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Surface Active Agent Manufacturing

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing bulk surface active agents for use as wetting agents, emulsifiers, and penetrants and/or (2) manufacturing textile and leather finishing agents used to reduce tension or speed the drying process. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Manufacturing schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline
Manufacturing v2
Inherited from
Manufacturing
Companies mapped
0 of 0
Primitives
57 in 8 parts
Last updated
Nov 2, 2026

The numbers for this industry

United States · 2023 · NAICS 325613
Establishments
106
Employees
6,174
Annual payroll
$641.9M
Payroll per employee
$104K
Establishments by number of employees
  • 1-421
  • 5-915
  • 10-1910
  • 20-4922
  • 50-9918
  • 100-24918

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.

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