111219 Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) growing melons and/or vegetables (except potatoes; dry peas; dry beans; field, silage, or seed corn; and sugar beets); (2) producing vegetable and/or melon seeds; and (3) growing vegetable and/or melon bedding plants.

Examples Census gives

• Carrot farming
• Squash farming
• Green bean farming
• Tomato farming
• Watermelon farming
• Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon)
• Vegetable (except potato) farming
• Pepper farming (e.g., bell, chili, green, red, sweet peppers)

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:

• Growing potatoes, including sweet potatoes and yams are classified in U.S. Industry 111211, Potato Farming.
• Growing sugar beets are classified in U.S. Industry 111991, Sugar Beet Farming.
• Growing vegetables and melons under glass or protective cover are classified in U.S. Industry 111419, Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover.
• Growing dry peas and beans are classified in Industry 111130, Dry Pea and Bean Farming.
• Growing corn (except sweet corn) are classified in Industry 111150, Corn Farming.
• Canning, pickling, and/or drying (artificially) vegetables are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
• Growing fruit on trees and other fruit-bearing plants (except melons) are classified in Industry Group 1113, Fruit and Tree Nut Farming.

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

Activities listed under 111219

The Census index assigns these 67 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Acorn squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Artichoke farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Asparagus farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Bean (except dry) farming, field and seed production
• Beet farming (except sugar beets), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Broccoli farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Brussel sprout farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Butternut squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Cabbage farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Cantaloupe farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Carrot farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Casaba melon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Cassava farming, field and seed production
• Cauliflower farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Celery farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Chinese pea farming, bedding plant and seed production
• Chive farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Collard farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Cowpea (except dry) farming, field and seed production
• Crenshaw melon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Cucumber farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Dill farming, field and seed production
• Eggplant farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Endive farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• English pea farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Escarole farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Garlic farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Gingerroot farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Ginseng farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Green bean farming, field and seed production
• Green cowpea farming, field and seed production
• Green lima bean farming, field and seed production
• Green pea farming, field and seed production
• Honeydew melon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Kale farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Leek farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Muskmelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Okra farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Onion farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Parsley farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Parsnip farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Pea (except dry) farming, field and seed production
• Pepper (e.g., bell, chili, green, hot, red, sweet) farming
• Pumpkin farming, field and seed production
• Radish farming, field and seed production
• Rhubarb farming, field and seed production
• Romaine lettuce farming, field and seed production
• Rutabaga farming, field and seed production
• Shallot farming, field and seed production
• Snap bean farming (i.e., bush and pole), field and seed production
• Snow pea farming, field and seed production
• Spaghetti squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Spinach farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• String bean farming, field and seed production
• Sweet corn farming, field and seed production
• Sweet pepper farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Taro farming, field and seed production
• Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production
• Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Turnip farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production
• Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production
• Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
• Zucchini farming, field, bedding plant and seed production

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 111219

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 111219, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $3.75 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, 0119, 0128), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 01130Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubersUK SIC
• 01190Growing of other non-perennial cropsUK SIC
• 01280Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical cropsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 111211Potato Farming