SIC Code 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
Industry Sector
ManufacturingTotal Companies
636Est. Employment
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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.
Snapshot
SIC Code 2851 - Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products is a final level code of the “Manufacturing” Division. There are 636 companies classified in this industry in the USA with an estimated employment of 14,058 people.
Hierarchy Navigation for SIC Code 2851
Parent Category (less specific)
Extended SIC Codes (6-digit) for Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
In-depth Industry Analysis: Explore Comprehensive Details on SIC Code Extended Pages
- 2851-01 - Paint Removers (Manufacturing)
- 2851-02 - Lacquers (Manufacturing)
- 2851-03 - Paint (Manufacturing)
- 2851-04 - Manufacturers-Coatings
- 2851-06 - Shellac (Manufacturing)
- 2851-07 - Fillers (Non-Metallic) (Manufacturing)
- 2851-08 - Furniture Finishing Materials (Manufacturing)
- 2851-09 - Putty (Manufacturing)
- 2851-10 - Metallic Finishes (Manufacturing)
- 2851-12 - Glazing Compounds (Manufacturing)
- 2851-14 - Painters Equipment & Supplies (Manufacturing)
- 2851-98 - Paint Varnish & Allied Products (Manufacturing)
Industry Examples
Common types of examples within SIC Code 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
Industry Image
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Cross-References
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing carbon black are classified in SIC Code - 2895; those manufacturing bone black, lamp black, and inorganic color pigments are classified in SIC Code - 2816; those manufacturing organic color pigments are classified in SIC Code - 2865; those manufacturing plastics materials are classified in SIC Code - 2821; those manufacturing printing ink are classified in SIC Code - 2893; those manufacturing caulking compounds and sealants are classified in SIC Code - 2891; those manufacturing artists' paints are classified in SIC Code - 3952; and those manufacturing turpentine are classified in SIC Code - 2861.
Companies
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Industry Executives
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- Business Development
- Chairman
- C-Level
- Director
- Engineering
- Executive Director
- Facilities
- Finance
- Human Resource
- IT
- Manager
- Marketing
- Manufacturing
- Operations
- Owner
- Partner
- President
- Principal
- Purchasing
- Sales
- Vice President
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Alternative SIC Code Categories for SIC 2851
For business marketing and targeting purposes, please refer to the Extended SIC Codes (6-digit).
7-digit SIC
- 2851001Paint & Paint Products (manufacturers)
- 2851002Lacquer, Varnishes & Enamels Production
- 2851002Lacquers (manufacturers)
- 2851003Lacquer Bases & Thinners (manufacturers)
- 2851004Polyurethane Coatings
- 2851005Enamels
- 2851006Removers & Cleaners
- 2851007Paint Removers (manufacturers)
- 2851008Paint (manufacturers)
- 2851008Paint Varnish & Allied Products (manufacturers)
- 2851009Fillers-Non-Metallic (manufacturers)
- 2851010Oil Colors (except Artists)
- 2851011Furniture Finishing Materials (manufacturers)
- 2851012Lead-In-Oil Paints
- 2851013Metallic Finishes (manufacturers)
- 2851014Marine Paints
- 2851015Lacquer Thinners (manufacturers)
- 2851016Paint Driers
- 2851017Glazing Compounds (manufacturers)
- 2851018Asphalt Or Bituminous Paints
- 2851019Waterproof Paints
- 2851020Painters Equipment & Supplies (manufacturers)
- 2851021Oil Or Alkyd Vehicle Or Water Thinned Paints
- 2851022Plastics Base Paints & Varnishes
- 2851023Paint Undercoatings
- 2851024Epoxy Coatings
- 2851025Intaglio Ink Vehicle
- 2851026Lithographic Varnishes
- 2851027Shellac (manufacturers)
- 2851028Varnish, Oil Or Wax Stains
- 2851029Strippable Vinyl Coatings
- 2851030Wood Stains
- 2851031Putty, Wood Fillers & Sealers
- 2851032Putty (manufacturers)
- 2851033Wood Fillers Or Sealers
- 2851034Paintbrush Cleaners
- 2851035Manufacturers-Coatings
- 2851036Varnishes Nec
8-digit SIC
- 28510000Paints And Allied Products
- 28510100Paints And Paint Additives
- 28510101Colors In Oil, Except Artists'
- 28510102Lead-In-Oil Paints
- 28510103Marine Paints
- 28510104Paint Driers
- 28510105Paints, Asphalt Or Bituminous
- 28510106Paints, Waterproof
- 28510107Paints: Oil Or Alkyd Vehicle Or Water Thinned
- 28510108Plastics Base Paints And Varnishes
- 28510109Undercoatings, Paint
- 28510200Lacquers, Varnishes, Enamels, And Other Coatings
- 28510201Coating, Air Curing
- 28510202Enamels, Nec
- 28510203Epoxy Coatings
- 28510204Intaglio Ink Vehicle
- 28510206Lacquer: Bases, Dopes, Thinner
- 28510207Lithographic Varnishes
- 28510208Polyurethane Coatings
- 28510209Shellac (protective Coating)
- 28510210Stains: Varnish, Oil, Or Wax
- 28510211Varnishes, Nec
- 28510212Vinyl Coatings, Strippable
- 28510213Wood Stains
- 28510300Putty, Wood Fillers And Sealers
- 28510301Putty
- 28510302Wood Fillers Or Sealers
- 28510400Removers And Cleaners
- 28510401Paint Removers
- 28510402Paintbrush Cleaners