SIC Industry Description

Industry: 2813—Industrial Gases
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial gases (including organic) for sale in compressed, liquid, and solid forms. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fluorine and sulfur dioxide are classified in Industry 2819; those manufacturing household ammonia are classified in Industry 2842; those manufacturing other ammonia are classified in Industry 2873; those manufacturing chlorine are classified in Industry 2812; and those manufacturing fluorocarbon gases are classified in Industry 2869. Distributors of industrial gases and establishments primarily engaged in shipping liquid oxygen are classified in Wholesale Trade, Industry 5169.

AcetyleneHydrogen
ArgonNeon
Carbon dioxideNitrogen
Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide)Nitrous oxide
Gases, industrial: compressed, liquefied, or solidOxygen, compressed and liquefied
Helium
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
2813Industrial Gases1,282
281300Industrial gases537
28130000Industrial gases537
281301Carbon dioxide66
28130100Carbon dioxide47
28130101Dry ice, carbon dioxide (solid)19
281399Industrial gases, nec679
28139901Acetylene12
28139902Aerosols28
28139903Argon19
28139904Helium41
28139905Hydrogen106
28139906Neon244
28139907Nitrogen122
28139908Nitrous oxide4
28139909Oxygen, compressed or liquefied103