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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified. Important products of this industry include: (1) aliphatic and other acyclic organic chemicals, such as ethylene, butylene, and butadiene; acetic, chloroacetic, adipic, formic, oxalic, and tartaric acids and their metallic salts; chloral, formaldehyde, and methylamine; (2) solvents, such as amyl, butyl, and ethyl alcohols; methanol; amyl, butyl, and ethyl acetates; ethyl ether, ethylene glycol ether, and diethylene glycol ether; acetone, carbon disulfide and chlorinated solvents, such as carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, and trichloroethylene; (3) polyhydric alcohols, such as ethylene glycol, sorbitol, pentaerythritol, synthetic glycerin; (4) synthetic perfume and flavoring materials, such as coumarin, methyl salicylate, saccharin, citral, citronellal, synthetic geraniol, ionone, terpineol, and synthetic vanillin; (5) rubber processing chemicals, such as accelerators and antioxidants, both cyclic and acyclic; (6) plasticizers, both cyclic and acyclic, such as esters of phosphoric acid, phthalic anhydride, adipic acid, lauric acid, oleic acid, sebacic acid, and stearic acid; (7) synthetic tanning agents, such as naphthalene sulfonic acid condensates; (8) chemical warfare gases; and (9) esters, amines, etc., of polyhydric alcohols and fatty and other acids. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics materials and nonvulcanizable elastomers are classified in Industry 2821; those manufacturing synthetic rubber are classified in Industry 2822; those manufacturing essential oils are classified in Industry 2899; those manufacturing wood distillation products, naval stores and natural dyeing and tanning materials are classified in Industry 2861; those manufacturing manmade textile fibers are classified in Industries 2823 and 2824; those manufacturing specialty cleaning, polishing, and sanitation preparations are classified in Industry 2842; those manufacturing paints are classified in Industry 2851; those manufacturing area are classified in Industry 2873; those manufacturing organic pigments are classified in Industry 2865; those manufacturing inorganic pigments are classified in Industry 2816 and those manufacturing aliphatics and aromatics as by-products of petroleum refining are classified in Industry 2911. Distilleries engaged in the manufacture of grain alcohol for beverage purposes are classified in Industry 2085.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified are:

  • Butylene, made in chemical plants
  • Calcium oxalate
  • Camphor, synthetic
  • Caprolactam
  • Carbon bisulfide (disulfide)
  • Carbon tetrachloride
  • Casing fluids for curing fruits, spices, and tobacco
  • Cellulose acetate, unplasticized
  • Chemical warfare gases
  • Chloral
  • Chlorinated solvents
  • Butyl ester solution of 2, 4-D
  • Butyl acetate, alcohol, and propionate
  • Butadiene, made in chemical plants
  • Bromochloromethane
  • Aspartome
  • Amyl acetate and alcohol
  • Algin products
  • Alcohols, industrial: denatured (nonbeverage)
  • Alcohol, methyl: synthetic (methanol)
  • Alcohol, fatty: powdered
  • Alcohol, aromatic
  • Adiponitrile
  • Adipic acid esters
  • Adipic acid
  • Acrylonitrile
  • Acrolein
  • Acids, organic
  • Acid esters and amines
  • Acetone, synthetic
  • Acetin
  • Acetic anhydride
  • Acetic acid, synthetic
  • Acetates, except natural acetate of lime
  • Acetaldehyde
  • Chloroacetic acid and metallic salts
  • Ethyl chloride
  • Ethyl ether
  • Ethyl formate
  • Ethyl nitrite
  • Ethyl perhydrophenanthrene
  • Ethylene glycol
  • Ethylene glycol ether
  • Ethylene glycol, inhibited
  • Ethylene oxide
  • Ethylene, made in chemical plants
  • Fatty acid esters and amines
  • Ferric ammonium oxalate
  • Flavors and flavoring materials, synthetic
  • Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases
  • Formaldehyde (formalin)
  • Formic acid and metallic salts
  • Fuel propellants, solid: organic
  • Fuels, high energy: organic
  • Geraniol, synthetic
  • Glycerin, except from fats (synthetic)
  • Grain alcohol, industrial (nonbeverage)
  • Hexamethylenediamine
  • Hexamethylenetetramine
  • High purity grade chemicals, organic: refined from technical grades
  • Hydraulic fluids, synthetic base
  • Industrial organic cyclic compounds
  • Ionone
  • Isopropyl alcohol
  • Chloroform
  • Chloropicrin
  • Citral
  • Citrates
  • Citric acid
  • Citronellal
  • Coumarin
  • Cream of tartar
  • Cyclopropane
  • Decahydronaphthalene
  • Dichlorodifluoromethane
  • Diethylcyclohexane (mixed isomers)
  • Diethylene glycol ether
  • Dimethyl divinyl acetylene (di-isopropenyl acetylene)
  • Dimethylhydrazine, unsymmetrical
  • Enzymes, except diagnostic substances
  • Esters of phosphoric, adipic, lauric, oleic, sebacic, and stearic acids
  • Esters of phthalic anhydride
  • Ethanol, industrial
  • Ether
  • Ethyl acetate, synthetic
  • Ethyl alcohol, industrial (nonbeverage)
  • Ethyl butyrate
  • Ethyl cellulose, unplasticized
  • Ketone methyl ethyl
  • Oxalates
  • Oxalic acid and metallic salts
  • Pentaerythritol
  • Perchloroethylene
  • Perfume materials, synthetic
  • Phosgene
  • Phthalates
  • Plasticizers, organic: cyclic and acyclic
  • Polyhydric alcohol esters and amines
  • Polyhydric alcohols
  • Potassium bitartrate
  • Propellants for missiles, solid: organic
  • Propylene glycol
  • Propylene, made in chemical plants
  • Quinuclidinol ester of benzylic acid
  • Reagent grade chemicals, organic: refined from technical grades,
  • Rocket engine fuel, organic
  • Rubber processing chemicals, organic: accelerators and antioxidants
  • Saccharin
  • Sebacic acid
  • Silicones
  • Sodium acetate
  • Sodium alginate
  • Sodium benzoate
  • Sodium glutamate
  • Sodium pentachlorophenate
  • Sodium sulfoxalate formaldehyde
  • Solvents, organic
  • Sorbitol
  • Ketone, methyl isobutyl
  • Laboratory chemicals, organic
  • Lauric acid esters
  • Lime citrate
  • Malononitrile, technical grade
  • Metallic salts of acyclic organic chemicals
  • Metallic stearate
  • Methanol, synthetic (methyl alcohol)
  • Methyl chloride
  • Methyl perhydrofluorine
  • Methyl salicylate
  • Methylamine
  • Methylene chloride
  • Monochlorodifluoromethane
  • Monomethylparaminophenol sulfate
  • Monosodium glutamate
  • Mustard gas
  • Naphthalene sulfonic acid condensates
  • Naphthenic acid soap
  • Normal hexyl decalin
  • Nuclear fuels, organic
  • Oleic acid esters
  • Organic acid esters
  • Organic chemicals, acyclic
  • Stearic acid salts
  • Sulfonated naphthalene
  • Sweetners, synthetic
  • Tackifiers, organic
  • Tannic acid
  • Tanning agents, synthetic organic
  • Tartaric acid and metallic salts
  • Tartrates
  • Tear gas
  • Terpineol
  • Tert-butylated bis (p-phenoxyphenyl) ether fluid
  • Tetrachloroethylene
  • Tetraethyl lead
  • Thioglycolic acid, for permanent wave lotions
  • Trichloroethylene
  • Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
  • Trichlorotrifluoroethane tetrachlorodifluoroethane isopropyl alcohol
  • Tricresyl phosphate
  • Tridecyl alcohol
  • Trimethyltrithiophosphite (rocket propellants)
  • Triphenyl phosphate
  • Vanillin, synthetic
  • Vinyl acetate

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Petrochemical Manufacturing in the US (32511)

Revenue 2025

$83.1bn

Growth 2025

-1.04%

Key Trends

  • Even though profit has suffered, the industry has rapidly expanded its exports

  • As the economy recovers, demand from downstream markets is expected to increase

  • Revenue volatility will ease as overall economic conditions stabilize

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

US-SIC Code 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Industrial Organic 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 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2869 - Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 286901 Flavoring extracts-mfrs supls (mfrs)
  • 286902 Carbon tetrachloride (manufacturers)
  • 286903 Plasticizers (manufacturers)
  • 286904 Solvents-manufacturers
  • 286905 Nuclear fuels (manufacturers)
  • 286998 Industrial organic chemicals nec (mfrs)

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 28690000 Industrial organic chemicals, nec
  • 28690100 Alcohols, non beverage
  • 28690101 Alcohols, industrial: denatured (non-beverage)
  • 28690102 Amyl alcohol
  • 28690103 Butyl alcohol, butanol
  • 28690104 Ethyl alcohol, ethanol
  • 28690105 Ethylene glycols
  • 28690106 Grain alcohol, industrial
  • 28690107 Isopropyl alcohol, isopropanol
  • 28690108 Methyl alcohol, synthetic, methanol
  • 28690200 Olefins
  • 28690201 Ethylene
  • 28690202 Propylene, butylene
  • 28690300 Amines, acids, salts, esters
  • 28690301 Acetates: amyl, butyl, and ethyl
  • 28690302 Acetic and chloroacetic acid and metallic salts
  • 28690303 Adipic acid and metallic salts
  • 28690304 Adipic acid esters
  • 28690305 Esters of phthalic anhydride
  • 28690306 Ethanolamines
  • 28690307 Fatty acid esters, aminos, etc.
  • 28690308 Formic acid and metallic salts
  • 28690309 Methylamine
  • 28690310 Oleic acid esters
  • 28690311 Oxalic acid and metallic salts
  • 28690312 Phosphoric acid esters
  • 28690313 Polyhydric alcohol esters, aminos, etc.
  • 28690314 Sebacic acid
  • 28690315 Stearic acid salts
  • 28690316 Tannic acid
  • 28690317 Tartaric acid and metallic salts
  • 28690318 Vinyl acetate
  • 28690400 Fuels
  • 28690401 Rocket engine fuel, organic
  • 28690500 Perfumes, flavorings, and food additives
  • 28690501 Flavors or flavoring materials, synthetic
  • 28690502 Monosodium glutamate
  • 28690503 Perfume materials, synthetic
  • 28690504 Saccharin
  • 28690505 Sorbitol
  • 28690506 Sweeteners, synthetic
  • 28690507 Vanillin, synthetic
  • 28690600 Aldehydes and ketones
  • 28690601 Acetaldehyde
  • 28690602 Acetone, synthetic
  • 28690603 Formaldehyde (formalin)
  • 28690604 Ketone: methyl ethyl and methyl isobutyl
  • 28699900 Industrial organic chemicals, nec
  • 28699901 Accelerators, rubber processing: cyclic or acyclic
  • 28699902 Antioxidants, rubber processing: cyclic or acyclic
  • 28699903 Butadiene (industrial organic chemical)
  • 28699904 Camphor, synthetic
  • 28699905 Carbon disulfide
  • 28699906 Carbon tetrachloride
  • 28699907 Casing fluids for curing fruits, spices, tobacco, etc.
  • 28699908 Chemical warfare gases: phosgene, mustard gas, tear gas
  • 28699909 Chloral
  • 28699910 Chlorinated solvents
  • 28699911 Chloroethylenes
  • 28699912 Chloroform
  • 28699913 DDT, technical
  • 28699914 Embalming fluids
  • 28699915 Enzymes
  • 28699916 Ethers
  • 28699917 Ethylene oxide
  • 28699918 Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases
  • 28699919 Freon
  • 28699920 Glycerin
  • 28699921 Glycol ethers
  • 28699922 High purity grade chemicals, organic
  • 28699923 Hydraulic fluids, synthetic base
  • 28699924 Laboratory chemicals, organic
  • 28699925 Pentaerythritol
  • 28699926 Plasticizers, organic: cyclic and acyclic
  • 28699927 Silicones
  • 28699928 Solvents, organic
  • 28699929 Tanning agents, synthetic organic
  • 28699930 Tetraethyl lead

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A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
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