111211 Potato Farming

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing potatoes and/or producing seed potatoes.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in canning or drying potatoes are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 111211

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Potato farming, field and seed potato production
• Sweet potato farming, field and seed potato production
• Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed production
• Vegetable and potato farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed potato production
• Yam farming, field and seed production

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 111211

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 111211, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $4.25 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0113), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 01130Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubersUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 111219Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming