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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paints (in paste and ready-mixed form); varnishes; lacquers; enamels and shellac; putties, wood fillers, and sealers; paint and varnish removers; paint brush cleaners; and allied paint products. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing carbon black are classified in Industry 2895; those manufacturing bone black, lamp black, and inorganic color pigments are classified in Industry 2816; those manufacturing organic color pigments are classified in Industry 2865; those manufacturing plastics materials are classified in Industry 2821; those manufacturing printing ink are classified in Industry 2893; those manufacturing caulking compounds and sealants are classified in Industry 2891; those manufacturing artists' paints are classified in Industry 3952; and those manufacturing turpentine are classified in Industry 2861.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products are:

  • Calcimines, dry and paste
  • Coating, air curing
  • Colors in oil, except artists'
  • Dispersions, thermoplastics and colloidal: paint
  • Dopes, paint
  • Driers, paint
  • Enamels, except dental and china painting
  • Epoxy coatings, made from purchased resin
  • Intaglio ink vehicle
  • Japans, baking and drying
  • Kalsomines, dry or paste
  • Lacquer bases and dopes
  • Lacquer thinner
  • Lacquer, clear and pigmented
  • Lacquers, plastics
  • Lead-in-oil paints
  • Linoleates, paint driers
  • Lithographic varnishes
  • Marine paints
  • Naphthanate driers
  • Oleate driers
  • Paint driers
  • Paint removers
  • Paintbrush cleaners
  • Paints, asphalt and bituminous
  • Paints, plastics texture: paste and dry
  • Paints, waterproof
  • Paints: oil and alkyd vehicle, and water thinned
  • Phenol formaldehyde coatings, baking and air curing
  • Plastics base paints and varnishes
  • Plastisol coating compound
  • Polyurethane coatings
  • Primers, paint
  • Putty
  • Resinate driers
  • Shellac, protective coating
  • Soyate driers
  • Stains: varnish, oil, and wax
  • Tallate driers
  • Thinners, paint: prepared
  • Undercoatings, paint
  • Varnish removers
  • Varnishes
  • Vinyl coatings, strippable
  • Vinyl plastisol
  • Water paints
  • Wood fillers and sealers
  • Wood stains
  • Zinc oxide in oil, paint

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Paint Manufacturing in the US (32551)

Revenue 2025

$44.5bn

Growth 2025

0.68%

Key Trends

  • Increased private spending on home improvements and housing starts have significantly boosted demand

  • Rising residential construction and housing starts have bolstered industry revenue

  • Both private spending on home improvements and housing starts are expected to decrease

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products

US-SIC Code 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products sits in the 2-digit Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products 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 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 285101 Paint removers-manufacturers
  • 285102 Lacquers-manufacturers
  • 285103 Paint-manufacturers
  • 285104 Manufacturers-coatings
  • 285105 Putty-manufacturers
  • 285106 Shellac-manufacturers
  • 285107 Fillers (non-metallic)(manufacturers)
  • 285108 Furniture finishing materials (mfrs)
  • 285109 Putty (manufacturers)
  • 285111 Lacquer thinners (manufacturers)
  • 285112 Glazing compounds (manufacturers)
  • 285114 Painters equipment & supplies-mfrs
  • 285198 Paint varnish & allied products (mfrs)

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 28510000 Paints and allied products
  • 28510100 Paints and paint additives
  • 28510101 Colors in oil, except artists'
  • 28510102 Lead-in-oil paints
  • 28510103 Marine paints
  • 28510104 Paint driers
  • 28510105 Paints, asphalt or bituminous
  • 28510106 Paints, waterproof
  • 28510107 Paints: oil or alkyd vehicle or water thinned
  • 28510108 Plastics base paints and varnishes
  • 28510109 Undercoatings, paint
  • 28510200 Lacquers, varnishes, enamels, and other coatings
  • 28510201 Coating, air curing
  • 28510202 Enamels, nec
  • 28510203 Epoxy coatings
  • 28510204 Intaglio ink vehicle
  • 28510205 Japans, baking or drying
  • 28510206 Lacquer: bases, dopes, thinner
  • 28510207 Lithographic varnishes
  • 28510208 Polyurethane coatings
  • 28510209 Shellac (protective coating)
  • 28510210 Stains: varnish, oil, or wax
  • 28510211 Varnishes, nec
  • 28510212 Vinyl coatings, strippable
  • 28510213 Wood stains
  • 28510300 Putty, wood fillers and sealers
  • 28510301 Putty
  • 28510302 Wood fillers or sealers
  • 28510400 Removers and cleaners
  • 28510401 Paint removers
  • 28510402 Paintbrush cleaners
  • 28510403 Varnish removers

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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
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
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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