SIC 5169 Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified

SIC Code: 5169

Code Title: Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified

Code Division: F - Wholesale Trade

SIC 5169 Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified Description

Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products, not elsewhere classified, such as acids, industrial and heavy chemicals, dyestuffs, industrial salts, rosin, and turpentine. Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of ammunition are classified in Industry Group 509; those distributing agricultural chemicals and pesticides are classified in Industry 5191; those distributing drugs are classified in Industry 5122; and those distributing pigments, paints, and varnishes are classified in Industry 5198.

  • Acids-wholesale
  • Alcohol, industrial-wholesale
  • Alkalies-wholesale
  • Ammonia, except for fertilizer-wholesale
  • Aromatic chemicals-wholesale
  • Carbon black-wholesale
  • Caustic soda-wholesale
  • Chemical bulk stations and terminals-wholesale
  • Chemicals, industrial and heavy-wholesale
  • Chlorine-wholesale
  • Coal tar products, primary and intermediate-wholesale
  • Concrete additives-wholesale
  • Cyclic crudes and intermediates-wholesale
  • Detergents-wholesale
  • Drilling mud-wholesale
  • Dry ice-wholesale
  • Dyestuffs-wholesale
  • Essential oils-wholesale
  • Explosives, all kinds except ammunition and fireworks-wholesale
  • Food additives, chemical-wholesale
  • Fuel additives-wholesale
  • Gases, compressed and liquefied: except liquefied petroleum
  • Gelatin-wholesale
  • Glue-wholesale
  • Gum and wood chemicals-wholesale
  • Industrial gases-wholesale
  • Laundry soap, chips, and powder-wholesale
  • Manmade fibers-wholesale
  • Metal cyanides-wholesale
  • Metal polishes-wholesale
  • Metal salts-wholesale
  • Naval stores-wholesale
  • Oil additives-wholesale
  • Oil drilling muds-wholesale
  • Organic chemicals, synthetic-wholesale
  • Polishes: furniture, automobile, metal, shoe, etc.-wholesale
  • Resins, synthetic rubber-wholesale
  • Rosin-wholesale
  • Rust-proofing chemicals-wholesale
  • Salts, industrial-wholesale
  • Sanitation preparations-wholesale
  • Sealants-wholesale
  • Surface active agents-wholesale
  • Synthetic rubber-wholesale
  • Turpentine-wholesale
  • Waxes, except petroleum-wholesale


SIC 5169 to NAICS Crosswalk

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