine, elemental
  • Fuel propellants, solid: inorganic
  • Fuels, high energy: inorganic
  • Glauber's salt
  • Heavy water
  • High purity grade chemicals, inorganic: refined from technical grades
  • Hydrated alumina silicate powder
  • Hydrazine
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Hydrocyanic acid
  • Hydrofluoric acid
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Hydrogen sulfide
  • Hydrosulfites
  • Hypophosphites
  • Indium chloride
  • Inorganic acids, except nitric or phosphoric
  • Iodides
  • Iodine elemental
  • Iodine, resublimed
  • Iron sulphate
  • Isotopes, radioactive
  • Laboratory chemicals, inorganic
  • Lead oxides, other than pigments
  • Lead silicate
  • Lime bleaching compounds
  • Lithium compounds
  • Lithium metal
  • Luminous compounds, radium
  • Magnesium carbonate
  • Magnesium chloride
  • Magnesium compounds, inorganic
  • Manganese dioxide powder, synthetic
  • Mercury chlorides (calomel, corrosive sublimate), except U.S.P.
  • Mercury compounds, inorganic
  • Mercury oxides
  • Mercury, redistilled
  • Metals, liquid
  • Mixed acid
  • Muriate of potash, not produced at mines
  • Nickel ammonium sulfate
  • Nickel carbonate
  • Nickel compounds, inorganic
  • Nickel sulfate
  • Nuclear cores, inorganic
  • Nuclear fuel reactor cores, inorganic
  • Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
  • Oleum (fuming sulfuric acid)
  • Oxidation catalyst made from porcelain
  • Perchloric acid
  • Peroxides, inorganic
  • Phosphates, except defluorinated and ammoniated
  • Phosphorus and phosphorus oxychloride
  • Potash alum
  • Potassium aluminum sulfate
  • Potassium bichromate and chromate
  • Potassium bromide
  • Potassium chlorate
  • Potassium chloride
  • Potassium compounds, inorganic: except potassium hydroxide and
  • Potassium cyanide
  • Potassium hypochlorate
  • Potassium iodide
  • Potassium metal
  • Potassium nitrate and sulfate
  • Potassium permanganate
  • Propellants for missiles, solid: inorganic
  • Radium chloride
  • Radium luminous compounds
  • Rare earth metal salts
  • Reagent grade chemicals, inorganic: refined from technical grades
  • Rubidium metal
  • Salt cake (sodium sulfate)
  • Salts of rare earth metals
  • Scandium
  • Silica gel
  • Silica, amorphous
  • Silico-fluorides
  • Silver bromide, chloride, and nitrate
  • Silver compounds, inorganic
  • Soda alum
  • Sodium aluminate
  • Sodium aluminum sulfate
  • Sodium antimoniate
  • Sodium arsenite, technical
  • Sodium bichromate and chromate
  • Sodium borates
  • Sodium borohydride
  • Sodium bromide, not produced at mines
  • Sodium chlorate
  • Sodium compounds, inorganic
  • Sodium cyanide
  • Sodium hydrosulfite
  • Sodium molybdate
  • Sodium perborate
  • Sodium peroxide
  • Sodium phosphate
  • Sodium polyphosphate
  • Sodium silicate
  • Sodium silicofluoride
  • Sodium stannate
  • Sodium sulfate-bulk or tablets
  • Sodium tetraborate not produced at mines
  • Sodium thiosulfate
  • Sodium tungstate
  • Sodium uranate
  • Sodium, metallic
  • Stannic and stannous chloride
  • Strontium carbonate precipitated and oxide
  • Strontium nitrate
  • Sublimate corrosive
  • Sulfate of potash and potash magnesia, not produced at mines
  • Sulfides and sulfites
  • Sulfocyanides
  • Sulfur chloride
  • Sulfur dioxide
  • Sulfur hexafluoride gas
  • Sulfur recovered or refined including from sour natural gas
  • Sulfuric acid
  • Tanning agents synthetic inorganic
  • Thiocyanates, inorganic
  • Tin chloride
  • Tin compounds, inorganic
  • Tin oxide
  • Tin salts
  • Tungsten carbide powder except abrasives or by metallurgical process
  • Uranium slug, radioactive
  • Water glass
  • Zinc chloride

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US (21111)

Revenue 2025

$484.6bn

Growth 2025

-0.86%

Key Trends

  • Profit has exhibited significant fluctuations throughout the period

  • Industry operators have required additional capacity to transport crude products

  • Pent-up demand will likely drive industry revenue

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

US-SIC Code 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified 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 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2819 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 281901 Catalysts (manufacturers)
  • 281902 Alum-manufacturers
  • 281903 Bleaching compounds (manufacturers)
  • 281904 Carbon-activated (manufacturers)
  • 281905 Radioactive materials (manufacturers)
  • 281906 Stain repellants (manufacturers)
  • 281907 Copper oxide (manufacturers)
  • 281908 Borax (manufacturers)
  • 281909 Brine (manufacturers)
  • 281910 Calcium carbonate (manufacturers)
  • 281911 Carbide metals & products-manufacturers
  • 281912 Iodine (manufacturers)
  • 281913 Silica gel (manufacturers)
  • 281998 Industrial inorganic chmcls nec (mfrs)

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 28190000 Industrial inorganic chemicals, nec
  • 28190100 Elements
  • 28190101 Alkali metals: lithium, cesium, francium, rubidium
  • 28190102 Alkali metals: sodium, potassium
  • 28190103 Bromine, elemental
  • 28190104 Calcium metal
  • 28190105 Fluorine, elemental
  • 28190106 Iodine, elemental
  • 28190107 Phosphorus, elemental
  • 28190108 Scandium
  • 28190200 Inorganic acids except nitric and phosphoric
  • 28190201 Boric acid
  • 28190202 Chlorosulfonic acid
  • 28190203 Chromic acid
  • 28190204 Hydrochloric acid
  • 28190205 Hydrocyanic acid
  • 28190206 Hydrofluoric acid
  • 28190207 Sulfuric acid, oleum
  • 28190300 Aluminum compounds
  • 28190301 Aluminum chloride
  • 28190302 Aluminum oxide
  • 28190303 Aluminum sulfate
  • 28190304 Bauxite, refined
  • 28190400 Sodium & potassium compounds, exc. bleaches, alkalies, alum.
  • 28190401 Brine
  • 28190402 Muriate of potash, not from mines
  • 28190403 Potassium compounds or salts, except hydroxide or carbonate
  • 28190404 Potassium chloride and cyanide
  • 28190405 Potassium nitrate and sulfate
  • 28190406 Sodium compounds or salts, inorg., ex. refined sod. chloride
  • 28190407 Sodium hyposulfite, sodium hydrosulfite
  • 28190408 Sodium silicate, water glass
  • 28190409 Sodium sulfate, glauber's salt, salt cake
  • 28190410 Sodium sulfides
  • 28190411 Sodium thiosulfate
  • 28190500 Alums
  • 28190501 Potash alum
  • 28190600 Fuels and radioactive compounds
  • 28190601 Cobalt 60 (radioactive)
  • 28190602 Fuel propellants, solid: inorganic
  • 28190603 Hydrazine
  • 28190604 Isotopes, radioactive
  • 28190605 Nuclear fuel and cores, inorganic
  • 28190606 Nuclear fuel scrap, reprocessing
  • 28190607 Nuclear fuels, uranium slug (radioactive)
  • 28190608 Radium, luminous compounds
  • 28190700 Carbides
  • 28190701 Calcium carbide
  • 28190702 Tungsten carbide powder, except abrasive or metallurgical
  • 28190800 Silica compounds
  • 28190801 Silica gel
  • 28190802 Silica, amorphous
  • 28190803 Silicofluorides
  • 28190900 Metal salts and compounds except sodium, potassium, aluminum
  • 28190901 Barium compounds
  • 28190902 Calcium chloride and hypochlorite
  • 28190903 Calcium compounds and salts, inorganic, nec
  • 28190904 Chromates and bichromates
  • 28190905 Chromium compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190906 Cobalt compounds and salts, inorganic
  • 28190907 Copper compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190908 Inorganic metal compounds or salts, nec
  • 28190909 Iron (ferric/ferrous) compounds or salts
  • 28190910 Lead compounds or salts, inorganic, not used in pigments
  • 28190911 Lithium compounds, inorganic
  • 28190912 Magnesium compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190913 Manganese dioxide powder, synthetic
  • 28190914 Mercury chlorides
  • 28190915 Mercury compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190916 Mercury oxides
  • 28190917 Mercury, redistilled
  • 28190918 Nickel compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190919 Silver compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190920 Strontium compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190921 Tin (stannic/stannous) compounds or salts, inorganic
  • 28190922 Zinc chloride
  • 28191000 Nonmetallic compounds
  • 28191001 Bleaching powder, lime bleaching compounds
  • 28191002 Boron compounds, nec, not from mines
  • 28191003 Charcoal (carbon), activated
  • 28191004 Cyanides
  • 28191005 Heavy water
  • 28191006 Hydrogen sulfide
  • 28191007 Hydrosulfites
  • 28191008 Hypophosphites
  • 28191009 Iodides, nec
  • 28191010 Peroxides, hydrogen peroxide
  • 28191011 Phosphates, except fertilizers: defluorinated and ammoniated
  • 28191012 Sulfur chloride
  • 28191013 Sulfur dioxide
  • 28191014 Sulfur hexafluoride gas
  • 28191015 Sulfur, recovered or refined, incl. from sour natural gas
  • 28191016 Thiocyanates, inorganic
  • 28191100 Ammonium salts and compounds
  • 28191101 Ammonium chloride, hydroxide, and molybdate
  • 28191102 Ammonium compounds, except fertilizers, nec
  • 28199900 Industrial inorganic chemicals, nec
  • 28199901 Catalysts, chemical
  • 28199902 Chemicals, high purity: refined from technical grade
  • 28199903 Chemicals, reagent grade: refined from technical grade
  • 28199904 Tanning agents, synthetic inorganic

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B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
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