Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of plastics materials, and of unsupported plastics film, sheets, sheeting, rods, tubes, and other basic forms and shapes.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 5162 - Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes are:
- Plastics basic shapes-wholesale
- Plastics film-wholesale
- Plastics materials-wholesale
- Plastics resins-wholesale
- Plastics sheet and rods-wholesale
- Resins, synthetic: except rubber-wholesale
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Plastics Wholesaling in the US (42461)
Revenue 2025
$48.8bn
Growth 2025
-3.11%
Key Trends
The industry has increasingly been marked by consolidation
Industry operators have benefited from growing construction sectors and increased manufacturing capacity utilization
Demand for industry products will rise due to downstream industries using plastics in large construction projects
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 5162 - Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes
US-SIC Code 5162 - Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes sits in the 2-digit Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes 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: F
Division Title: Wholesale Trade
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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501 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies
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502 Furniture and Home Furnishings
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503 Lumber and Other Construction Materials
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504 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies
- 5043 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
- 5044 Office Equipment
- 5045 Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
- 5046 Commercial Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 5047 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies
- 5048 Ophthalmic Goods
- 5049 Professional Equipment and Supplies, Not Elsewhere Classified
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505 Metals and Minerals, Except Petroleum
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506 Electrical Goods
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507 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment
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508 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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509 Miscellaneous Durable Goods
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511 Paper and Paper Products
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512 Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries
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513 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions
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514 Groceries and Related Products
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515 Farm-product Raw Materials
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516 Chemicals and Allied Products
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517 Petroleum and Petroleum Products
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518 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
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519 Miscellaneous Non-durable Goods
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 5162 - Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 5162 - Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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516201 Plastics-reinforced (wholesale)
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516202 Plastics-products-finished-wholesale
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516203 Plastics-rods, tubes, sheets etc (whol)
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516204 Credit cards-plastic metal etc-distr
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516205 Laminations-plastic paper etc-wholesale
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516206 Plastic molders-wholesale
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516207 Plastics-raw mtrls-powders liquid-whol
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516208 Plastics-fabrctng,fnshng,decor-wholesale
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516209 Vinyl-wholesale
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516210 Pipe-plastic-wholesale
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516213 Linings-bag barrel & etc (wholesale)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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51620000 Plastics materials and basic shapes
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51620100 Resins
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51620101 Plastics resins
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51620102 Resins, synthetic
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51629900 Plastics materials and basic shapes, nec
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51629901 Plastics basic shapes
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51629902 Plastics film
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51629903 Plastics materials, nec
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51629904 Plastics products, nec
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51629905 Plastics sheets and rods
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