Benzalkonium chloride C8 (BAC C8)

CAS 959-55-7

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceNo public record

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production 73.8K lb · Imports Zero

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Dystar

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Kao America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Textiles

Downstream UsesNot recorded

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Intermediate in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$50.19/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$1254.81 / 25 g

Purity96%

Vendors8 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$50.19	25 g	96%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$55.00	5 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$62.60	5 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$63.20	5 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$63.80	25 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$81.60	5 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS959-55-7

PubChem CID13740

DTXSIDDTXSID6041634

FormulaC17H30ClN

Mol. Weight283.9 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)CC1=CC=CC=C1.[Cl-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6041634Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 13740Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Benzalkonium chloride C8 (BAC C8) (CAS 959-55-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/959-55-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6041634. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6041634 PubChem: 13740. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13740 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 959-55-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 959-55-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting