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Specialty Chemicals

Leader: Dow — 5.0% S1 · 12.0% CR3

S1
5.0%
leader
CR3
12.0%
top 3 combined
HHI
110
Unconcentrated
MARKET SIZE
$250B
US

How this is calculated

FORMULA
S1 = Dow shipment value / total shipment value = 5.0%
CR3 = Dow + DuPont + Eastman Chemical = 12.0%
HHI = Σ(share²) = 110 (Unconcentrated (HHI < 1,500))
DENOMINATOR
Shipment Value — $250B (US)
US chemical manufacturing shipment value (specialty + commodity).
Size from: US Economic Census 2022 NAICS 325
TOP 3 PLAYERS
#1Dow5.0%
#2DuPont4.0%
#3Eastman Chemical2.0%
METHODOLOGY NOTE
Dow US chemicals revenue per 10-K divided by total US chemical manufacturing shipment value from 2022 Economic Census NAICS 325. Validated against American Chemistry Council industry data.
SOURCES
Year: 2022
Geo: US
Firms: 100+
NAICS: 325

Labor economics

REV / EMPLOYEE (leader)
$1.1M
industry avg $0.8M
SG&A % (leader)
4%
of revenue

Dow FY2024 SG&A 4.3% on $43.0B; commodity-chem process, B2B contracts

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Eli Lilly
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CR3 23.0%
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Marathon Petroleum
17.0%
CR3 42.0%
Paper & Packaging
Smurfit Westrock
12.0%
CR3 22.5%
Plastics & Rubber
Amcor (incl. Berry)
11.0%
CR3 16.5%
Glass Manufacturing
O-I Glass
18.0%
CR3 40.0%

Source Quality Hierarchy

Every market has a primary source plus 1–3 validation sources. Revenue numerators come from SEC 10-K filings; denominators validated against the Economic Census where available.

TIER 1Authoritative anchorsGovernment data + SEC filings
US Economic Census (data.census.gov) · SEC EDGAR / Company 10-Ks · BEA Industry Value-Added (FRED) · BLS QCEW · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · EIA Refinery Capacity Report · FDA device listings
TIER 2Leading commercial trackersIndustry-standard paid trackers
IDC Semiannual Software Tracker · Gartner Market Share & Magic Quadrant · IBISWorld NAICS reports · StatCounter Global Stats · eMarketer / Insider Intelligence · Synergy Research Group
TIER 3Category specialistsBest-in-class niche authorities
SIPRI (aerospace & defense) · IQVIA (pharma) · TrendForce (semiconductors) · CIMdata (CAD/PLM) · Nilson Report (payments) · Am Law 100 (legal) · ENR Top 500 (A&E) · AM Best (insurance) · SIA (staffing) · Ad Age (agencies) · Barron's / Cerulli (wealth) · Evaluate MedTech · Nielsen Gauge (streaming) · Gridwise (ride-hail) · Bloomberg Second Measure (delivery) · RC Top 100 (roofing) · SDM Top 100 (fire/safety) · Big 4 annual reports · ALM Intelligence (consulting)

Data vintage: Q2 2025 research compilation. Labels updated 2026-Q2. Tier 1 sources refreshed from FY2025 SEC filings where available. For full methodology see the Methodology page.