NAICS Code 325180: Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
National industry
SBA small business size standard: 1,000 employees
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic inorganic chemicals (except industrial gases and synthetic dyes and pigments).
Government contracts for this product: PSC 6850 Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties
Code facts
- Part of
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31-33
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325
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3251
- 32518
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3251
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325
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31-33
- Contract awards
- 209 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $335,317,522 In FY2025
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Business activities under NAICS 325180
- Alkalies manufacturing
- Aluminum chloride manufacturing
- Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Aluminum hydroxide (i.e., alumina trihydrate) manufacturing
- Aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing
- Ammonium chloride manufacturing
- Ammonium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Ammonium hydroxide manufacturing
- Ammonium molybdate manufacturing
- Ammonium perchlorate manufacturing
- Ammonium thiosulfate manufacturing
- Animal black manufacturing
- Antimony oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
- Arsenates (except insecticides) manufacturing
- Arsenic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Arsenites manufacturing
- Barium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Barium hydroxide manufacturing
- Beryllium oxide manufacturing
- Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- Bone black manufacturing
- Borax (i.e., sodium borate) manufacturing
- Boric acid manufacturing
- Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Borosilicate manufacturing
- Bromine manufacturing
- Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing
- Calcium hypochlorite manufacturing
- Calcium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten) manufacturing
- Carbon black manufacturing
- Carbon disulfide manufacturing
- Carbon inorganic compounds manufacturing
- Carbonic acid manufacturing
- Caustic potash manufacturing
- Caustic soda (i.e., sodium hydroxide) manufacturing
- Cerium salts manufacturing
- Cesium and cesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Channel black manufacturing
- Chloride of lime manufacturing
- Chlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Chlorine dioxide manufacturing
- Chlorine manufacturing
- Chlorosulfonic acid manufacturing
- Chromic acid manufacturing
- Chromium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Chromium oxide manufacturing
- Chromium salts manufacturing
- Cobalt 60 (i.e., radioactive cobalt) manufacturing
- Cobalt chloride manufacturing
- Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Cobalt sulfate manufacturing
- Copper chloride manufacturing
- Copper compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Copper iodide manufacturing
- Copper sulfate manufacturing
- Cyanides manufacturing
- Deuterium oxide (i.e., heavy water) manufacturing
- Dichromates manufacturing
- Ferric chloride manufacturing
- Ferric oxide manufacturing
- Ferrocyanides manufacturing
- Fluoboric acid manufacturing
- Fluorine manufacturing
- Fuel propellants, solid inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Furnace black manufacturing
- Glauber's salt manufacturing
- Heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide) manufacturing
- Hydrazine manufacturing
- Hydrochloric acid manufacturing
- Hydrocyanic acid manufacturing
- Hydrofluoric acid manufacturing
- Hydrofluosilicic acid manufacturing
- Hydrogen peroxide manufacturing
- Hydrogen sulfide manufacturing
- Hydrosulfites manufacturing
- Hypochlorites manufacturing
- Hypophosphites manufacturing
- Indium chloride manufacturing
- Iodides manufacturing
- Iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
- Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Iron sulphate manufacturing
- Lamp black manufacturing
- Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing
- Lead silicate manufacturing
- Lithium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Magnesium carbonate manufacturing
- Magnesium chloride manufacturing
- Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Manganese dioxide manufacturing
- Mercury chloride manufacturing
- Mercury compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Mercury oxide manufacturing
- Nickel ammonium sulfate manufacturing
- Nickel carbonate manufacturing
- Nickel compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Nickel sulfate manufacturing
- Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
- Nuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing
- Oleum (i.e., fuming sulfuric acid) manufacturing
- Perchloric acid manufacturing
- Peroxides, inorganic, manufacturing
- Phosphorus compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Phosphorus oxychloride manufacturing
- Potassium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Potassium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
- Potassium bromide manufacturing
- Potassium carbonate manufacturing
- Potassium chlorate manufacturing
- Potassium chloride manufacturing
- Potassium cyanide manufacturing
- Potassium hydroxide (i.e., caustic potash) manufacturing
- Potassium hypochlorate manufacturing
- Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Potassium iodide manufacturing
- Potassium nitrate manufacturing
- Potassium permanganate manufacturing
- Potassium salts manufacturing
- Potassium sulfate manufacturing
- Radioactive elements manufacturing
- Radioactive isotopes manufacturing
- Radium chloride manufacturing
- Radium luminous compounds manufacturing
- Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Rare earth salts manufacturing
- Sal soda (i.e., washing soda) manufacturing
- Selenium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Selenium dioxide manufacturing
- Silica gel manufacturing
- Silica, amorphous, manufacturing
- Silicofluorides manufacturing
- Silver bromide manufacturing
- Silver chloride manufacturing
- Silver compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Silver nitrate manufacturing
- Soda ash manufacturing
- Sodium aluminate manufacturing
- Sodium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
- Sodium antimoniate manufacturing
- Sodium arsenite (except insecticides) manufacturing
- Sodium bicarbonate manufacturing
- Sodium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
- Sodium borate manufacturing
- Sodium borohydride manufacturing
- Sodium bromide manufacturing
- Sodium carbonate (i.e., soda ash) manufacturing
- Sodium chlorate manufacturing
- Sodium cyanide manufacturing
- Sodium hydrosulfite manufacturing
- Sodium hydroxide (i.e., caustic soda) manufacturing
- Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing
- Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sodium molybdate manufacturing
- Sodium perborate manufacturing
- Sodium peroxide manufacturing
- Sodium phosphate manufacturing
- Sodium polyphosphate manufacturing
- Sodium silicate (i.e., water glass) manufacturing
- Sodium silicofluoride manufacturing
- Sodium stannate manufacturing
- Sodium sulfate manufacturing
- Sodium tetraborate manufacturing
- Sodium thiosulfate manufacturing
- Sodium tungstate manufacturing
- Sodium uranate manufacturing
- Solid fuel propellants, inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Stannic and stannous chloride manufacturing
- Strontium carbonate manufacturing
- Strontium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Strontium nitrate manufacturing
- Sulfides and sulfites manufacturing
- Sulfocyanides manufacturing
- Sulfur and sulfur compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Sulfur chloride manufacturing
- Sulfur dioxide manufacturing
- Sulfur hexafluoride gas manufacturing
- Sulfur recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
- Sulfuric acid manufacturing
- Tanning agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- Thiocyanate manufacturing
- Tin chloride manufacturing
- Tin compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Tin oxide manufacturing
- Tin salts manufacturing
- Titanium dioxide manufacturing
- Tungstates (e.g., ammonium tungstate, sodium tungstate) manufacturing
- Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Uranium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Uranium oxide manufacturing
- Uranium, enriched, manufacturing
- Zinc ammonium chloride manufacturing
- Zinc chloride manufacturing
- Zinc compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
- Zinc hydrosulfite (i.e., zinc dithionite) manufacturing
- Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
- Zinc sulfide manufacturing
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | -$11,998 |
| FY2026 | $3,059,184,322 |
| FY2025 | $335,317,522 |
| FY2024 | $269,175,308 |
| FY2023 | $318,097,083 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Centrifuge Operating, LLC | $900,000,000 | |
| 2 | General Matter, Inc. | $899,895,255 | |
| 3 | Orano Federal Services LLC | $899,781,011 | |
| 4 | Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. | $126,302,463 | |
| 5 | Bwxt Ordnance Tennessee, Inc. | $84,500,000 | |
| 6 | Largo Resources USA Inc. | $60,083,064 | |
| 7 | U.s. Vanadium LLC | $20,079,740 | |
| 8 | Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. | $20,062,211 | |
| 9 | General Atomics | $19,497,354 | |
| 10 | Specialized Materials And Chemicals, LLC | $5,656,320 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of NAICS 325180 contractors, by parent company.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Energy | $2,941,534,188 | |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $89,148,051 | |
| 3 | Department of the Army | $21,615,157 | |
| 4 | Department of the Navy | $3,584,787 | |
| 5 | Department of the Interior | $1,573,895 | |
| 6 | Air Force | $1,053,452 | |
| 7 | Department of Health and Human Services | $140,314 | |
| 8 | Department of Homeland Security | $98,000 | |
| 9 | Social Security Administration | $88,011 | |
| 10 | Environmental Protection Agency | $75,785 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6850 Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties | $2,699,982,420 | |
| 2 | F999 Other Environmental Services, Studies, and Analytical Support | $230,864,674 | |
| 3 | 9620 Minerals, Natural and Synthetic | $83,343,624 | |
| 4 | 6810 Chemicals | $26,882,258 | |
| 5 | R499 Other Professional Services | $19,497,354 | |
| 6 | J091 Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment: Fuels, Lubricants, Oils, and Waxes | $4,589,790 | |
| 7 | 3610 Printing, Duplicating, and Bookbinding Equipment | $857,630 | |
| 8 | 9135 Liquid Propellant Fuels and Oxidizers, Chemical Base | $517,449 | |
| 9 | 6830 Gases: Compressed and Liquefied | $164,721 | |
| 10 | 2845 Rocket Engines and Components | $122,740 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | $1,800,272,529 | |
| 2 | California | $900,679,381 | |
| 3 | Tennessee | $210,787,739 | |
| 4 | Virginia | $80,591,539 | |
| 5 | Arkansas | $20,079,740 | |
| 6 | Mississippi | $19,541,675 | |
| 7 | Louisiana | $5,395,365 | |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $3,446,645 | |
| 9 | Kentucky | $2,988,300 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | $2,833,128 | |
| 11 | North Carolina | $1,656,235 | |
| 12 | Hawaii | $610,419 | |
| 13 | Colorado | $548,920 | |
| 14 | Wisconsin | $409,350 | |
| 15 | Utah | $377,852 | |
| 16 | Arizona | $333,902 | |
| 17 | Puerto Rico | $278,395 | |
| 18 | Alabama | $161,269 | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $158,402 | |
| 20 | South Carolina | $129,346 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts | $115,943 | |
| 22 | New Jersey | $64,755 | |
| 23 | Nebraska | $62,870 | |
| 24 | Missouri | $59,795 | |
| 25 | Texas | $59,598 | |
| 26 | Montana | $55,974 | |
| 27 | North Dakota | $40,330 | |
| 28 | Minnesota | $30,000 | |
| 29 | Wyoming | $15,760 | |
| 30 | Rhode Island | $15,598 | |
| 31 | Florida | $14,020 | |
| 32 | New York | $3,420 |
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Size standard history
Federal Register rules that named this code
| Final rule | Published | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 2012 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards |
From the NAICS codes each rule's amendments to 13 CFR 121.201 name. Rules that print their size standard tables as images aren't listed.
Quick answers
What is NAICS 325180?
NAICS 325180 is Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, a national industry in NAICS 31-33, Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for bromine manufacturing?
The NAICS code for bromine manufacturing is 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for iodides manufacturing?
The NAICS code for iodides manufacturing is 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for alkalies manufacturing?
The NAICS code for alkalies manufacturing is 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing.
When did the size standard for NAICS 325180 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 325180 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 2012 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards" (77 FR 49991), published Aug 20, 2012 and effective Oct 1, 2012.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 325180?
Federal contracts under NAICS 325180 obligated $335,317,522 in fiscal year 2025 and $3,981,762,237 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 325180?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 325180 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are American Centrifuge Operating, LLC ($900,000,000); General Matter, Inc. ($899,895,255); and Orano Federal Services LLC ($899,781,011).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 325180?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 325180 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of Energy ($2,941,534,188), Defense Logistics Agency ($89,148,051) and Department of the Army ($21,615,157).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 325180?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 325180 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 6850 Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties; F999 Other Environmental Services, Studies, and Analytical Support; and 9620 Minerals, Natural and Synthetic.
Where is the work under NAICS 325180 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 325180 over the last 12 months are Maryland ($1,800,272,529), California ($900,679,381) and Tennessee ($210,787,739).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 325180?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 325180 is Cartridge, toner, award notice from Land and Maritime (DLA), posted November 2, 2026.
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