PSC 8520: TOILET SOAP, SHAVING PREPARATIONS, AND DENTIFRICES — Federal Procurement Code

85 - TOILETRIES L1: Clothing, Textiles & Subsistence S&E

Description

Toilet Soap, Shaving Preparations, and Dentifrices

Includes

Toothpaste; Shaving Soap.

Excludes

Medicated Soaps.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Related NAICS industries

3256

Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing

32562

Toilet Preparation Manufacturing

325620

Toilet Preparation Manufacturing

32561

Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

47121807

Drain or toilet plunger

47131608

Toilet brush and toilet brush holder

53131635

Shaving brushes

30181614

Liquid soap dispenser

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by	U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose	Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use	Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type	Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC 8520?

1 Use PSC 8520 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.

2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.

3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.

4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.